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Indeed the old ‘thumb rest’!

I just know AK loves a white bass with gold hardware.

... and the frog keeps simmering!

Don’t forget gold hardware!

I was gonna say the pubs were open for months with no gigs due to social distancing rules. It’s great to see a vaccine roll out but I’d imagine a cautious return to ‘normal’ gigs is likely to be the course of action with indoor ‘regular’ gigs at the end of that timeframe. Venues with outdoor space may be able to work around that but for the venues my band plays it’s likely gonna be a while yet if the social distancing measures are reintroduced as they were prior to lockdown. I can’t see the Government rushing things well actually I can but you know what I mean. It’ll be a cautious return to good times!

I'd be keen to hear from any SY-1 owners who can cop these tones. Please add audio or video below!

Cheers! Nice looking bass that, great colour!

Would these have been active too Andy?

Or fit the ‘58 into a ‘51 P bass project thus having two equally great sounding basses one round on flats right😉

I think my current p pick up is just about right on the money for me but I’m willing to give one more pick up a chance to usurp it... but just one last chance! 😀

I might order a Creamery 58 once pay day hits. Why not eh! 😀

I have a SD Hot P Bass pick up if you fancy trying it. It was bought for a similar project with the idea that a mid forward pick up in the bridge might be a ‘better’ option. I’ve not got round to digging a hole in my bass😀 I had considered making a Mike Dirnt style 50’s p with reverse p in a Harley Benton though! I digress you’re welcome to try it out if you fancy.

Cheers! My apologies I meant neck pick up not P pick up but you know what I meant 😀 I’ll go back and edit it for clarity. It was in reference to your point below... ”we were just having a discussion about J pups getting close to the P bass sound? Well this definitely is not a good example!” I was just picking up on your point where you said that the Sandberg was a not a good example of a J pick up sounding like a p bass pick up. He was evidently using the bridge only in active mode. Possibly explains why is was not a good example.😃

Thanks Obra. I was just interested to know where the pick up selector was as it didn’t sound like a solo’d neck pick up to my ear. I think @Al Krow was right to distinguish that he preferred the Fender’s as the Sandberg wasn’t even using the neck pick up.

I think a bike fan has added the DT250

Hey @Obra were you playing the Sandberg in active mode in your clip?

@Al Krow Ironically I thought the Sandberg was the type of sound you were always banging on about preferring 😀 Is he using the neck pick up on the Sandberg or both pick ups? It sounds kinda like he’s got both pick ups on and in active mode to me as it has more of that active clanky sound? So not really an ideal comparison if that’s the case. I don’t think he’s trying to make the Sandberg sound like a Fender p bass rather contrasting the sounds of his Fender’s to the Sandberg. If he wanted to compare a Fender P to a Sandberg P he’s not really using the correct bass 😉

Following on from my kitchen sink psychology earlier... I think a big part of it is we get into long term relationships and instead of chasing ‘birds’ we chase gear. We have that special someone in our lives who we love and appreciate and they allow us the folly of gear whoring. It’s harmless, rarely has a cost (cause we keep flipping stuff so the initial cost become irrelevant) and is effectively harmless. I could be wrong.

There's a lock down man!

I know a man who could DI it!

Here’s the you don’t own one pi55 off reply 😀 I’ve played them and the necks have been nice on one or two of the models I’ve tried. On some the spacing is too narrow for my preference but as we discussed previously it’s not really a sound I gravitate towards but I’d say that for active basses in general. Many of the bands I grew up listening to played Spector. Pantera, AiC (both bassists in fact), Skid Row Suicidal Tendencies etc so I’m pretty aware of the trademark Spector tone! It’s hard to miss it on many rock albums!

It is hum cancelling. Single coil 51-54 style p pick ups weren’t by virtue of being single coil. Modern version of that early sc style can be hum cancelling in a similar way some j style pick up’s are stacked. There’s some great solderless kits out there from the likes of EMG or a Ki0g0n kit and it really allows one to tamper and experiment. It can be good fun. If you have a look you might find tie Spector has solderless connections so a neck pick up swap would be far more accessible than you think. Again the Spector experts will know better than me and may be able to shed some light I’d your keen to try out a neck p on your model.

I was thinking p in the neck rather than pj but I know you favour some bridge pick up blended in too. There’s that debae that a p pick up is a humbucker but a neck pick up will sound close enough with some eq for it to be passable! That’s what I’ve found anyway.

I think that EMG soap bar P is a reverse P as I was thinking about a soap bar in my P bass (it’s got a large route for my pick up experiments!) but I settled on a traditional p pick but fitted as a reverse P as I found one I really liked. How does the current neck pick up in the Euro compare to your current basses with a p in the neck @Al Krow Wpuls you say they’re more similar than different when comparing him bucker to single coil voicing?

I’ve never been called perceptive before 😀 I have a old CV jazz I did a few upgrades on and I know while I may lust after a higher end jazz it’s not really gonna offer me anything more other than bragging rights. When I think I’d like a new bass I pick up one I own, play it, maybe stick some flat wound strings on it and try it into both my amps with very different settings - one all clean and hifi funky the other all mean and driven. I normally find the gas settles quickly after I play the same three riffs I know and realise the extra expensive instrument would be wasted on my level of ability and I have quite enough furniture/clutter as it is! 😀