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Had to do some side by side comparisons to make my final selections. Well done all.

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Just for reference, I resized these 2 Rics (4003s & 4030) to the same scale, to show the relative pickup positions. The bridge pickup is just about OK (still a little south of where you'd ideally want it), but the neck is way off, as has already been mentioned.

Mick Karn, Pino, Alan Spenner on Roxy’s Flesh & Blood, John Giblin, Geddy, Derek Forbes.

Lazy Bones - Hoagy Carmichael

Beware the for sale section, there be the dragon that is G.A.S.

A few things from my band's set lists: Police & Thieves - Junior Murvin Heatwave - The Who or Martha Reeves Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield Itchycoo Park - Small Faces Substitute - The Who David Watts - The Kinks/The Jam Black is Black - Los Bravos Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd Do I Love You - Frank Wilson Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray Kingston Town - UB40

Sucker Punch - Sigfrid

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury

Lights Are On But Nobody’s Home - Tom Rosenthal

They certainly interact with instruments differently. They awesome on my Rob Allen but less than stellar on my Maruszczyk.

Final Countdown -Europe

This would be my solution.

Another option is to only tune the E string down to D and keep all the others standard. It needs a bit of thought in terms of playing, but I find adapting to that not too hard (I often use a drop D tuner for songs that require those extra lower notes).

Don’t Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

You can’t wear that as hat and it’s the wrong colour.

I have one of these, in fact I’ve had it for probably decades. My first outing certainly produced a huge signal increase, but turning the trim pot (as mentioned above) all the way down, sorted that out, without any loss of effect. I place my EBS chorus and octave pedals before my compressor, this sorts the signal jump (it’s still hotter than the bypassed level) out nicely.

Standard Fender-esque shaping to my eye (I think Mayonnes do have some interesting headstock shapes on other instruments).

Looks good, definitely a Fallout competitor.

I had a 1963 P Bass that had had a wee shim fitted. There was no hint of end of the fretboard turning up and heaven knows how long that shim had been in there.

Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lithium - Nirvana