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I think I've read that not having the patent on the humbucker was the cause

When you reverse a split pick up either (a) the EA half moves a lot or (b) the DG half moves a lot or (c) both halves move a bit. Which of these is snake oil? They're all going to affect the tone to a degree.

You're right, but it isn't at the right price point for ebony

I was going to ask why the Reverse P has come and gone from the BB, but then thought it perhaps needed it's own thread.... Reverse P - when good? when not?

I was reading about a recent Jackson Dave Ellefson signature model. Mr E said this "I went back in time with the P/J setup. The very first Jackson basses that I got back in the day had that configuration, because I noticed that if you flipped the P pickup to the reverse position it got rid of an annoying low-mid frequency that just doesn’t work in a metal setting, because it gets the bass right down inside the kick drum." Which sounds very much like a good thing; when, then, would a reverse P not be wanted? From what he's saying I'm guessing that when a P is reversed, the two halves swap positions on the string. Is this always the case, or are there instances when one half stays in place and the other half gets moved to the other side of it? (True fact: Dave Ellefson was born and raised in a town called Jackson)

In that photo, its looking quite 1½"-ish, too

I've only just realised where they got the model names from. Ugh, I'm so ashamed. 😳

This makes me feel like I've been failing to pull my weight. Apologises, and please accept this hastily taken photo as a token of my intent to become more diligent in this matter

Someone has to ask.....is it 🔴 ?

The "salmon pink" looks rather more interesting in your photo than in the stock photo! Does it have, as advertised, "an authentic growling tone"? 😊

I wish this approach would be taken to its logical conclusion: if all that is wanted is an easy smooth line, then a 6-string bass tuned in major 3rds would give the same range as a 5-string tuned in 4ths (B-E-A-D-G -> B-D#-G-B-D#-G) and would let the full chromatic range lie under the four fingers without any movement up and down the neck. A two octave range without having to move the hand at all! Can't think why it doesn't catch on....

An SB-1 (I didn't want to send the thread down a G&L sidetrack again!)

Btw, the other day I was complaining about the blend knob on my TRBX being of limited utility. Since then I've read - and again the technical details went miles over my head - that blend knobs work much better on active basses. My opinion had been based solely from using it on passive. And now I think about it, I've noticed that Yamaha have Vol-Blend on active basses (eg BB734, TRBX604) and Vol-Vol on passive (eg BBP34, BB434, TRBX174)

Feeling sorrowful at the continuing non-appearance of the bass I ordered way back in September, I had a go at persecuting myself by thinking of readily-available shiny new basses I could have bought instead. Eg the BBP34. One of the videos of the I just watched was an A/B comparison of it alongside a Fender Original 60s P. When the neck pickup, there was almost no difference at all. So the lesson to be learnt was that if you want a P, you should buy a BBP, but since I don't want a P, my attempt to annoy myself failed.

Getting borderline obsessed with that colour

400 euros ... £350 plus shipping ... can't see that meeting with approval

Can't now remember what I was searching for, as once my eyes fell on this 614 in Pewter, everything else was forgotten. Mmm, shiny. (Mmm, matching headstock, too)

Very well-used Gramma Pad box

Is someone going to start an Were You A Dog, Which Guitar Would You Prefer To Slash Against? thread?

Gullible, stupid and *happy* ? 😊

We've a, er, recently refreshed selection of sites available for the intrepid retailer 😔

When I got my 604, to get the tone closest to what I wanted, I fitted flats, played passive on neck pickup. Now I've a BB to satisfy that need, I'm able to be a bit more relaxed with the TRBX, letting it find the noises it wants to make. I can't now remember where I read this advice but it's been good: with the TRBX 500/600 3 band eq, boost the mids and cut both the highs and lows. I've found that works especially well with the pickup blend 50/50. However the Chromes are now wrong for this sound (too bassy, and their husky quality is fighting the tighter focus the eq is trying to create) so I'll try a 45-105 set of Rotosounds next, either Roto Bass RB45 or Swing Bass RS66.

What's the name for the poor deluded fools who think they just want a nice pair of basses to settle down with, and are just sorting out exactly what it is they need? 😒

Yes, and if you go back in time and travel to Australia you can have it red, too: