55-02 mini toggle, please explain it

Oldie but noobe · #1 03-11-2007, 01:02 PM

Would someone help me understand what the mini toggle switch on my 55-02 (with Barts) is doing. I don't hear much of a change in the positions. My hearing isn't that great.

How do you use it or for what tone.

Thanks again for your help.

jmain · #2 03-11-2007, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldie but noobe

Would someone help me understand what the mini toggle switch on my 55-02 (with Barts) is doing. I don't hear much of a change in the positions. My hearing isn't that great.

How do you use it or for what tone.

Thanks again for your help.

It's a coil tap for the bridge (MM-type) pickup. Toward neck is the front coil, middle is both coils (approximate MM tone), and rear is bridge coil. You'll hear more of a change if you pan toward the bridge more or solo the pup.

Aarix · #3 03-11-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jmain

It's a coil tap for the bridge (MM-type) pickup. Toward neck is the front coil, middle is both coils (approximate MM tone), and rear is bridge coil. You'll hear more of a change if you pan toward the bridge more or solo the pup.

I think it's actually:

Neck - Serial
Middle - Parallel MM Style
Bridge - Single J Style (closest to the bridge)

Of course that bridge pickup really has four coils, so even the "single coil" setting is noiseless.

Nino Valenti · #4 03-11-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Aarix

I think it's actually:

Neck - Serial
Middle - Parallel MM Style
Bridge - Single J Style (closest to the bridge)

Of course that bridge pickup really has four coils, so even the "single coil" setting is noiseless.

Nope. jmain is correct.

Oldie but noobe · #5 03-11-2007, 01:45 PM

OK it's making sense now. I sure wish I could hear a little better.

thanks

jmain · #6 03-11-2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldie but noobe

OK it's making sense now. I sure wish I could hear a little better.

thanks

I feel your pain. My ears are still ringing from last night's outdoor jam w/out PA support.

Oldie but noobe · #7 03-11-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jmain

I feel your pain. My ears are still ringing from last night's outdoor jam w/out PA support.

Not good, hearing doesn't grow back. Get youself some type of protection. I am wearing hearing aids and they only help a little.

Great signature by the way. I am hoping to get good enough to praise him with the bass.

jmain · #8 03-11-2007, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldie but noobe

Not good, hearing doesn't grow back. Get youself some type of protection. I am wearing hearing aids and they only help a little.

Great signature by the way. I am hoping to get good enough to praise him with the bass.

Yeah, I'm not too happy about it. I have been playing with PA support at low stage volumes for a long stretch and forgot how it was. Definitely carrying earplugs to any jams from now on.

Some times it's just a joyful noise, my friend.

Aarix · #9 03-11-2007, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nino Valenti

Nope. jmain is correct.

Well you learn something everyday... All this time I assumed it was serial because there is such a huge difference between the left & right coils on that pickup. I really had no idea that a half an inch was so important to the sound.

Does anyone know if the two coils are approximately in the same position as the 60s vs 70s Fender Jazz?

David Vector · #10 03-11-2007, 10:17 PM

I was a little surprised at the dramatic changes between settings too. I'm usually running a resonant lowpass filter as part of my processing chain for a pronounced midrange bump, and the tonal differences between the toggle positions really jump out at you that way. The middle position is kind of the smoother, more full-sounding option of course, with the right position reminding me of a Jazz Bass bridge pickup soloed and the left position having a more throaty kind of bark to it. Very cool to have those options.

Tomass · #11 03-12-2007, 12:02 AM

guys, guys your all wrong. it goes

Neck -Kill zone mode
Middle-normal
bridge-world domination mode

4Mal · #12 03-12-2007, 09:30 AM

Replacing the Bart with a more detailed pickup will help. In the case of my old 44-02, I used a Nordstrand MM4.2 which made a huge difference in that bass. The Bart is just a little too polite IMO.

David Vector · #13 03-12-2007, 12:42 PM

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Replacing the Bart with a more detailed pickup will help. In the case of my old 44-02, I used a Nordstrand MM4.2 which made a huge difference in that bass. The Bart is just a little too polite IMO.

I've been pondering dropping in either a Nordstrand MM or a Delano myself. The "kinder, gentler" tone of the Bart is fine when I'm doing more smooth, atmospheric electronica and jazzy downtempo type material, but it would be kind of nice to have something that captures faster transients and a little more detail for those times when I need the bass line to cut through a more dense, active mix.