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  1. should i swap my p-bass pick ups from seymours to emg actives?good idea??
  2. Sadowsky onboard Preamp output in Active vs Passive Mode
  3. Nordstrand...Great Pickups and Customer Service!!
  4. Quiet D & G on Hohner Jack bass & question about controls
  5. Lakland 55-94 electronics upgrade
  6. Swapping Active P/U's for Passives
  7. Squier VM TB "Tele" Bass mod- How to "fix" your Mudbucker!
  8. Antiquity P Bass Question
  9. CTS pots, really dumb question
  10. Possible Dumb Question but Think about it.
  11. A small NS2TMB question...
  12. Basslines (Seymour Duncan) only for rockers?
  13. Am I underpowering my preamp?
  14. Need Aguilar OBP-3 TK/PP Wiring Photos
  15. Do pickups matter if using a preamp?
  16. How do you tell what brand\type of pickups are in a bass?
  17. Expensive PuPs vs cheap ones...
  18. EMG 45dc and BTC system questions
  19. J-bass wiring 1 vol and 1 tone?
  20. Aggie OBP-2 in a Jazz?
  21. Bartolini P-ups?
  22. How do EMG "Select" pickups compare?
  23. 6 string dual coil pickup suggestion
  24. Rickenbacker 4003 volume issue
  25. Free Ibanez P-pickups
  26. Spcetor guru's pot question
  27. Fender Custom Overwound 60s Jazz pickups?
  28. Neck jazz pickup for bridge in P/J
  29. series, parallel, series with filter pickup: please help?
  30. Daisy Rock Retro H Bass?
  31. P Bass tone knob
  32. Polarity question
  33. Was my Lakland JO4 wired wrong??
  34. EMG vs Bartolini
  35. Stingray + Sansamp problem
  36. meet Bragi (A.K.A. my heavily modded DA Starfire)
  37. MEC passives
  38. Tortoiseshell pickup covers...who sells them?
  39. KA split Tube J's -now 10k ?
  40. Which Aguilar Preamp?
  41. Pickup Repair
  42. Replacement Pickups for 55 02!
  43. Buzz when soloing Jazz pickup in PJ configuration, normal, fixable?
  44. String spacing? and pickups?
  45. options for musicman pickup
  46. Need some pups for a J5 with standard spacing.
  47. L2000/Aguilar wiring help
  48. A few questions about the EMG J and TW models
  49. How do these work???
  50. Modern J's vs. Overwound 60's
  51. EMG wiring question
  52. I'm a rock dude - should i go active or passive
  53. Rbx775 pickups and preamp mods
  54. help! im wiring a music man as passive...
  55. HELP URGENTLY PLZ!!! Electronics Problem
  56. Onboard Pope/Fodera Preamp ... any close alternatives?
  57. Delano Sonar 3MS - Mid Freqency Select Setting
  58. MM bridge pup on a P?
  59. Epiphone T-bird pick up upgrade
  60. Would this work - jazz stack knob layout with aguilar stacked 2 band preamp
  61. Fender S-1 switch wiring
  62. Stock Geddy Pickups Not Cutting It
  63. Seymour Duncan Basslines
  64. Am I crazy or does this seem backwards?
  65. piezo preamp squirrel aardvark
  66. Has anybody put a strat jack on a pbass?
  67. Shielding on a Sadowsky J/J 5-String
  68. J-rerto 01 or audere with antiquity 2 on J bass
  69. Modding my Stingray5
  70. Volume Issues
  71. Cirrus stopped working....any ideas??
  72. Varitone wiring issues.
  73. Help wiring my first set of PUPS
  74. Scratchy Pots
  75. can anyone compare a J PU to a single coil P PU?
  76. Aero Musicmaster
  77. Opinons.. Glock preamp in a Robin Freedom II..
  78. how should I go about shielding FNA??
