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peewee wrote:

gray wrote:That's a pretty cool Jazz bass, I must say. Absolutely, swap out that PG. It'd be killer!

I've toyed around with building a J or a P with Dark Star pickups in it. Still debating. I know John Stirrat from Wilco has a P with a Dark Star.

Played a couple of Lakland Bob Glaubs w/ Dark Stars in them - big tone!

I also thought about making it a Fenderbird instead of either a J or P! I love the Dark Star sound!

Speaking of JB's, I read the John Paul Jones article in Bass Player last night. He said people assume he uses flats, but he switched to rounds back in his session days. He wanted more sustain than what he was getting with flats.
I always used rounds on my JB, and thought I got very close to his sound.