Bridgehouse

Having said that, I just did it in my Shuker as it's underneath the board and it worked really well... !

It’s difficult to shield above a pickup without it looking a bit naff

Who does she play bass for?!

Yep - that's it. People grumbled at Fender for those noisy pickups in the original Tele, Precision etc. and so they made ones that bucked the hum (by the two coils overlapping in frequency and effectively cancelling that bit out...

You can blame Mrs B for the wallpaper. For me its very simple "You can have whatever basses you want dear, as long as I can have whatever wallpaper I want" "You can stick naked pictures of Rick Astley up if I can have whatever basses I want, love..."

Nicky wire is bass player in the Manic Street Preachers.. hence: And then my comment on rope was.. er.. rope.. strangler.. I'll get me coat

Yep. Usually from transformers in stuff in your house, or from fluorescent tubes etc in venues. Single coils pick it up - humbuckers are designed to buck (cancel) it

Apparently Rope is an acceptable substitute

No, that's Nicky Wire

Of course, it's 50hz hum in the UK

Don't want to say it too loudly for fear of upsetting the Precision Gods, but I think Fender missed a trick by not doing a semi-hollow version of the classic 51P Bass....

It is a little If you want specific photos of certain bits then just ask

Where are you based? I could pop over for a few hours with it and you can photo/measure whatever you like?

Here's my 64: I reckon they are 4mm: They are prob in-between 3.5mm and 4mm - but 3mm looks too small to me..

I wonder if La Bella low tension flats would give you that feel back? If not, I bet it's that specific set of TI's....

Ah maybe not then

Nows the time when you wish you’d have driven to collect it

“How much to refret my bass mate?”

Feline is a good shout. Really really well made...

Which is what I thought... hence the question. I had a line switcher and even that sucked tone

What’s the snr like on the boss? I suspect the MXR micro amp is pretty quiet - but not tried either so I don’t know

So, Shuker fretless upgraded - I now have a super quiet Preamp for the mag pickup which is under the fretboard. It balances well with the piezo and sounds fabulous either on its own or blended. There’s plenty of headroom at 18v and it’s a good mix. Now, the Delano Preamp has an extra feature I didn’t completely expect - active/passive switching. There’s no doubt about it, in passive mode it is a different sound - quite different, so the Preamp is clearly colouring the sound of the Nordstrand. (Not in a bad way mind) Out of interest, I think I may like to use the passive tone, but as it’s under the board it’s some distance from the strings, so it’s very quiet output wise. I doubt I’d use it live, but I might do in the studio. Can you recommend a clean, transparent, low SNR boost for it?

I suspect the OP doesn’t want his to be shipped “everywhere” tho - having it scattered to the four corners of the globe would be heartbreaking, again....

I feel your pain...

Surprised nobody has piped up with the “man up and do it by feel” line Cos obvs I’m a fretless expert now...