  79. q tuner and J basses
  80. HELP!!! FENDER PREAMP MOD.
  81. Squier VMP Pots
  82. How do you switch pickup covers???
  83. Fender USA PBass Pickups! - Where can i buy them from?
  84. Clip-on tuner
  85. Active Pickups Losing Volume
  86. Lookin for a hum canceling J pickup
  87. What components do i need?
  88. thunderbird tb-plus pups. are they alnico or ceramic?
  89. Problems with Electronics-Please Help
  90. help! is this possible..
  91. Do you think this cheap pre-amp would get the job done?
  92. Cables made in MI
  93. Strange pot problem...
  94. Confused by PU's on MexiJazz
  95. Bartolini 59V66
  96. Tobias Classic 5 bart preamp system
  97. Who makes a fat sounding and hot five string J pick up?
  98. My bass doesn't produce sound out of it's 2.5 mm
  99. Happy pickup swap!!!!
  100. Barts on Fender Jazz Bass....
  101. Ibanez SR500 - should I pull out the active elec.?
  102. The ideal tuner
  103. advise needed regarding pickups for my squier J?
  104. Wireless inclusive of in-ears and send.
  105. Jack Casady bass prob...
  106. How long do batteries last in your bass
  107. So I built this with these pups now what?
  108. Is it possible to have vol/vol/vol/tone?
  109. Sadowsky Humcancelling vs Dimarzio J thoughts?
  110. Help needed creating a circuit!
  111. What Precision PU to add on a stingray?
  112. Cheap EBay Dragonfire pickups......opinions?
  113. Bill Lawrence Jazz bass pick ups
  114. Bartolini T4CBC
  115. Connecting MEC PU's to Bart NTMB
  116. Off centre pickups
  117. Musicman stingray EQ problems. Help?
  118. DiMarzio Area J's (or something else?)
  119. Needing a good electronics tech in Asheville or Charlotte NC
  120. J to MM sound?
  121. P'ups for tight low end growl?
  122. Are the pickups in a Highway One American made?
  123. Squier Midified Fretlwaa Jazz Bwst Mod?
  124. Yamaha BB605
  125. Pickups sound unbalanced?????
  126. Wanting to Build a "Spyder" Copy
  127. one more j pickup question....
  128. whats a good pickup/preamp combination
  129. Tone Pot whistles....
  130. preamp for jazz
  131. sadowsky pickup height
  132. General - Seymour Duncan Customer Service
  133. building a HPF
  134. Vintage Pickup Rewind - Recommendations
  135. why do the pick-ups on my guitar have so much extra hoursing?
  136. Pickup placement
  137. Gibson SG Bass TB Plus pickup
  138. EMG pickup upgrade-DIY???
  139. Popping noise in Yamaha TRB6 electronics
  140. Trim pot location question
  141. Swith for active/passive
  142. Help a newbie, Pickup choices!
  143. Restoring stock pickups.
  144. Recommend a preamp
  145. What's this setup (BL Q Filter and pots) doing to my 55 Pbass?
  146. Mustang Bass Electronics Upgrade
  147. Replacement Pickup Help
  148. What's the reason why a 1M volume pot sound "brighter" and a 250K pot sound "darker"?
  149. What configuration do you mainly use?
  150. Aftermarket On-board Preamps of the Volume/blend/2-band variety?
  151. USA Fender Jazz Deluxe Question
  152. Fretless PJ -> blend or 3 way switch?
  153. Who swapped their Fender SC's for DiMarzio's?
  154. RMC PolyDrive vs. Graph Tech Hexpander - opinions?
  155. adding a neck J to my ATK305, going passive?
  156. EMG-JV anyone compare them to others pickups?
  157. P/J wiring problem.
  158. My Bass Buzzes Like Anything
  159. EMG's & pre?
  160. Duff McKagan Jazz Special wiring diagram
  161. So I tried to replace the batteries.....
  162. Schematic needed...
  163. What does a Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pounder Precision Pup sound like without a tone knob??
