Sardonicus

Pair of EMG-SSD passive soapbar pickups for sale.  Recently removed from a Spector Performer Bass, used but in perfect condition and working perfectly.  £35.00 for the pair c/w springs and screws.  Price includes delivery by FedEx.  PayPal works best for me.

2 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

I've done a build and a number of mods for @wwcringe  (Tom) where the tone circuit is completely by-passable or isn't in place at all.   Tom's preference is, in any case, to use rotary switches rather than potentiometers so, in most cases, the signal is going straight from the pickup to the jack.

My view is the same as @Hellzero 's in terms of an A/B comparison but I doubt if you'd notice the difference as the volume and tone difference from different venues has a much bigger impact than any bypassing of a full-off pot would. 

Very easy to try it - it's just a single disconnected wire from the volume pot to the tone pot.

I'll try it both ways, with the wire disconnected and then connected, I'll let my ears be the judges.

25 minutes ago, Muppet said:

I would ask John @KiOgon whether he can make you up a solderless loom for your new project. The quality is excellent. You could then drop it in with the new pickups and then rebuild the existing loom at your leisure whilst still having an operational bass. 

I have already been in touch with @KiOgon and his knowledge and advice has been invaluable.  I’m going to do the work myself as it’s something I’ve always fancied doing, thanks for commenting 😁👍🏻

Whoever owned the bass before me had a go at the wiring and it's a shambles so I'm going to rip everything out and fit all new.

I've got a pair of passive P28 Music Man style pups 7.14k ohms from C.H.Guitars http://www.chguitars.co.uk/pickups/bass-pickups/p28-music-man-style-bass-pickup-1991.html and they have recommended to fit A500K log pots for the 2 volume, a B500K lin pot for the tone and a 0.022uf cap.  Does anyone have experience of changing the pups in a Performer and how does this look to you?

Any comments would be greatly received.

I have a Spector Performer 4 and I'm about to change the EMG-SSD pups as to my ear they have no bottom end and they're all pushed mids.  Whoever owned the bass before me had a go at the wiring and it's a shambles so I'm going to rip everything out and fit all new.

I've got a pair of passive P28 Music Man style pups 7.14k ohms from C.H.Guitars http://www.chguitars.co.uk/pickups/bass-pickups/p28-music-man-style-bass-pickup-1991.html and I have been recommended to fit A500K pots for the 2 volume, a B500K pot for the tone and a 0.022uf cap.  Does anyone have experience of changing the pups in a Performer and how does this look to you?

Any comments would be greatly received.

1 hour ago, itu said:

Let's think about this thing another way around: vol + tone + bypass switch.

If you set vol fully ccw (to 0), the switch becomes a killswitch, if that is in need.

If the vol is set anywhere >0, you get two sounds from the bass with a flick of a switch.

I'm installing new pups soon so I'm going from vol+vol+tone+tone to vol+vol+tone.  It makes sense to keep a tone knob rather than try to fix what isn't broken.

1 hour ago, Big Rich said:

In all my years playing, I don't think I've ever used my tone knobs, I've always had everything full on and adjusted my sound with my right hand, if I want a rounder sound I play nearer the neck and if I want a brighter sound I play nearer the bridge.

In light of this, would it make any difference if I disconnected my tone knobs and just had the pickups wired to the volume knobs only?

I'd be interested in your comments.

@KiOgon I have been told by @Teebs that you are the Yoda of bass electronics, with your knowledge grace me you must.

In all my years playing, I don't think I've ever used my tone knobs, I've always had everything full on and adjusted my sound with my right hand, if I want a rounder sound I play nearer the neck and if I want a brighter sound I play nearer the bridge.

In light of this, would it make any difference if I disconnected my tone knobs and just had the pickups wired to the volume knobs only?

I'd be interested in your comments.

9 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

I reckon so - it’s now just a dummy knob.

Everything has to be pretty much unsoldered and then re-done for your new project, and then leave it there as a dummy knob.

Save the picture and or draw the schematic should you wish to change back at some point and good luck, sounds like it will be great

That's exactly what I'm planning to do, draw the old schematic and keep it just in case, thanks for commenting 👍

I'm going to swap the EMG-SSD pickups in my Spector Performer 4 for a pair of Music Man style pickups and the new installation will have the same wiring as a jazz bass, 2 volume and 1 tone,  as the current 2nd tone knob (at the bottom of the picture) is now going to be redundant, do I disconnect everything from that knob, the leads and capacitor etc and just leave it on its own?

It's my first time swapping pickups so I just wanted to get some advice before I crack on.

The photo below is of the current wiring, the knob at the top is the bridge volume, the knob on the right is bridge tone, t he knob at the bottom is neck tone and the knob on the left is the neck volume.  The schematic is what I was emailed and the last pic is a screenshot about the new pickup wiring.

I went to the London Bass Guitar Show yesterday and whilst I thought it was going to be bigger than it was, it was still a great day.

I played a few basses and the Spector basses were fantastic as ever but I definitely fell in love with a Chowny SWB-1 short scale bass.

I've been playing bass for over 30 years in cover bands, playing anything from Metallica, Iron Maiden, UFO, Kiss, AC/DC, Judas Priest to Jerry Lee Lewis, Creedance Clearwater Revival and The Jam.

I live and breath music so my inspiration comes from all areas but I do love Pete Way (UFO), Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Bobby Vega, Mark King and Stanley Clarke.  I play an Epiphone Thunderbird, a Spector Performer 4, a Washburn AB5, a no-name P-Bass and a no-name Stingray copy as backup, I always played with fingers back in the day but now I mostly use a pick.

I'm not going to set the world alight but I'll always supply a solid pounding bottom and some top notch harmony backing vocals..

In a world of Billy Sheehans....I'd rather be a Pete Way !!