prowla

I was exploring the possibility of getting a narrower post to fit to one of the other models, but they didn't have any of those either. Which model are you looking at?

Cue the discussion about what's a Watt, etc.

Hmmm - must've been a screw loose.

I have an idea, and it is.

Is that a Chinese knock-off TRC?

I've got some very good MIM Fenders. No Japanese ones though, but I'm not sure that the factories they came from were pushing out the world's finest instruments at the time; mostly midrange stuff.

The Ric one is the BT5. I think the BT1 has the same base plate but a wider post.

I also have:

(I want a couple more!)

I have them on several basses; they work. When tuning you do have to operate a couple of times back and forth to cover off string slackening/tightening variations. The dropped position has a small thumb-screw adjuster. There are like-for-like models for most common bass tuners (they discontinued the Ric ones, though). They are drop-in replacements for the stock tuners, but you do have to use their countersunk screws rather than the original raised-dome ones (they need to be flush-fitting for the clearance of the moving part over the base plate). When choosing, they do gold/nickel/chrome/black finishes. BTN & Allparts sell them in the UK.

You can still just about read that the brand is Squier.

Maybe take it offline.

I'm not sure I'm onboard with that!

A bit of this and that.

Well, my point is that the sound quality defines the quality of the content which reaches your ears. However, I do get what you're saying; I've been to a couple of Hi-Fi shows where a lot of suppliers were playing lounge jazz, which simply bores me.