  164. Help! 1/2 inch long thread mini-pots! Do they exist?
  165. Looking for some Bartolini advice
  166. Fender Stock pickups vs EMG's or Basslines.
  167. Your favorite pickup on a P Bass
  168. Mods for Yamaha TRB6II (Japan)
  169. preamp problem
  170. Bass noise help
  171. G&L pickups in aftermarket style
  172. Suggestions for new pickups in Squier VMJ
  173. MTD KZ-5-Aguilar OBP-3 install questions
  174. Need help!
  175. Basslines output question
  176. A/B Switchers and Pedal Preamps (which one to choose)
  177. Help with pickups!!
  178. Help with pickups!! please!
  179. Anyone ever use 100K pots in their bass?
  180. A couple questions
  181. Is this a 3 position switch?
  182. emg bqc control vs standard+vmc control
  183. Double thumbing with exposed magnets
  184. Calculating total string widths for pickups
  185. Wiring issues...ugh.
  186. What pickups should I get?
  187. Delano Preamp
  188. No luck on A/E bass repairs-What now
  189. P90s for bass?
  190. Ever make your own pickup?
  191. Good bass for EMG 40DC?
  192. best source for pots with long threaded segment?
  193. Need new quieter and better pickups for J-bass
  194. Big Al Bass wiring diagram?
  195. Epiphone Thunderbird Pickups
  196. Passive electronics: Mid cut
  197. Eq on an SR700
  198. SD Basslines "HOT" for jazz bass.
  199. Fender Vintage '75 Single Coil J Pickups
  200. want to upgrade my Schecter C5 to EMG-DC or better
  201. DeLano Pickups?
  202. Bartolini NTBT-918 @18v?
  203. 5-string P pickups
  204. basses and reason 4
  205. Guitar Humbuckers in a bass?
  206. Bartolini Soapbars
  207. Bartolini Soapbars
  208. Help confirm orientation and wiring of P-bass pickup
  209. Bass VI 1962 Wiring Diagram Help
  210. Kent Armstrong Hot Vintage Alnico PBV-1
  211. Toaster problems
  212. Not jazzed about jazz bridge pickup sound
  213. 27V mod
  214. Seymour-Duncan Passive Phase II NYC-5 Soapbar vs. Nordstrand Dual-Coils?
  215. 1962 Precision Bass Pickups
  216. recommends on solderless pup wiring?
  217. Did P-bass pickup specs change in 60's?
  218. Raspy Sound Coming From Multiple Amps
  219. The best piezo preamp?
  220. How do I wire up my bass???
  221. Thunderbird Bartolinis
  222. Rickenbacker 4004cii treble Pickup Change
  223. Kill switch problem
  224. Onboard wireless...
  225. Hamer Cruise 5 Stringer: What are my pickup options?
  226. Input Jack Wiring
  227. Hopefully easy active wiring question
  228. Lightning+active bass=?
  229. Help me choose an onboard preamp!
  230. New pickups for jazz bass
  231. Anyone tried EMG's new buffered blend?
  232. bridge pickup cuts out at '7'
  233. Jazz Bass wiring issue??? Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  234. Active Bass Pot Layout
  235. Stacked Pot...Stuck???
  236. Control Cavity Wiring
  237. Tone knob issue.....again
  238. looking for a bartolini mk1 preamp
  239. Hey everyone! Question about EMGs!
  240. Active vs. Passive
  241. Shielding and Star Grounding Did Not Work
  242. Lakland Chi-Sonic Pickups
  243. been said - hmmmm
  244. Creating a Humbucker
  245. How to repair a partially broken pot shaft?
  246. Somebody has Duncan designed pickups?
  247. which Duncan PUPs should I get?
  248. Replacements for MEC MM-style humbucker...
  249. 1961 Reissue SQUIRE P-Bass
  250. Gibson Thunderbird Capacitor Question