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Me too mate! Lovely pickup - can’t wait to give it a try later on. It’s an East harness as well so high quality tone and volume pots.

You still got that?

Noted @The Guitar Weasel Found some screws and some foam with a couple of springs. Fitted just perfectly. Popped on the back cover and so that leaves just the string tree (still in the post!) to fit. I will set it up and set Pickup height later on this evening and give an initial report. I have a plan for sound samples but you might have to be a touch more patient with this.. Doesn’t look too shabby huh?

I must have some somewhere and some screws - I’ve not looked yet but something will pop up in one of the many drawers

Torx or go home

Pickup has arrived.. hopefully I will get some time over the weekend to fit it! I need to sort out some mounting hardware - I’m low on foam/rubber slugs - but that won’t be difficult!

I’ll update the build thread with progress shots then come back here with results

^ What he said I’m pleased too - it arrived this morning so more to follow!! (Haven’t had chance to even unwrap it yet) Glad you’ve joined up over here too @The Guitar Weasel - your pickup knowledge will be most welcome!

Sorry, I don’t have an answer to that - my flippant-ish comment was merely a direct reply to the idea (or not) of how you comment on dislikes. The problem with saying why you don’t like particular music or songs is waaaaaay to difficult tho - cos it’s a subjective art form. I hate some Jazz. Dunno why. I could try and describe what I don’t like but it always ends up sounding similar to “it’s dischordant non melodic claptrap that... look, it just doesn’t make me feel fuzzy inside,ok?” I could say “it doesn’t sound nice to my ears” but that’s not that different to “it’s rubbish” as it’s all just subjective

The black ones are usually tapewounds - similar gauge and tension.

Screws are part of that 50’s look tho - specially as they were the days before double sided tape 😜

To be fair, it would be a bit hypocritical of him to praise or hype up stuff he didn’t like..

Was indeed eBay! It’s an electrosocket type as opposed to a traditional tele style cup - I don’t like the rubbish fitting method on the tele cups. The one I got was available in chrome, black or gold..

Nah. I don’t like shoreline gold either And on that bombshell!

I’ve just tried a set of fender flats for the first time - I have basses with la Bellas, Thomastiks, and quite a few Chromes on (my preference) - the Fenders are pretty much as good as the others - I have a preference for the feel of the Chromes - but otherwise they are just as good

The bare knuckle hand wound flat poles are very very good - but you might find them a bit pricey.. The Jess Loureiro one is also good - and the split coil is hum cancelling: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183311274438

Even something like a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder can make a big difference - what sort of sound do you like? Vintage, modern, high gain, punchy?

Meh. Another average build there Andy Tee hee 😜

Like I said... purist.

3 hour extended improv bass solo performance in modal Ab dim 9?

Or, La Bellas > Pickup > DI Socket > Desk

Purist.

You must struggle with anything that has an infinite-possible-settings tone pot

I have a Cioks DC-5 under my Nano. It is bulletproof, has done countless gigs, never seems to fail to power anything I throw at it, is very quiet. I umm'd and aaaah'd about the cost of it then went for it - so glad I did.

I always fancied trying a clear guard with a cut out classic album cover on to see what that was like....