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Rotosound Swing Bass RS6665LD After playing flats and half wounds for years, by far the happiest I've been with strings in years. Bright highs but not too, Deep lows but not too, etc... Can't say there's any objective comparisson between other steels, but I really enjoy the smooth feel and big and clear sound.

Last year I fell in love with [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31852"]The '73 P[/url] after rearranging my budget I bought it. It's a stunner, I love the looks and feels but didn't like the quarterpounders P and J it came with. It also had the well known problem of the pick-ups influence (for the worst) on each other: - Low output - Loss of lows - Overall a thin weak sound First stop getting the best pickups soundwise and thanks to you guys I picked up the Wizards. Received the set, installed them and loved the sound of the P-pu and the Jazz stand alone. All together it had the same problem. Got in contact with Andy and I'll spare you the details but it seemed to be a hard job to fix this problem, worldwide mind you! Some time after that, I started thinking about filling and refinishing the J-routing I received a message from Andy with the best news in weeks. They created a set-up with the lowest possible influence, I could try this prototype, if I'd like...I like! He sent me a set and it's just great. Perfect P sound, a great Jazz(bridge)sound and a lovely blended tone. The best of both comes together in a full rich sound, just a bit less boomy as a single P enriched with a great Jazz (bridge) tone. I love it and if you're having the same problem, this is a great set that solves it and as said before Andy is a great guy to work with. Just let him know what it is you need and he'll hook you up. [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass"]Check 'em out[/url] Best wishes Aljan

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Indeed it is/was dear sir and an amazing bass it is, some refreshment of the soldering and bridge adjustment the whole lot and just a few small things left. The pickup however is something too think about. Indeed it's close to the bridge, that however adds to the referred tightness and snarl, teh way I want/like it. @bassman2790: Thats not the problem there is a real loss of volume and tone, I've received one more tip I'm going to give a go. I'll post whatever the outcome is

So no one has ever had too tackle this one?

I've tried swapping the leads, no luck there And It is and was wired the way it's shown on the Seymour D site.

Hi Folks, I couldn't find a lot of actual help regarding my problem, so a new thread it is. I bought the '73 with an added J, frome Neil. It came with Seymour Duncan Quaterpounders (P and J) but thats not my sound. I bought a set of Wizard P(the 84) and J(the Thumper) pickups. The problem, I'm getting less volume and tone, as soon as I roll in the J-pickup. Everything is wirred perfectly and according too Andy it's not the difference in output. That story sticks 'cause the SD set does the same thing, eventhough the J has more "output" We've tried the options he could think off. The stats.: Old Seymour (quater pounder) set up: Jazz +/- 14 K P +/- 12 K New Wizard set up: Jazz +/- 10 k P +/- 14 k Anyone had the same problem and what in the world could the solution be? Who can help? Cheers

I'm on a steak-out for a old p-bass with a P-J setup, I spotted a late seventies with such a configuration. I'm thinking of replacing the added volume-controle for a 3-way selector switch so I can either use both PU's or single out the P or the J pick-up, but... Is this a hard thing too do and what switch do I need? Will this cause the hum mentioned earlier and how to fix it? If needed, how can I adjust output? I appreciate all the help I can get, but please in layman terms for I'm not much of a technician. Greetz Aljan