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Is it me or is the rotosound (swing bass) low be really crap? just fitted a new set, it is just dead...no tone at all. Anyone else got any experience with these or other sets?

Hi All, I will do some audio samples, if I can. I fitted coil tap switches for; North coil, humbucker, south coil for each pickup. With the East preamp the versatility has reached a new level! I can replicate my MM stingray almost exactly, switch to a Jazz and get Precision sounds with a bit of blend and a flick of a switch. Just install a set of on/off/on DPDT mini toggle switches; Green is the north coil/hot connection. Black and White should be joined together (North finish and South Start) - Red and 'bare' joined together for south finish and ground. Dead simple. For a simple set of mods, the versatility of the bass is staggering.

So, the actual mods are: hipshot 3 way string retainer (original ber retainer removed) Schaller machine heads (to be fitted) East J retro deluxe preamp (fits perfectly and the Fender MP jazz v already has a fitted stereo jack!) Coil tap switches (to be fitted, although the sound is pretty good without the coil taps!) ABM 6250b webmaster brass nut (to be fitted) I will also be sanding off the varnish on the back of the neck, gets a bit sweaty for me!

I agree, the dj5 is an immense bass, however, as a budget 5 string bought secondhand and a second hand east preamp, the mp jazz is turning out to be pretty cool. Will add coil tap switches at somepoint.

Fitted an East J Retro preamp; wonderful! What a bass!!!

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Bought an East J-Retro deluxe preamp; quickly dispatched and well wrapped up. Buy with absolute confidence. Thanks!

ordering my upgrades: Schaller BML 534 Tuners Hipshot 3 string retainer ABM 6250b webster brass nut 2 mini toggle switches for coil taps retrovibe stinger preamp So, I should be running - parallel, series, coil tap for each humbucker, 2 x volumes into preamp. Bridge out the volume on the preamp (i.e. cut out the pot and join the wires - I assume this would be the same as full volume for a stingray preamp!?!) And boom!

So, who is an electronic guru? I need a circuit for: pickup A - 3 way coil selector (coil A, B, and both together) Pickup B - 3 way Coil selector (coil A, B, and both together) Volume A pickup Volume B pickup Aguilar OBP3 TK PP (I can figure this bit out!) The rest is a fecking mystery to me, but once I have a diagram, I can solder!

Looking at Preamps now - any recommendations/configurations? vol vol bass/treble mid Worth putting coil tap switches in place?

It's a good bass as it is, but it could easily be better. I also kinda like a stingray tone, which i can probably emulate from this bass and also have a jazz tone if i want it....

It's a good bass as it is, but it could easily be better. I also kinda like a stingray tone, which i can probably emulate from this bass and also have a jazz tone if i want it....

<p>[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1397764444' post='2427255']<br /> I&#39;m working on this just now, I&#39;m thinking preamp with normal (on/on/on) switches for parallel/series/single coil, though I may well look at sorting the pickups too. I fell for the neck on this bass, and the body seems decent quality so I think it&#39;ll be worth upgrading.<br /> [/quote]<br /> <br /> </p> agreed! My thought is to either go for a standard setup, like the east j retro and accept humbuckers or dome sort of switching fir the coils, i looked at stacked vol/blend pots, but they are expensive. I also thought about 4 volumes: 2 stacked pots, a retrovibe stinger preamp with trebles and bass. Loads of options tba and i don't want to over complicate.