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Does this have enough heat capacity for heavier jobs like soldering to pot bodies and chunky jack plugs? 10W doesn't seem very much.

Thought crime! So verboten is that word in Stupidland, that a forum I use doesn't even allow the word 'retardant' which is particularly ridiculous as it's a studio building thread and the phrase 'fire retardant' is quite useful.

Wake up, sheeple!! That's what Fender want you to think.

Is it? Don't the pole pieces determine the shape of the field, poking up through the coils and pointing at the strings? I'd have thought that whether the magnets were the pole pieces themselves (alnico) or lumps hiding behind the coils and energising the pole pieces (ceramic/neodymium) wouldn't be significant. Just got some Entwistle neodymium pickups by the way. Do they still do the Dyfi enduro out of Machynlleth? Those were a thing 🙂

As RonC said, looks very Warwicky. You wouldn't be able to stop playing it though, it'd never stay upright in a stand. Or leaning against your amp.

Don't skip it. It's a shitty trick, deliberately making a device unserviceable and it raises myhackles. But these things can be reverse-engineered. Send it to me. If I can fix it, I'll make a service manual and youtube video and challenge Sonic Farm to sue me for copyright 😉 If I can't fix it I'll bin it for you. edit: Sonic farm have a user account at Gearspace, going by the name Ztjangle. You might be able to contact him there; a couple of people have posted complaints that they don't reply to email or facecloth and he insists that they read the contact form on their website. https://gearspace.com/board/high-end/1376300-who-uses-sonic-farm-gear.html

Is that a valve preamp? I'm surprised a professional couldn't fix that, unless it's full of unobtanium valves

I'd certainly hope not. What Would Mend-It-Mark do?

Don't know about Squire, but I have a Japanese Squier Precision that is one of the best I've ever played

Interesting idea. But I don't think the shape of the field is determined by the material.

good point well made, I'd been thinking I have too many basses but this thread puts it into perspective! I don't regret getting rid of any of mine. They were all shit, and were all better than I deserved. But a dishonourable mention goes to: -Kay shortscale, 1976. Ghastly. Probably plywood, but it got me started. -Ibanez PJ, My workhorse 1979 to 1987. Jazz sort of neck, probably. What did I know. Played more gigs than anything I've owned since. -Moon Something, sometime in 80s. I borrowed this on and off. It was modern. -Yamaha P type thing, £200, my first new bass, 1985. Not as good as the Ibanez but it was red. It got stolen by a yuppy. -Hohner B2 (I think? the steinberger copy?) Sounded great. Looked silly. -Warwick Thumb, 1990. I got this because Doug Wimbish played one. He did better than me. The first fret was too far away and the neck dived like a $20 hooker. -Fender Precision 70s fretless. A boat anchor, and I needed frets. Sold to Beedster. -Warmoth dinky P with MM pickup, 2000s...this is the era when I had a bit more cash, but have to say was playing less. Evil sounding bass. Neck too chunky. -Warmoth fretless P, 2000s. Did I mention that I need frets? Rather beautiful neck though. -Warmoth 5 string, MM pickups. 2000s. My mate is looking after this. When I need a 5 string I'll have it back. Then I retired from music. How happy was I. Until I was dragged screaming from my comfortable coma, and began playing with a pick... -Bitsa P (CIJ neck from Cetera, no-name body, Quarter Pounder). I wish I'd had this when I was working. It's f***en lush. Why did no-one tell me wide necks are best? -Bitsa P with MM pickup as close to the neck as I could get it. I built this specifically for the reggae covers band I was in. Raas claat but we were rank (and I don't mean 'rankin'). But the fundamentals from that bass brought a few complaints from neighbours. Now in pieces with the neck donated to... ...Bitsa P with Mighty Mite P neck and a MM pickup. This sounds so aggressive I've yet to find the band that needs it. A keeper, safely quarantined in a lead-lined case. -Jet JJB. Narrow neck, but it's forgiven because it sounds so nice fingerstyle. -1984 Squier Japanese Precision. Beautiful neck. Was missing the original pickups so I just, today, fitted Entwistles. Yet to try gigging or recording it. -Squier Jaguar short scale. First shortscale since 1976, and immeasurably better than that one! A bit of an experiment. Very playable. So I have five bass guitars. I think it's too many. I need one for a pick and one for fingers.

Good question. I've filled in an online form, specifying I want jazz pickups and precision neck in a precision body, let's see what they come back with.

Great idea. What's the neck like on the V4?

I have a mighty mite precision neck. It's been solid, reliable. A bit deeper than the 2000 CIJ Fender or the 1984 MIJ Squier (my favourites), but not as chunky as Warmoth.

I think Mr Beed is happy with the outcome. Give it a couple of months though, and there'll be a thread "Precision Bass: I have always loved you and always will. There will never be another 🥰"

I just tried to load its thiele-small parameters into WinISD from https://loudspeakerdatabase.com/Faital/6FE200_8Ω and got 'floating point division by zero'

And never better than on Live at Leeds - also the OX's most incendiary playing (and tone). Young Man Blues; it's like they and Moon were being restrained by Security during the vocal parts at the start, to be released kicking and screaming for the chorus/riff

I got ebay's so-called AI to describe a bogroll I listed. It didn't differ much from the above, though it did include "...the renowned brand Sawyer-Cumming..." Biggest clues that it's AI are the phrases "With this..." and "you can be assured..."

Works well with my Aria swb.

Pretty much as I see it. But still, it seems to be accepted wisdom that alnico is The Good Stuff and ceramic is for losers. It's even more set in stone than Maple Necks Make A Brighter Tone Than Rosewood.

Just seen the AI generated synopsis on Google, and I fear for the future of humanity. It's just a distillation of hearsay and marketing.

I do suspect that there's a bit of audiophoolery/confirmation bias involved...

What's the difference, and why? A magnetic field is a magnetic field...is it just that alnico is less powerful so damps the strings less?