Yep, there is something about that tactile experience of fiddling with real knobs 
I might have seen a bit of that other thread, now that I think about it… but it seemed to include only two people who had any meaningful input 
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@howard is so contrary these days. I fully expect to find him buying Adam Clayton’s signature tube amp next and a Fender Jazz with a tort pick guard.
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To be truly out of character it would have to be a Gibson
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Ahh very nice, now here’s a desk I can live with.
Hmm I should probably get a limiter to put in there too, behind the monitor, given that these are patchable analog synths.
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Just another day at NASA! Countdown commences 10, 9 , 8 …
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Yeah you probably should 
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Isn’t that screen supposed to be standing on top of that “ledge”/shelve?? 
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yeah but I like it better this way
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My P Bass volume pot was damaged when it arrived from the store 2 years ago. I negotiated a discount and was going to get around to replacing it. But it worked in the 75% to 100% range so I lazily left it.
I stumbled across a New Zealand company called Obsidian who do prewired harnesses with solder less connections for pickups. Not stupid money, so I thought I’d give it a go.
Pretty straightforward install:
- Remove strings and remove old pots and jack from pick guard.
- Cut the wires as close as possible to the old pots to give you as much slack as possible.
- Strip wire with about 1/4" bare and twist
- Use a small flat head screwdriver to depress a small tab and insert the wire.
- Reassemble
- Play
Does it sound better? There’s probably a psychological effect (which the cleverer of you can tell me what it is) but it sounds great. I just plugged it into my Rumble. No noise and sounds clear as a bell.
If you don’t want to bother soldering, but maybe want to try swapping pickups this could be for you.
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Nice looking little unit!
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New tuners, new bridge, and new flats on the Junior Jet today.
The new Gotoh tuners work so much better than the stock ones. The bridge is probably more aesthetic than anything, but I’m really happy with it.
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Cool upgrades, @Sailfinn. I hated the tuners on the Junior Jet I had.
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looks great!
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Yep, that’s how I upgraded my beginner P bass, and it was indeed an upgrade to the stock electronics it had. Pretty solid product by Obsidian!
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Oh man such a great song. Placebo lived on repeat in my CD player for a while.
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Well… I had an impromptu upgrade a few days ago. I took the bridge off my MIM Steve Harris P, and this is what passes for a bridge ground:
I went with this:
And then I had a look at all that whatzit, 'cause shielding there ain’t (though I did find a nice hand-drawn heart in red Sharpie). The eagle eyed of you will notice a flaked off piece of wood and a rectangular outline in the cavity. Some fecking asshat actually primed and painted over a paper QC sticker.
Anyhoo, as I was restringing it, the binding caught in the bridge on the A string and i didn’t notice. So, I snapped it while tuning. Darned near got myself in the phizz too! Anyhoo, the spare set went on, and this time with a proper 3 winds on the peg.
Next job: cavity to be painted with graphite conductive paint and grounded.
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Steve would approve
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How hard do you have to turn a tuner to snap a bass string?
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