Hellzero

Indeed, Antônio Carlos Jobim has written most the Bossa Nova tunes including A Garota de Ipanema, but it was often a two hands work with João Gilberto, even if he is not always credited : that's show business.

Trevor Horn did a terrific work when you hear that original unedited version... But tha are way much worse original versions, like Devo, for example. Thanks Lemmy (who surely must be a god 😁), there were fantastic producers and arrangers by the time.

The Fenderish headstock is, in fact, an Austrian design from an acoustic guitar of ... 1820. 🤔 I guess the family should sue Bigsby and Fender to earn a lot of money. 😁 Why hire an instrument trader (wanting to earn more money every minute) like Mark Agnesi, as Director of Brand Experience (what did they smoke ?), when they could have hired the way way way more clever Ned Steinberger who licensed his design instead of suing the counterfeiting companies. I know, he would certainly have laughed a lot after the nice job Gibson did with his brand. Talking about Steinberger just points out the fact that Gibson is only able to buy a company and then ruin it completely within the next minute. Remember the Tobias case too ? And what about Heritage ? Will they sue them too, even if there has been a legal agreement at the time. And for those wanting to see and hear a pathetic new Trump, here it is (again) :

To a no string ?

Try the good old Seymour Duncan Hot Stacks, very balanced pickups and great set combination, and the basic Jazz Bass sound is still present, just fatter and hotter. The Nordstrand Big J-Blade Warm & Wooly just stick to your description needs, if you like the look and ... price. @Marcoelwray is an official retailer for Nordstrand pickups and also for Delano. Just ask him what would suit your needs. 😉

Is there a way to get a milky sound ?

A bass for Flea :

Oh, la vache !

PM replied.

Yes, but first use a continuity tester to check each and every connection, following the first schematic, that will be faster and easier.

Of course, the DPDT switches wirings are different, one is for active/passive switching, the other for series/split/parallel mode of the pickup... So can't be compared. Figure it this way : Pickup wires go to the first DPDT switch, then the live output goes to the volume and then the ouput of the volume goes to the second DPDT switch for active/passive modes.

The ones on the right, of course, wired in green on the schematic. 😉

Ok, if not, do it. Looking at the second schematic, it's mandatory.

Ok, got it. Did you solder B2, M1, M2 and N2 to the ground ?

What do you mean by VT ?

Ok, quite easy, the output of your DPDT switch is now the output of your pickup in the 3rd MM3 diagram, the ground remaining the, urm, ground. As simple as that. And just get rid of volume 2 as you only use one pickup, if I read correctly.

And the schematics for the new Kent Armstrong 2 or 3 bands preamps :

Here is the complete schematics for new Kent Armstrong pickups :