afrobeat I had a similar injury in a situation crushing the the tip of my left ring finger. During the time of the injury colors seemed brighter,sound was stereophonic etc. Directly after that I immediately went to a desk job. Playing bass is far to important to damage one's fingers. May I suggest staying out of the kitchen,get a girlfriend/wife to cook. If not switch to fork split muffins! I hope you heal up well and that is one killer bass. I live close to New York so music row 48th street had one Hyak dealer and one Alembic dealer. I could'nt make up my mind. I actually had an extra $50 to pay one of the store managers to bring one of the basses into one of the stores so I could do a fair A B comparison through one amp in one room etc. The Hyaks seemed to be more organic in sound and feel to the then brown pick up zebra wood series 1 I was comparing it to. The filters seemed to go farther in either direction range wise. In the end I ended up with the series but I never forgot that Hyak. It does appear to be Paduk. Which is amazingly bright for it's age. Paduk oxidizes rather quickly compared to other woods. I'm thinking there must be a sealer coat or something preserving the bright color. Alembic PU's might fit. Maybe they could send you a dead PU or a cover to test fit.If not find something that you like or that fits as close as possible and then you could put an inner pickup ring in say maple around them to close up the gaps. Also elsewhere on this awesome site Alembic actually restored some lucky persons Hyak for them. The bridge is fairly easy to machine up. They used channel brass with rounded shoulders on the ends. Drilled and tapped the webbing for the tension screws. Solid brass blocks for the saddles with fine thread tapped hole for the screws. Compression springs where used. Local machine shop or Alembic. If I can find the Hyak brochure I'll scan it and sent it to you. Good luck with that bass. If you want to sell it contact me first!Ha!
