Beedster

As above, I've been lugging my Mesa rig, all-tube 200w head with two 2x10s to rehearsals for a while, and having got fed up of the leg work decided to use my Avalon into the PA. However, there was an Ashdown 15" combo that I thought I'd try first, and it sounded absolutely spot on from the moment I plugged in, punchy as hell and lovely sweet tone for a Precision with heavy flats. Having checked them on eBay they go for a couple of hundred quid? I asked the guy at the studio about it and he said that everyone tries to buy it off him but it's going nowhere! I just I don't get it? No idea why I posted really

Barracuda

That's what liked it for me, the ageing process, rock and roll got old an needed to pay the bills

I am going to talk to my band mates about that very song

Thanks Gary, just measured the neck and it's 46mm!!!!!!! It's always been on the chunky side, but that's quite impressive isn't it. Think I might need to get this to a luthier and get one made to measure

Many thanks will check now

Glorious

I couldn't even find a 43mm earlier, click on the links in a few places and it's 'sorry, we're currently out of stock'

Thanks Dunc, didn’t think of the US angle on imperial, might just have to suck up the wait for either UK luthier or US dealer so guess. Cheers. Chris

I bought a 1 21/32" Precision nut thinking it would be close enough, but it's not. Can I find any retailer who's got the 11/16th. No, despite the fact that plenty of Precision necks e.g., Warmoth are made in that size. I can probably get one from Warmoth of course, but it'll take weeks and cost about £30 total. I could also take it to a tech but for something as easy as a nut this seems like overkill, and I'll still end up doing quite a lot work myself (it's for a fretless and I am very exacting about slot depth with my fretlesses) I've looked in most of the obvious places PS needs to have a curved bottom edge also.

Warmoth Precision neck with ebony board, no idea about body wood, but it weighs marginally less than Gibraltar. Sustains for ever. Wizard '64s. Offered it for sale here, no one wanted it. In retrospect I'm rather happy about that

Fair enough, can't argue with the above. I've always assumed a back story that perhaps isn't the case.

OK, I get all of this, but how many people who've started/responded to the numerous threads on BC over the years have ever contacted eBay, or even the guy himself, and said the same thing? I agree, his work is not as he represents it - far from it - but I take a more generous view of the underlying reason why than perhaps others do (I may be very wrong). If you feel strongly, perhaps you should do something other than rant here, which does nothing tangible to solve the problem as you see it?

Hi mate, thanks for the info, Delano do some great PUPs, I really like the look of these for my P/H https://www.bestbassgear.com/djc-4-he-m2.htm. Anyone use one of played one?

That's very true, it's something I wish I'd thought more about when I put in my HB, as whilst there is a clear different in tone between HB and PB PUPs, it's nothing like as evident as it was with PB and JB PUPs (the bass in question was originally P/J and I was never really happy with the J-PUP position or tone so had a HB installed instead). I'm using one of the below from Fender (the bass is routed for this shape not for MM style humbucker, which might also have been a mistake in terms of the range of PUPs available), any thoughts on PUPs that might give more contrast with the Precision PUP welcome.... I naively assumed that being a 'Double-J' it would allow me to tap into a single J-coil should I want to, but it only has two cables so I assume not?

Love that video WoT, great stuff, leaves me wanting to either buy the Handbox amp or perhaps the Walkabout you’re no longer using

Looking at that I guess you need to decide whether it's the P-PUP or the Ray-PUP that you want in the respective sweet spot, I'm guessing you can't have both?

I might be breaching a new forum rule by posting without reading the whole thread here A few years ago we started picking up gigs simply because we were quiet, landlords in a few places simply liked bands that could entertain without being loud, and there were apparently not many of them around. Playing DB and having a skilful drummer who could tap as well as hit helped a lot also. I love playing loud, but only when it's appropriate. I prefer quiet.

Your original post didn't suggest any of the above, it simply came across as the usual fosters take, which is why I objected. If you've got something to say, then simply say it, which also gives the person in question the opportunity to respond. And anyway, my main issue was with the 'care in the community' comment, which wasn't yours

Yep, that was my original thinking but have checked it both ways and still the same. Might be an earth issue somewhere perhaps?

I'm pretty sure that in a previous thread it was mentioned that, as the gentleman in question is a Basschat member, any comments on his listings could go via PM. Not sure the final line in the above post is appropriate either way

Hi Pablo I installed a Fender humbucker at the neck of what was orginally a P/J. Solo'd it sounds great, it has more grunt that the original J-PUP and is far more usable in that respect. I wouldn;t say I can get a Stingray tone, but what I do get is closer to that than a Jazz. However, unlike that J-PUP, I cannot blend the humbucker and split-coil (Precision) PUP in any usable way, as soon as both are engaged at any decent volume (i.e., past about 6/10 on the volume pots) there is a complete loss of bass and I'm left with a bass tone reminiscent of the gear I was playing in the early 80's! I assume that this is a wiring issue that I need to investigate (the wiring is sound with all leads going to the right places, I'm guessing I might need to reverse polarity on one of the PUPs), but I didn't have this problem with J-PUPs.