I have been a player for much of my life and have owner some of the best custom basses ever including my last which was a custom F-Bass BN6 which you may have seen lots of times here. I'm however no longer an active stage player and have reduced the bass heard over the last year including the heartbreak of selling that F-Bass. So my search to find the right fretted 5 string led me to a Sire P7 Gen 2. I have had one now for just a few days and there are already some worries. The bridge is super cheap on the one I got, I have seen many photos with a higher mass bridge but mine came with the old style Fender barrel bridge, hate those, intonation is a challenge. I can't seem to find a simple swap out solution due to the narrow string spacing and body through string capability. Second, although the preamp sounds good the controls are going to drive me crazy coming from the F-Bass. I would much rather NOT have a pickup blend control but rather a separate volume of each pickup (as F-Bass does it). I have seen where some have installed an Aguliar pre in these but it does not look like the right solution for me. Any help would be great.....
