Guess what? There's enough space for a Mudbucker!
..not on the control plate. It was already routed when I got it and cutting through that finish would crack it. I know you're just kidding, but I had thought about doing that.
How's the electronic? 3 volume and 1 tone knob?
Affirmative.
is the P PU. usefull combined with the Jazz PU's that close?
...when I get the right one it will be. That bass has had two complete pickups exchanges. The first Jazz set I had in it was a NOS set of Jacksons with a Lace Sensor P-pickup. I have a set of Jacksons in my main gigging Jazz and they are magic, but pretty low output. I hunted high and low for some old Jacksons on eBay for months, but could never find them. The ones I used ended up coming (ironically) from the asshole who owns the local vintage shop. I paid $130 for the set, but they were NOS, leads untouched and still in their original boxes. My plan was to use the Lace Sensor with them, all passive, since even though they are passive, they are very low output. Trouble was, all of them were seriously thin and nasal.
Since I don't want a preamp, I swapped the Jacksons for a set of Fender Custom Shop 63's Jazz pu's and the old pickup from my Mexi P-bass. The Jazz pickups sound killer. The Mexi sounds exactly like it did in the bass it came out of; very thin. There's no weird phasing, and there are few useful combinations, but only at low volume on the knobs. I'm thinking of trying an old Ken Smith P or one of the new Alumitones, which are supposed to be very top shy and beefy. The body wood is very soft, probably basswood or some other cheap wood, but the extremely hard finish and Baddass bridge make the bass very bright, even with flatwounds.
That looks like they "rag-rolled" with crinkled plastic over a silver base - gorgeous...
If you have no objections could I pm for a jpg...?
Sure.