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Reasonable people may reasonably disagree. I never owned one, but I kept pitching up the the music shop where they sold them in the early 2000s and lusting after them. They had both of the high end models. They were silly expensive, and it may well be that the preamp was not reliable, but goodness, I did enjoy hankering after them as a much younger bassist.

I remember these and trying them out in a music shop. Great basses.

I liked the reverse P and the Thumb. I feel better about my decision to reverse the rear pickup on my dual P bass.

I was thinking the same thing...sliding rail pickups look great. It really would make instruments very versatile...would have been great if it caught on more widely.

Check this out. This would have helped me a lot when deciding about pickup placement for modding my Precision bass. This must have taken forever to do!

I can only agree. The new logo is so much better.

I can see it’s a nice tweeter - the APT80. https://www.eminence.com/speakers/supertweeter-detail/?model=APT80

I loved the One10 but found it too dark. The One10T looks like it would be right up my street, although after making @stevie’s amazing 1x12” + compression driver cab, I’m kind of invested in seeing what @stevie comes up with next that has a 10” driver... Also £550 for a 1x10 + tweeter is pretty expensive...but then 1x12” cabs have always been a bit more viable in terms of bang for the buck... EDIT: just checked the original One10 new price, £419. I can definitely see a well designed crossover and the tweeter adding both cost and value, but it still seems like a lot for a One10T. I’ll wait until someone inevitably sells theirs, lol

Lol. @Marc S I appreciate your congratulations. You may be late but the joy is definitely felt. @Woodinblack if I ever tried to do something like @ead’s bass, it would be modifying this Squier. I’m not in a position for a while to be going custom...but I think I must resist the urge to mod. This is a great bass as is.

Wow!!! That is amazing. What are the pickups, and the spacing?

Honestly I would buy a Squier and pay someone to relic it for you. See my review here - a ton of bass for not much money at all.

I have a lot of books too. Bought plenty of online materials too. However I am of the thought that a few ideas from one book is good mileage. It depends on what the book is for as well. A transcription book may be practiced for months, or bought for a single tune. A jazz theory book may give an overview and also be the source of just a few ideas which can be used and practiced meticulously in all keys, but not necessarily worked through in its entirety, especially if some of the ideas just don’t sound good to you. My practice is split into 3 categories, mostly. Applied harmony/fretboard knowledge, sight reading practice, and transcription. For now, my sight reading practice is exclusively the Jameson Motown transcription book. It could as easily be a Real Book, or another transcription book, but I must admit the Motown book is plenty of work as it is. 5 flat key signatures, I think there may be a 6 flat key signature in there (!!) lol. I have felt the benefit of the Motown stuff after just 6 weeks of sticking at it.

Clever! Could do. Let me look at that...might eat into the pickguard though

Hmm. After a lot of playing the bass, I think I will swap the bridge pickup around to being reversed. There is still just a bit too much ‘clavinet’ to the sound on the DG strings. So I guess I’ll end up the the ‘John Entwhistle’ solution - as on his Buzzards etc - main P non reverse, bridge P reversed. I will fill pickup gaps with a solution that lets me reverse things if I wish - I’ll take some Precision pickup covers (closed top) and trim them to size and screw them into place. I’ll post again once I’ve made time for the mod and can post pics. Wish me luck!

I think I could see a black or clear pickguard as being ok. But the white one is just a bit too ‘cowboy’ for me...

I do see others, including the Fender Custom Shop, have done dual pickup 51 Precisions....not quite as you suggested, but I wonder what they sound like... https://www.ozbassforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1892 (check the first post - wow) https://www.talkbass.com/threads/dual-p-pickups-are-the-best-pickup-configuration-in-existance.1487640/page-3#post-24592646 - also wow. Dual stacked Seymour Duncans. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/anyone-ever-do-this-to-a-p-bass.1378268/#post-22246017 - Self build. Another dual Seymour Duncan setup. Found a couple of other builders doing interesting stuff... https://store.rsguitarworks.net/collections/basses/products/contour-bass-54 http://www.detempleguitars.com/temp/CATALOG_ITEMS/DeTemple_P55_over.php If/when I get a modding bug for this bass......

No mods! lol. I just want to play. I'll think about the pickguard though. Using right now for reading practice - Standing in the Shadows of Motown book. Perfect

So the pickguard comes off fine and it looks very handsome. Forgive the harsh lighting - not great to take shots without natural light.... Looks like a 4 piece body under there. No real bother for me...maybe a bigger deal for other people

@kodiakblair Wise as usual. There’s pine and pine the same there’s ash and ash, I guess! @JohnDaBass I’ve seen those threads. The Lindy Fralin sounds great - Andy Irvine did a video with an upgraded Squier with it that showed it off perfectly. God knows I’ve modded basses in my time - my 2009 Squier CV Jazz has been my most consistent victim, even now...but honestly, I can’t see the need to do anything here...a first for me. If I’d bought the Harley Benton version I’d be all over it with mods...a disaster as I already have a dual P I’m messing with and that project eats into my practice time as it is. @KiOgon kindly did a lovely dual V/T loom for that with a series/parallel switch - really great.