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Snazzy! I like it. You have correctly picked up in your testing that the cab is unforgiving of a bad signal chain. If your bass, amp, EQ, fingers, strings, effects are not all good, then it will simply produce that bad sound. However it sounds great once you make sure everything is sorted. I can see the dilemma of bass cab manufacturers. If you make it voiced, then it will almost certainly conflict with the voice built in to some instruments. However, leaving it flat/unvoiced means many players who are not attentive to technique, etc, may not necessarily sound very good through it.

Just sold my John East 5 band to John. A pleasure to see as usual, and I always delight in hearing him play. I'm pretty sure the EQ will be put to good use...

I like tan. But it’s your cab dude....

Honestly, my take on pickups is that the height makes a huge difference. I’ve used lots of replacement pickups - the Fender CS 60’s were a particular favourite - but getting the height right is something that is often neglected, and makes a huge difference. I still need to get mine to Chris McIntyre to sort out the high fret. Ah well.

@LukeFRC you need to do the leathering effect at least twice to make it decent. I did it three times, I think. I can’t quite remember.

Tricky. Good work. I guess there’s no perfect solution when considering alternatives to screws...

I still have my Squier CV Jazz that I bought new. I think I got it in 2009. Or 2010. Its going strong and sounds great. Stock pickups, stock electronics. The only problem I have is needing to reseat the 20th fret a little - it’s finally lifted a little after many years of play. I’ll take it to a tech soon. Otherwise, it’s been a great investment. I spent many years on it learning when I went to music school. It’s my ‘beater’ bass now for a while. I love it. I never have to worry about it. Even though it’s signed by Jeff Berlin, lol.

I think you’ll be impressed with electric piano. I was when my keys player tried it out.

Sold my Hipshot tuners to Deamon, easy communications and fast payment. Happy to deal with again!

Sexy!!!

I used countersunk flat top socket head M5 machine screws from this eBay seller. And T nuts.