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Welcome to the club, @Newfoundfreedom! Have a go at playing the stuff you already know on it first and you’ll get the hang of it in no time. Or maybe a bit longer, YMMV 😬

@visog All a matter of taste and hands - I find 19mm spacing great for four string and five, but prefer slightly narrowed for six (and much narrower spacing closer to the nut).

@drTStingray So it’s really more of an attenuator that gets turned off rather than a boost?

... passive boost?

Looks like a lot of bass for the money, @Newfoundfreedom!

Pics.

I’m sure that could be resolved by plugging the holes and redrilling.

Just checked mine and they are all flat and level, but honestly not something I’d worry about.

To this point they have have to, since there hasn’t been one available. Obviously many people want the Fender name on the headstock, which is understandable. Having said that, Sires and the like have made an impact, and if these are lighter than those then I know which I’d rather have. I can’t wait to pick a secondhand one up for £400 or so. 😂

@thodrik Well if the quality drops, it means that many of us now own “pre-Warwick” Metros 😉 A Sadowsky P/J at under €800 is a bargain though. Buying the preamp alone (albeit with the VTC) is about €250.

MTD Kingston Heir PRS SE Kestrel Fender Player KSD Proto-J The Elrick and Dingwall overseas-built ones are more, but still a fraction of the price of the handbuilt ones.

@wateroftyne I think it depends how good they are. Most brands have a “budget” arm these days: MTD, PRS, Fender, Elrick, KSD, Dingwall, etc. As far as I know, their high end hand built stuff is still just as sought after and their waiting lists still more than they can keep up with, all the examples above have excellent quality instruments at the affordable end, and as a business decision it obviously makes sense in an industry where many hand builders are surprisingly not-wealthy.

@Newfoundfreedom They do come up from time to time, and the budget options are getting better and better these days. My TRB6 is still a killer bass a good 20 years after my dad bought it for me.

@Newfoundfreedom There was a cheap BTB project put up a few days ago, not sure if still there?

I went with NJ4SEs. I also have NJ4s in my medium scale Fender Jazz. They’re both fantastic pickups.

@thodrik Interesting, as for me swapping the Sadowsky pickups in my Metro out for Nordstrands really brought the thing to life.

@benebass I do not need another bass. I do not need another bass...

@edwnInteresting - I wonder what the percentages are on 5s these days.

@benebassOoh that’s nice. What’s the spec?

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