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I thought it was Larry Graham! :hangs head in shame:

People might not be able to articulate or specifically notice what the bass player does, but surely a bass player that has thought about and sought for their tone, feels good and sits in the mix is going to make an objective difference to how the whole band sounds and feels? I couldn't tell you one thing about water colour painting, but I'd be suprised if brush selection had nothing to do with me thinking "oh that's kind of cool" when I see a nice daub. Passion never goes out of fashion.

Thanks - didn't know them - enjoying the listen - great bass work!

This finish has always excersised an unhealthy fascination for me. I have a bit of a thing about orange basses. DOn't worry about what you're wearing - no one will be looking at you!

Thanks - fascinating - always interesting to read about different electronic schemes and ting! Parametric eq! https://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/2010/07/peter-cook-custom-builder-where-are-you.html

Lovely looking bass! For me this is the nicest p-bass combo. Probably true! And at the risk of starting a wood flame war (see what I did there?!) I wonder if the age of the wood is a factor? We know that as the wood ages it dries out becomes stiffer and vibrates differently: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207412000404 With these 80's basses they have had 40 odd years to dry and age. Anyway! Congratulations on the bass - looks stellar!

Not had both, had a diy version of the original. I agree - the East is a more modern refined powerful full range sounding beast. You are paying for much higher quality components that sound more present and clearer. I can imagine situations where you might want the reduced bandwidth and grittier original though! Depends what you're after!

Nice - I just meant that the foot switches look very usable in a pedal context. The one in the studio is pretty smashed up and needs a service (channel 1 freq knob can trigger a cascade of brutal feedback at it's frequency setting and needs careful wiggling to stop), and has been hacked about so the limiter is no longer available.

Woah - awesome! One of my favorite pieces in the studio. I like how you did the channel select - really makes sense. How does it sound?

Can't you set the relative volume on the Luistand? There is a trimmer on each filter board on mine. That way you could set the height the same for tone but balance the volume electronically.

That is an amazing looking thing. I count at least 3 pickups? P pickup at an extreme angle neck bottom strings?! 2 guitar pickups off set and then there is the same plastic mounting as the P-pickup at the bridge which might have something?

Let me know if you do and want a deal - I went with a cheap alder body I got off ebay in the end so it's sat here waiting for a new home!

I got the 'mahogany' version. Was very easy to work with. It was very light and resonant and seemed well finished especially for the money.

Ack sorry - I thought 'Dave' meant somone on the forum selling a preamp! All links point to retrovibe!

What are you going to do with the extra hole in the control plate :-)? You could try the Passive Treble and Bass circuit they put in G&L basses? I think I have some details if you're interested. The only thing is it's a bass cut and treble cut.

Passive MM is good. I have one wired up parallel, series and single coil and really like the parallel and single and find the series a bit overwhelming - could be useful live for those moments where you need to go massive? I'm not sure about using the loom though as wouldn't that need 2 pickups? You could wire it up so that each half went to a volume pot so you'd effectively have two single coils just like the jazz? Depending on the pickup there will be plenty of wiring diagrams, and people like Nordstrand etc are happy to help. I wasn't wild about the Nordstrand 4.4 I had, I think I would have preferred the 4.2 as the additional coil makes it a bit darker and I prefer the zing. I've got a Delano MC 4 HE/S and I really like it - very bright and clear! Same as the others on this thread I don't think you have to worry about the output sounding anemic -especially in series!

People like these: https://retrovibe.co.uk/product/retrovibe-stinger-77-classic-mm-stingray-bass-eq-pre-amp-2-band-pre-eb-circuit/ I've not tried it myself. A portion of the Stingray sound is the preamp - it adds a bit of bass IIRC. Depends on how keen you are to keep the original tone? I like the MM passive - there is quite a bit of discussion on here about it. Like:

I think they are great looking basses too - I love the way the pickguard sort of mirrors the curve of the upper horn.

Wow. Bold! I really like that.

Double NFP. I could totally see a stingray chrome cresent on there. I was concerned that the NFP wouldn't fit in the cavity and that it would be easier to extend the back than the front. In the end it did fit in just. I had to put the 2 larger filter PCB's in the middle 2 slots. I'd have rather had VOL/BLEND/FILTER/FILTER instead of VOL/FILTER/FILTER/BLEND

Pretty much finished for the time being. Very pleased with the results both visually and sound. Very much as I hoped. The mahogany feels like a better voicing for what I want. The lusitand pre is very present and pushing the resonance up with the filter right open gives it an extra bit of definition and clarity. I'll get some sound clips up soon. The large switch is parallel/single/series on the Delano. With the shielding I did the single is pretty noise free and very crunchy. I was a bit worried about the bridge as the tracks keeping the outside saddles in place look a little sketchy, but it's fine.

I know what you mean. Feels a little bit like wearing trousers that end 2 inches above the ankle and white socks with a pair of loafers. Or something! It's hard to know which way to got wth orange. Black or tort pickguard with black pickups, or white on white. I'm feeling the white right now though it's sort of accidental!

Did some work at the weekend. Electronics in place (tight fit inside the standard MM cavity!). Sounding good! It's got that grind at the top end. Right now the neck is back off as the fit between neck and pocket was 5mm loose, so I'm going to re-drill. Pretty pleased so far!