Owen

I had forgotten about the side jack aspect. That does change things. The shodiest piece of work I ever had done was a side jack on a MONSTEROUSLY expensive custom I had had made for me. I took it to the local guitar shop for a side jack to be installed. "How difficult can it be to do a tidy and aesthetically pleasing job?" I thought. Too difficult for the bodger masquerading as a tech. And when it was done, there was nothing I could do to rectify it. I am still angry when I think about it.

I have people to do that for me. As in, my tech abilities are zero so I do not even try. I had an Audere once with the variable impedance switch. It did something bonkers to the pickups. In a good way. Should I have left that bass as it was? Absolutely.

I have recently been messing with Sadowsky preamps and have found them very pleasing. They do a drop in Jazz plate.

This gives my dream of being a luthier wings.

You are a bad man. On reflection I would probably pickup a tribute 2nd hand and mash that (including smoothing off that headstock). I could even have it painted as a relic! Now I am excited! I could even have it done in blue sparkle and have a suite of Basses by Leo in the same colours.

I played an L1000 and really fancied it. Because I cannot spell bass without a B then the concept of L1000-ing a L2500 is quite attractive. I realise that pickup placement is a thing, but I have to explore ALL the options. I also need to get out more.

No. Really!!!

I set the limit in my head at what I could shift it for easily. That equation did not work on this one.

I originally had a bid of 1500 placed, but I costed the extra 26% + whatever the fee for someone to pack and courier it to me would be and I backed out.

I cannot answer definitively, but I never sing and my seal is better with an open mouth.

Wait! Tell me more?!

I have owned several Bongos. None of them came with that option.

It is not a real Bongo until it has a dink at the end of the headstock. Get to it.

Nice looking bass! As an aside I also have an MTD Kingston and despite the fact that I "should" sell it I just cannot part with it. They are criminally underrated.

Honestly, it is a long time since I did it, but I was bending notes up "almost" a semitone or sharpening slightly to make it happen. Sometimes pressing the string really hard into the fret was enough to make the difference. But it was definitely a thing.

In keyboard world and guitar world, equal temprement does it's thing and it is fine. In my experinece, playing a fretted bass with an orchestra, very few of whom are tied to equal temprament, means quite a lot of bending notes to fit in where they "should" be.

I went to the Midlands Bass Bash. I played a G&L CLF L1000. I then played my MM5. I realised that the L1000 had a certain je ne sais quoi which I desire. Do they make them in 5 format? Do they heck. I am thinking of options. The easiest is to get an empty MM5 pickup shell and whack an L series 5 string pickup in there. And get a wiring harness made up for the full L1000 experience. I am fully aware that the pickup will be in the wrong place but can live with that while I prove the concept. If I like it I can get a new scratchplate and get frisky with a router to that correct pickup placement. Can I find an empty MM5 pickup shell? Can I heck. Can anyone put me on to one? I suppose I could get one printed. TIA

I have nothing to add, other than WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? It cannot be that difficult to see that whatever made that happen was not a good idea.

Very cool.

If it is any comfort to you, I am now locked into a CLF L1000 search. Or how to turn my MM5 into an L1000 + 1. I am gutted to have missed the Sire. I have been wanting to try one for some time.

Good times indeed. GAS deliberations to be made. Ah, the thrill of the chase.

I don't think Jez is THAT good looking.

I plays beautifully. It sounds lush. jabba_the_gut does make exceedingly nice basses.

That is my favourite thing!