|  | 
05-16-2010, 03:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | EMG DC35 or Aguilar OBP 3
Sign in to disble this ad
__________________
Guitarists are like trees, they fall down if you hit them repeatedly with an axe!
Last edited by splitcoilsenior : 05-17-2010 at 07:30 PM.
|
05-16-2010, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NJ | | | I would go with the EMG DC35 upgrade.... Much better pickup... I personally don;t tlike the Aggie. I have it in a Modulus 6 string qnd find the low end gets real boomy too fast. |
05-16-2010, 04:00 PM
| | | | definitely the pickup. get the DC for a really aggressive, cutting sound, or the CS for a little smoother and flatter response.
either way, wire the whole thing for 18 volts and you'll be way ahead.
__________________
Walter Wright
Guitar Repair Gnome
Alpha Music, VA Beach
|
05-16-2010, 07:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: GTA | | | I recently installed a pair of EMG 40P5's along with an Aguilar OBP-2 TK preamp into my 2008 Schecter Elite-5 which was a huge improvement over the factory installed EMG-HZ's and BTS preamp.
If you're going to replace the preamp and decide to go the Aguilar way, you'll need the OBP-2 TK, not a OBP-3. The OBP-2 TK has separate treble and bass controls just like the factory installed EMG BTS preamp that's in your bass now. The OBP-3 is for a 3 way EQ like that in the Schecter Studio models. It has separate bass, mid and treble tone controls.
I can't recommend EMG's DC-35's because i've never heard them. I can say that the the 40P5's are meant to sound like a P-Bass which is why I swapped the HZ's out for them.
As for 9 volt or 18. The Aguilar preamps support both. I left mine wired as 9 volts, because i'm not a slapper and I don't need the added head room that a 18 volt system provides.
Good luck with your upgrade.
TD |
05-16-2010, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thornton Davis  I recently installed a pair of EMG 40P5's along with an Aguilar OBP-2 TK preamp into my 2008 Schecter Elite-5 which was a huge improvement over the factory installed EMG-HZ's and BTS preamp.
If you're going to replace the preamp and decide to go the Aguilar way, you'll need the OBP-2 TK, not a OBP-3. The OBP-2 TK has separate treble and bass controls just like the factory installed EMG BTS preamp that's in your bass now. The OBP-3 is for a 3 way EQ like that in the Schecter Studio models. It has separate bass, mid and treble tone controls.
I can't recommend EMG's DC-35's because i've never heard them. I can say that the the 40P5's are meant to sound like a P-Bass which is why I swapped the HZ's out for them.
As for 9 volt or 18. The Aguilar preamps support both. I left mine wired as 9 volts, because i'm not a slapper and I don't need the added head room that a 18 volt system provides.
Good luck with your upgrade.
TD | Well they offer the OPB 3 in a 4 knob selection. Volume. Stacked Bass/Treble. Mid (push/pull mid frequency). