gafbass02 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) I have decided that active jazzes arent for me so im gonna pull my audere out my jazz but this will leave an extra hole on the plate as the bass is now fitted with a side mounted jack so i was thinking about the villex rotary variable mid control to fill the gap, or possibly an extra tone control so eack pickup would have one, is this do-able? any thoughts folks? Edited March 18, 2008 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It has an off position so can be transparent but I suspect you'll love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Or the cheaper option, which is a 3 hole control plate from a stack knob jazz - Maybe a tenner from AxesRUs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) Thats actually a good idea, but im starting to get sold on the villex idea (d'oh) does anyone know if it will work wired up : neck vol, bridge vol, tone, villex ? Edited March 20, 2008 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 In relation to wiring it up the small unit has 3 connections. The output wire to the jack socket goes to one and from another on the unit you take a wire to the jack i.e. the output runs through the unit. The third connection (the one I forgot when rebuilding my bass the 2nd time) goes to ground. Easy peasy and very effective, the rotary unit has 4 positions the 1st being off or straight through (bypassed). Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapp Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 If you do put the Villex in gafbass02 I'd be interested in your thoughts because I'm thinking along the same lines. Keep us posted please . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='160689' date='Mar 20 2008, 10:48 AM']In relation to wiring it up the small unit has 3 connections. The output wire to the jack socket goes to one and from another on the unit you take a wire to the jack i.e. the output runs through the unit. The third connection (the one I forgot when rebuilding my bass the 2nd time) goes to ground. Easy peasy and very effective, the rotary unit has 4 positions the 1st being off or straight through (bypassed). Peter[/quote] thanks dude, sadly i didnt understand a word!, im such a goon at this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Err, buy it and follow the instructions and it's not difficult, get a friend to help etc Let everyone know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villex_Europe Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='161381' date='Mar 21 2008, 12:41 PM']Err, buy it and follow the instructions and it's not difficult, get a friend to help etc Let everyone know how you get on.[/quote] Hi there, I thought I'd stop by! I'll see if I can re-phrase what GreeneKing said - The booster has three contacts. In, Out and Ground. Take the 'hot' wire going to the 'tip' of the jack socket. Solder it to the 'In' contact of the booster instead. Connect 'Out' contact of the booster to the 'tip' contact of the jack socket, and 'Ground' to ground, and you're in business! Tigran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 sweet thanks, ill put something up to let you all know how i get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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