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Hellborg: - Wal double neck, and a fretted one - 27 fret bass (Italian Reccanati?) - Status (36 V circuitry) - Wechter - Warwick - amps and cabs like TE, EBS, Warwick... He's obviously been searching for the perfect sound.

Older Ibanez, and EMG have P pickups in one cover. They look exactly like humbuckers. Some Ibanez units have visible polepieces.

Stan the Man (Alembic, Löwenherz, EBS, Carl Thompson...), Jeff Berlin (Markbass, Cort...), Les Claypool (Carl Thompson, A/DA...), Phil Lesh (Modulus Graphite, Ritter...), Stuart Hamm (Kubicki, Fender...), and the list goes on. Certainly not least: Jonas Hellborg.

Status was not mentioned, although that name states "stable". I know they can only be found 2nd hand with some luck. But if you are after a Status, you sure want to invest to your bass, and not waste your money to Fender/Squier. Have you ever tried a Limelight?

This is old. Zombie. But important. Anyone has the paper available?

This is an EMG magnetic viewing film that I found from some music shop maybe two, three decades ago. I do not know whether they still sell it. Green thin film filled with oil and iron particles. You can buy similar stuff here: https://e-magnetsuk.com/product-category/magnetic-measurement-tools/magnetic-viewing-film/?srsltid=AfmBOorfmS1KTjOfyFqR4muH4SaqQq50KoIPhFn1zOUjMcd29qqtPwtH

This is a picture of the magnets from my Passion II from 1989. As can be seen, here the polepieces are not visible, but magnets are.

You can ask a luthier to build you a similar fretless neck. Can be a really attractive option, also pricewise.

Not specific. Usually those models mentioned have a thick sound, if not heavy bodies, too. If a suitable instrument happens to pass by, I might be tempted. But has to be with a dark fretboard. I am actually amazed, how cheap most of them sell, as they are real workhorses. Probably you could use one as a shovel in the garden, and play a gig in the evening after wiping soil off of it.

Anyone has a Roadstar/Roadster with rosewood board? I see maple every now and then, but where are those darker fretboards?

That fingerboard is the crown jewel of the bass. Very attractive.

...and the comparison of about similar units pricewise. A £179 solid state amp is not directly comparable to a £1500 valve amp.

My feel has been that single coils tend to sound somewhat compressed, no matter split duals or true singles. But that's probably because of my instruments, amps, and playing style.

Please open up this comment a bit more. Would love to hear details.

Maybe the band has decided to play the song half a step lower, and the previous bassist has had issues with transposing. He has just lowered the tuning, and still could have used the common positions on the fretboard. To me this looks like a lazy way to transpose.

One big issue I learned from my then colleagues: Pineapple is just one system that is updated every now and then. Robot is a family of operating systems, because manufacturers can and do tweak it for their own HW and UI. This has led to several funny (or less funny) issues over the years. Sunny has a lot different OS than Singsung than Two- than many others. Banana is much more expensive (one manufacturer) and its pure number breaking performance is quite lame compared to Aliens, but as the system is just one, it has won many users, and coders (which means applications including HW). With Papaya you most probably would have a working system. With the other, I wouldn't ever be so sure. And after any update anything can happen. (I use both, because I have to use Fruit 12 Pro at work, and it is the worst phone I have ever had. One dealer started to laugh when he saw it, and asked have I managed to make any calls with it? Truth is: not many without WLAN. The same with email.)

I've heard there may be exceptions, but Burners are mostly bolt-on.

Well, if I may not have the funds to either of these guys, but how about their hands that would certainly be an upgrade here? OK, some finger, maybe?

@Jabba_the_gut: which alloy are you using? My all time favourite is Alumec-89.

That was the second most important. I would love to see a book written by @Bassassin about basses.

Who knows the bassist behind this song: I found his name, Tony Campo, but is not the metal player you find from the net.

Dear @Bilbo, I am more than confident, that your work is better than good.

You can buy magnets in many shapes. I mentioned this in my comment, maybe I was just unclear: "The choice has to be made from material, size, shape, field intensity..." These are not automatically excluding each other out. Bars, rods and plates are very common. If you need a bigger amount, custom shapes are an option.

Guess where my two songs came from... That book is practically a must buy for every bassist.

Martin Gaye - What's going on Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye - Ain't no mountain high enough Johnny Pate - Brother on the run I have played these quite a lot, but making them fluent and stylish require even more playing. @ChrisDev gave us an A. Holdsworth (Jimmy Johnson) score, that I want to learn. Can be found from the section Theory and Technique.