Recent content by Ratatosk

De nada. Shielding is a piece of cake. The chrome cover is soldered to the base plate which is made of brass so if you solder a ground wire to the base plate the PU is fully shielded. Also these Maxons have a weak point; the solder joint between the coil wire and the thicker connection wire...

Those are Maxon pickups. They were the household name during the early "lawsuit" era before the japanese started to copy also the pickups. They can be found on almost all 70's japanese copies, no matter if it is a F****r, G****n or a R*ck copy. The Maxons are great little pickups and although...

I have seen many questions about dating. This wiki: Hondo Helped me date my 830 Deluxe Series as a 1982. Hope it is of any help.

My brother has bought an old japanese p-bass branded "Pro Martin Thunder Deluxe". Based on the information from the seller it should be late 70's/early 80's since he claims to have bought it second hand in the mid 80's. It has a maple neck with a maple fretboard, a solid wood body and the small...

Congrats on that beautiful bass!! Now that it has been dated maybe this is obsolete but anyway: Invalid Link Removed This might be useful in the future.

And may I present my WATKINS Sapphire? Year of manufacture unknown and converted to fretless by me.

I have done the conversion on my FrankenPOC. It started life as a Hondo EB-someting copy that I bought from a friend in 1976 or -77 and decided to convert to fretless, so out came the chisel and mallet. The only replacement neck I could get hold of was a Hofner one with narrow string spacing and...

If this isn't badass then I don't know. Unknown body, unknown neck, unknown Mudbucker, unknown bridge. Wilkinson tuners and volume only. Got it for free from the son of my best friend, action was a mile high and it was littered with stickers. After cleaning and setup it actually plays like...

It looks to me like the writing on the head stock and pickups says "Orfeus". In that case it is a Orfeus Plovdiv bass from Bulgaria even though the head stocks differ: Orfeus violin bass

Here's a pic of my shorties. Left to right: Dynelectron Longhorn, Watkins Sapphire fretless and Danelectro Dead On 58 Longhorn. Can I have a number please? "It's not the size that matters. It's how you let it swing.