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Have you opened the amp and cleaned the fan? My old Puma 1000 had a fan that was very similar to a PC fan. I’d say that this is the first thing to do.

I understand you but why would you compress frequencies that you will cut after? Just my two cents…

two compressors is the winning combination for sure. 👍
 

I use the compressor in the FX Loop on the Mesa Subway Plus DI (after EQ).

I found that before the EQ, there where too many things I didn’t want to ear on my final sound (fret noise, string buzz and so on). When I placed the compressor after the EQ, my sound was much more natural and as I always wanted. I also noticed that I compress a lot less after EQ. 
For me, after the EQ is the way to go but it might be better if you try both ways and figure what’s good for you.

Confirmed! Those are early Bassculture stacked JB. Thank you all Guys

Thank you sir! I will ask him if you’re right 😉

23 hours ago, itu said:

Me blind, sorry.

If you have a DMM, check the resistance. It may give a hint of the type. If you have magnet, or a compass, you can check the polarities.

 

Side by side humbucking pickups, like Status, the magnets are opposite, half N and half S.

 

https://www.aguilaramp.com/wp-content/uploads/aguilar-pickup-DCB-5J.pdf

These are side by side humbucking.

Just tested with a magnet and definetly not a side by side humbucker. One pickup is N and the other is S

Awesome! Thank you sir. If I find something I’ll keep the post updated

6 minutes ago, itu said:

https://www.avbasses.com/en/contact/

After asking Ales, you will tell us, don't you?

I did. He told me that the bass was sold with Aguilar pickups but I don’t think that Aguilar make stacked coil pickups

Ahahahah thanks for the tip

Hi guys!

A few months ago, I bought an amazing AV Bass AVJ5 secondhand. I'm very happy with the bass itself but the pickups somehow don't sound as I was expecting... Definitely don't sound like a normal J pickup, they have more a humbucker type sound. I know that these are stacked coil (people tend to say that stacked coils are more "soft" and have less highs that single coils)

When I contacted Ales Vichodyl (btw very cool guy to deal with, couldn't be more happier), he told that the bass was sold with Aguilar pickups. I really doubt that these are Aguilar.

Any ideas? Does anybody recognize the brand / maker or have any clue?

Thank you for helping me on this

I use mine as first pedal in the pedalboard. The tracking is signifactly better and I found that the compressor keep the synth sounds more controlled.

I had the Bassbone OD and if I remeber correctly, it can take 18V with no problem. I think that it’s written somewhere in the manual and if it’s not, you should send and email to radial just to be sure. Make sure that you have more or less 500mA to feed the preamp and remember that for the Bassbone you have use reverse polarity compared with the standard pedal power supply

Thanks for the advice. I thought of the possibility of returning the bass and I told the fellow what he could do. Let’s see what’s going to happen

33 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Possible theres a short in the neck pup?

Doesn’t seem to. There’s a a fair amount of difference on the impedance of the pickups. 
I might have encontered a bass that wasn’t checked by the quality control

35 minutes ago, bartelby said:

 

I've had that happen on Fenders costing a lot more than HBs.

Happened to me too. 

I’m really sorry if someone is offended by from what I said. Actually, it’s just my opinion. I’m not telling that anyone that buys this bass is stupid or something… for me, doesn’t even come close to Sire (Sire are far from perfect too). 

Here’s my point:

- the bridge was terrible because when you hit hard the E and G strings the saddles move around, other cheap bridges don’t

- the neck pickup has a significant low output comparing with the bridge one (it’s like on a jazz bass you have the neck pickup at 50% and the bridge at 100%)

- actually, I did the setup on this bass and part of my daily work, it’s repairing guitars (setup, fret levelling, changing electronics and many other things) so I might know something 

Funny thing that there’s people who is offended by an opinion based on a recent exeperience. 
 

My student was really happy with the bass, for me that’s the important thing. 
 

I would buy it? Hell no! 
 

Again, that’s only my opinion. 
 

Today one of my students brought the purple jazz to the lesson. In my opinion, it’s a beautiful piece of crap. Looks good but sounds awful. Low output pickups, terrible bridge and not a nice tone. The neck tough it’s not bad, the binding and the fret ends are well finished. 

I had one of these. Best neck ever!!! Loved this bass!

Here’s a few videos of the bass. It’s a live recording and what you hear is the bass on the Mesa Subway Plus preamp

I hope this helps someone to grab this beast fast! 

I can’t believe it’s still here. Beautiful bass, beautiful

Just like mine! The color is actually way more vibrant and orange than it seems on the photo. 
best luck with the sale

As promised, here it is. 
it’s far from perfect but I think it’s going to work. 
the guy who printed the cover added a little twist in the design and now is looking a little different than my original project. 
I’ll post some updates when I fit it in my bass

Hello guys,

I have an amazing Yamaha TRB5P but don't like a bit the electronics. Changed the preamp and fitted a Sadowsky 4 Knob, sound killer! Some time a go, I bought a set o MAMA pickups  (they make them specifically for this bass). The P pickup sounds good, a bit too compressed for my taste but sounds good. The problem was always the bridge pickup. Hums like hell, thin sound and low output. Not really happy here...

So, since I have a Nordstrand NJ5S sitting at home, I decided to solve the problem by building a pickup cover using the 3D printer and Tinkercad to design it.

It's the first time that I use this kind of software and it's possible that everything isn't perfect but so far, is looking good.

Honestly, I never post anything about my workl but I decided to post this project because I really hope that this 3D model solve someone's problem as it did for me.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5365871

As soon as I get this thing printed, I'll update the post with some pictures

Hi! I got one of theese and I simply love it!

Send me a PM with the specs you need.

Hello! 
Neck pocket dimensions and wood type?

Trades?