TanoCondor

Thank you very much and the Elwood comparison would be awesome! The Dimarzio Ultra Jazz should be the same size according to online infos

Hey, thank you so much for your answer! I think I hate active basses/guitars and in general I hate batteries haha, that's why I think I'll probably mod this bass to full passive. The spare hole isn't a problem since I can leave the original, unconnected, pot there or maybe I can add a switch for a serial/parallel thing if I decide to keep the PJ config. What about the original stereo jack? Wouldn't it be compatible with my plan if I decided to leave it? Talking about the Jazz/Jazz conversion, keep in mind that this model has the pickguard... that's why I'm not really concerned about the hole aesthetic and I wouldnt refill and repaint it, since it will be covered (with a new custom pickuguard). Of course it's the hardest part of my mod plan...I don't even know where to put exactly the Jazz neck P.up haha

Hey guys I'm a guitarist and don't know or understand the world of bass electronics very well. I have a Mezzo 5 strings and I want to remove the preamp section and go passive. Should I replace the pots? I mean, are they only compatible with active preamps? (Since I see little PCBs on them). If so, should I have to replace all of them or maybe just some? (EG just the volume or blend). If I were to replace the blend pot and I wanted to keep the blend setup in passive mode (instead of having a volume for each pickup), which model should I buy? The same goes for the other pots (don't know if I should go for 250k or 500k or whatever). Please help me! haha I'll also replace the J Pup, probably with a Dimarzio ultra jazz. Lastly, I would try to turn it into a Jazz bass, replacing the P pickup with also a Dimarzio ultra jazz, but I would hollow out the pickup hole by hand/drill, since I dont have the right tools haha so I don't know if it would be too crazy. The thing is, I already have a 4-string PJ bass (Sire U5) and doing so would give me a more different sound...don't know what you think about it! ahah In case, I need to know how to calculate the exact new position of the jazz neck Pup, I mean the exact distance from the other one. Sorry for the madness and for my bad english!