Mark Elliott Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Hi. I have an old Pangborn Warlord bass which is equipped with an XLR jack? - it's been disconnected, and we have no idea where it should be connected to! - can anyone out there help out with some advice please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 A photo of the inside of the control compartment may yield some replies. It does make you wonder why it was disconnected in the first place though. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Is probably for a DI out (and if it is like the one on Overwater basses still needs a plug in the jack socket to power it on). Normally when these are disconnected it is because a previous owner has swapped out the pre-amp, and obviously the replacement has no DI circuitry. As has been suggested a nice big in focus photo of the control cavity would be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 3 hours ago, MoonBassAlpha said: A photo of the inside of the control compartment may yield some replies. It does make you wonder why it was disconnected in the first place though. .. Yeah, be careful you don’t light up like a Budweiser sign. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Elliott Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Thanks all. I'll get a photo posted asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) It's a DI out, i had a Pangborn for many years. Never ever used the DI out though (Did anyone?). Pangborn Electrics were typically 'hand made' by one of Ashley's friends..he hated paying full dollar for electrics, i think margins were tight without adding an expensive preamp (cost wise a production pre-amp could cost as much as ALL the timber !) I played mine passive most of the time as the pre-amp wasn't very good anyway. I loved my Pangborn for the way it looked and especially felt, not for the ahem cough cough electrics. 😉 Edited January 3, 2020 by scojack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Elliott Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thanks for your help everyone - if I could please tap in your knowledge one last time? The knobs on the Pangborn bass are a strange mix - there are volume, tone and pickup selector knobs which look like standard guitar fare, but there are also three smaller knobs which look more like something you would get on a mixing desk or hi-fi. Could anyone give me an idea of where I could get some replacements please? - I don't recognise the shaft type at all. Thanks In advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will4bass Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Any pic of the Pagborn you got? I’ve been looking for one for many years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Elliott Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Hi Will. I don't have at the moment - the bass is still with the Luthier. I believe it's pretty much finished, but the last job we have is trying to source some knobs for it currently. I'll happily post some pics when I pick it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Elliott Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Just for you Will... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) This is Pangborn's "Mark King" Warlord that was most closely patterned after Jaydee's Mark King model even copying the funk groove at the base on the neck. I suspect the electronics have been swapped around. I would have expected a PU selector where the first LED is, then volume and master tone rotaries, with the passive-active on-off switch and the bottom three controls the 3-band EQ. That said, Ashley seems to made every bass differently, see picture below. They are all Pangborns. The EQ controls were smaller, but he used a variety of different knob types. Edited February 24, 2020 by GeeCee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I have one of the graphite necked jobbies, I think it might be from 1986. On 03/01/2020 at 17:39, scojack said: i think margins were tight without adding an expensive preamp I read somewhere he was being exploited by one supplier and it was the main reason he escaped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Waaaaaaahhhhhh that's my old Betsy in the front !! Waaaaahhhhhh, i had that bass man and boy!!!! It was originally built for Steve Stroud from Bucks Fizz. Im off for a big cry ! I should never had let this bass go .....sniff sniff !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeCee Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 43 minutes ago, scojack said: Waaaaaaahhhhhh that's my old Betsy in the front !! Waaaaahhhhhh, i had that bass man and boy!!!! It was originally built for Steve Stroud from Bucks Fizz. Im off for a big cry ! I should never had let this bass go .....sniff sniff !! Sorry, I didn't mean to reopen an old wound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 If only i'd had some warning 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Elliott Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 That's some collection! - I've never seen so many Pangborn's in one place at one time.. Odd fact about mine... the wiring cavity plate has Ashley's writing in the shielding foil (serial number, date of manufacture, woods selected, etc.). However it doesn't describe this bass... could he have mixed it up with a sister bass produced at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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