My 3rd Bass Kit. Jazz Bass.

[Zandit75]

There were 3 basses in that list Waz. Perhaps you missed them?

[METAL Rulez 4ever]

Waz, there are basses in there. Here is the links for two of them.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Headless-...EAAOSwImRYLyyq

and

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BASS-Head...oAAMXQh8NTdNZS

[wazkelly]

Was wanting something more like this.... http://www.gallinsmps.com.au/bass-gu...k-bk-hdwe.html

[METAL Rulez 4ever]

Ahhh, ok. Haven't seen them yet. Will keep two eyes out for you.

[wazkelly]

Yeah mostly the ones both you & Zandit pointed out seem to be readily available but they just don't quite look right on what appears to be a traditional looking guitar body with horns and stuff.

The main attraction is how compact the Steinberger design is and the original graphite ones built in the 1980's had one of the best Bass sounds. My top 3 Bass tones are Rickenbacker 4003, Musicman Stingray, and Steinberger XL-2. Fender J Bass comes in 4th and not a huge fan of the solo P Bass configuration as whilst OK the others are far more superior.

[METAL Rulez 4ever]

I would like to purchase the MMB-4 when they become available in Feb.

[wazkelly]

That is only 3 months away.

[Simon Barden]

I had an OLP Stingray bass that looked very much like the MMB-4. I can't see any details on the pickup wiring, but given the three control knobs are 2 x volume and 1 x tone, it must be configured in the same way. Each of the two coils of the pickup has its own volume control, so you can run both full on for a thick fat humbucker sound, or turn one or the other of the coils down for a single coil sound (plus some increased noise). It's actually very versatile arrangement (though you have to turn both volume knobs off to silence it). If that humbucker really is like the one that came with the OLP, then it's not worth thinking about upgrading it.

[METAL Rulez 4ever]

Thanx for the info Simon. What are the SUB basses like ? Do you know ?

Here is the wiring diagram for the MMB-4.

http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...MMB-4_2014.pdf

[Simon Barden]

I've never tried a Sub bass, though I know they get very good reviews.

OLP were licensed by Ernie Ball to produce copies of their Musicman guitars and basses, though to a budget and with non-original hardware. Some were good some weren't so good. My bass just happened to be one of the good ones.

Then Ernie Ball decided that they wanted to produce their own low-cost range based on Musicman kit, so cancelled the OLP agreement and started up their Sterling range (which was very confusing because there is a very nice Musicman Sterling bass). Not sure whether it was the same factory or not that built them, but they certainly tightened up on the quality control and introduced active circuits where they had them on the originals, as the OLPs were all passive. So the Sub bass is very much like the early Stingray, with a 2-band active EQ and no coil splitting. They are very good bases for the money.