donslow Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 2 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: What sort of music do you play donslow? If you decide to solder pots I highly recommend full size Alpha pots, similar to CTS only a lot cheaper. As for a cap, if you are into vintage/Motown stuff I suggest a paper in oil (PIO) 0.1 cap. Music I play is quite varied really but mostly doing the blues thing at the minute, I have a 0.47 cap at the minute just to get the bass up and running again but will certainly look into the lower value you suggested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donslow Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 If it makes any difference I’m using Seymour Duncan SPB3 pickups but unsure if their a little too middy for my liking, will the lower value help with that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 The SD SPB3's are a middy pup. I believe most 50s P basses had PIO 0.1 caps, basically the higher the value the more high's are cut from your signal, these include middy high's as well. As you play varied musical styles, then the SPB3's is probably a good choice for pup, to cut some of the mid's I suggest you play with the eq of your amp. AFAIK no pup is ideal for all styles of music, you need a good amp with a good eq to dial in the different tones you want. Otherwise your tone knob is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just thought, if you ever wanted a bass to play varied musical styles, then a Burns with tri-sonic pups would be ideal. I used to have a Burns Bison, it nailed the Precison, Jazz, Rickenbacker and upright bass sounds all at the flick of a switch. Great basses, just weighed an anchor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donslow Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 Definitely something to chew on, thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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