Owen

Thanks all. Earlpilanz on Ebay will make me a scratchplate. I am (someone else is for me) mocking up a Stingray scratchplate and stretching it to get the Bongo bridge placement correct (extra 18mm if anyone is interested). I am fine with not much space between the neck pickup and the fingerboard because I will NEVER EVER slap in anger. And if I ever find the need to, then I have......(the shame)..... several other basses which will cover that.

Yes HH. I am just trying to get the proportions right. It would do me good to work things all the way through before asking questions with self evident answers in public. But then why change the habit of a lifetime?

If I could delete this topic I would, but I cannot. I can now see that it is actually the bridge baseplate which is longer to hold those funky mutes! D'oh!

Hi all, I am in the process of turning my US MMSUB5 into a Bongo. I am trying to get the scratchplate proportions correct for a twin pickup. I am looking at various pictures of Stingrays and thinking "eh?". There seems to be some variation in pickup placement and the gap between bridge and scratchplate. Below are two pictures I have stolen off the internet. Am I missing something or is the whole thing open to self expression?

http://www.abbatalk.com/abbaonrecord/ Not cheap!

We actually need some video of this.

Ah, the original Enfield Driveway configuaration. BIg enough to park your car on.

I lke things to be in their place. To bring this back on topic I did a series of gigs where backline was provided. The SVT experience was new to me and I cannot deny that I enjoyed it. But one venue had a knackered specimen which did not work. They wheeled out a Turbosound sidefill for me. The LF extension was addictive. I am convinced I was hearing an octave which was just not present from the SVT. A 5 string 40" scale NS EUB gets really solid on the B with the right cab behind it.

One logo in the wrong place........unsettling.......

Install the J retro in a metal box and put on the floor. Best of both worlds. And then you can use it with other basses as well.

Lots of nice things happening there.

I had an Audere in a Kingston with the original pickup. I should never have changed it. Idiot I am. The low Z setting spoke with the voice of thunder.

My experience with my NS was that changing strings changed the sound, but changing bridge height was pretty radical as well. I went to a set of Inno Honeys with a jacked up bridge and it was literally like a different instrument.

Nice!

If it was not metallic orange with a matching headstock, I would consider it. I am so shallow, I will confess publically that I bought it primarily for the colour. The fact that is is nice to play and sounds good is a double bonus.

It's the neck. Just fabulous. I have actually owned a full fat US one back in the day but was not as neck aware at the time so missed it. I am kicking myself now.

It never is

It was. And discussing basses is better than watching the rugby at the moment

One appeared on Ebay and went for £350 recently. Bargainous. But they are really nice and people hold onto them.

It all looks so easy I am fully aware that it is not!