PaulThePlug

Welcome to the machine... and beware the DoI

The Real Deal Composite / Carbon go for £€$STUPID... It's an Icon. For use and smoother tuning I recommend fitting F4-10M thrust washers to the tuning screws (as a replacement for the 3 nylon washers on each, but keep em as original bits) like on my Hohner B2 - 4 for about a tenner.

Does the same thing happen with the neck pup on full, and rolling the bridge vol down? It's normal as the pups are wired in parallel. Enjoy your GSR180.

Open G? If raising the saddle a knats don't cure it, try a bit of paper in the nut slot - low nut..

Presume wired parallel, I wonder if turning the J round would help... I'm a Passive Ibby Fan with 4 SRs Toneriders shouldn't need help in the Tone Department from a cheap pre. Quality VBT Loom?

Simple-ish... Got a pic of the inside the control cavity? 2 Position Switch, Couple of Quid...

Welcome to the Machine. Aphex Twin... Nice, and love the T Bird.

Not wishing to 'Hi-Jack' the thread - see what i did there?.. 🤣 I got a B2 Basket Case for £Low on a whim... Strip Down and Clean Up of the bridge, Tuner Thrust Washers fitted, pots were seized, so simple Vol and 3 way selector. If you have the file and are about to press Play, how much for a pair in Black? Ta Muchly

What, the Walker Bro's?... 🤣

#GetTheBadgeIn

Enjoy and carry on... Have fun

Flatwound Strings have a more prominant 'Fundamental' than Rounds, and thus when 'seen' by the narrower magnetic field of a Single Coil rather than the parallel coils of a conventional humbucker give a more articulate note, than the more smeared mix of Rounds seem by two rows or magnets/windings. 2 of my Passivated Ibbys, an SR300 with Maida Vale Stack Coil pickups and a SR400 with Dimarzio Twin Coil Jazz pickups, along with the 38mm Nut and sleek neck give a great Jazz Bass-esq playing experience with a lovely worn pebble body and without that funny lump. My 2 Actual Jazz Bodied Basses are PJ's. Recommend you (your friend...) give Flats a whirl, and Adagio Flats at £18ish are a real good toe-in-the-water place to start. I have em on a few...

These jack sockets are great... https://puretonetechnologies.com/products/pure-tone-multi-contact-1-4-output-jack

Check AliExpress for 13 hole pickguards, some funky colours, swirls and pearls, and maybe hardware, Gyker etc.

Dirty Love - Motorhead I'll see your FZ and raise you a Motorhead...

I'd msg @Andyjr1515 for his take on the matter, and glue choice. Its a crack rather than a break, so no real alignment and angle issues, plus a nice bit of extra volute wood for strength in the vacinity... ASAP While the tension is still on, some titebond(?) or most suitable - be nice and warm and runny this weather - to wick in all the open gap. Rather than looking to open the gap again for the glueing. Then off with the tension and a good clamp... (i've seen inner tubes wrapped around things, then pumped up to apply conforming pressure if no decent clap and packing) - how long? 48hrs? As mentioned previously, no lacquer finish, so a little bit of sanding, wire wool 0000 to remove any glue ooze and a dab of oil or wax!

Individual Bridges... never look neat to me.

Depends what there vibe is... Best place to start but not a starter bass... 2nd hand Ibby SR300! - £160ish? Love 'em and love passive modding 'em. +1 on the HB PB50 - great as they are, at the price point they make for a loverly little personalisation tinker project, ideal for a dining room table over a few winter nights... 😉 Had a fun time modding mine. I've seen some basic Yams criminally cheap but i just don'g like the look compared to the Ibby

@Stub Mandrel check out Cosmic Fuzz

Cosmic Fuzz FM - Stoner Rock Internet Radio - https://cosmicfuzzfm.com/

Bound 'n Blocks and No Tort... Result!

What Value Vol and Tone Pots and Capacitor - A250k/B250k/0.047u Try a 0.1u for a darker tone.

Dead?.. Sure its not just a wire break, where you can undo a wind a re-solder to the eyelet? Worth a close look.

Dunlop Nylon, 1mm Don't like the powdery feel of the tortex material, and they are too stiff for the thickness.

A P with Blocks?.. Pair of Pups?.. Curiouser and curiouser said Alice...