Sharkfinger

Very kind of you to pass this on. Willing to post?

Gareth bought a pickup off me. Got straight in as soon as I posted it and paid very quickly after. Great comms and no messing about. Perfect.

kiOgon loom + Seymour duncan SPB-1 + new rotosound strings = clarity and snarling mid. Sorted. Seriously, the SPB-1 is almost a completely different animal to the fender original. Really didn't suit the bass or me.

Ended up getting one from kiogon on here, in the end. Much less hassle.

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Keep us informed how you get on with it, looks interesting.... Edit: ooh, 3.7kg (8.1lbs). Veeery interesting....

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1416075282' post='2606653'] [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Stoker1/imagejpg1_zps4ec2bf43.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Utter, utter filth. I am so jealous right now.

OK, found this: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/adding-a-3-way-switch-to-a-vol-vol-tone.993552/#post-14495903"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/adding-a-3-way-switch-to-a-vol-vol-tone.993552/#post-14495903[/url] Will give it a whirl and see how I get on...

As the title suggests, I'm after one of these, as most of the time I just play with the P pickup. Would like the option of just blending in a bit of the J sometimes. Not a fan of the trad jazz vol/vol/tone controls. Even with the Jazz pickup turned off, just doesn't sound the same to me. Found a fender jazz bass special wiring diagram (for the Duff McKagan bass) but that had some odd tone thing in it and I couldn't get it to work. Got most of the bits so can make it up but if anyone knows a reasonably priced / quality pre-wired one, let me know.

Bought a Mooer Ensemble King (chorus pedal). Great comms and very well packaged. Thanks.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1415039964' post='2596012'] There's some more info on this [url="http://cms.bassplayer.com/gear/1164/tech-bench---mod-squad-potent-pot-mod/27204"]here[/url]. [/quote] 'Turd Polishing Syndrome'! Guilty..... OK, bought the 500K pot (thank you axetech) and swapped it out last night. Incidentally, tried the trad jazz vol / vol / tone in a line but even through headphones, I didn't like it. A very 'bland' tone, reminded me why I put it the toggle switch. Tried two vols through the toggle switch but didn't find and exact wiring diagram, so didn't work so reverted to what I have now but with a 500K pot. Sounded OK through the headphones but we'll see how it sounds live this weekend

Yet another Sunburst/rosewood/tort combo. Have since put correct flat-top knobs and BBOT knurled bridge back on. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2007/post-99-1185471916.jpg"][/url]

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1414838125' post='2593774'] Just a thought, but are you using the original pots? I've no idea of the stock ones values, but going for a 500k pot will give you a brighter tone if it's currently fitted with 250k. [/quote] Well, they're 250K tone pots, so might be worth changing them and we'll see if there's any difference. FWIW, the pots in my proper P has 250K pots as well but don't know what the resistance of the pickup is, so 250K might be well suited to it....

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1414838125' post='2593774'] Just a thought, but are you using the original pots? I've no idea of the stock ones values, but going for a 500k pot will give you a brighter tone if it's currently fitted with 250k. [/quote] Hmmm, good point. Will check it tonight. Think my proper P has 500K pots...

Well I think I might have kind of solved this. What I had done on advice from someone here is solder a resistor with a tiny value (0.01) between the bridge pup and the pup selector. I'd done this because I'd read that when both pups are up full, there is a drop in the mids because of phase cancellation. I hadn't thought to take it out before because with the neck pickup selected, it should be completely isolated from the bridge one. However, taking it out has definitely improved the tone of the neck P pickup by brightening it up. Go figure. The only down-side is that when the pickup selector is in the middle position, there's a huge drop in volume to the point that setting is unusable. Not sure why just taking out the resistor would do this, as it's now the same as having both pickups on full. Might try putting a volume between each pickup and the selector. Maybe get my tech to do it for me....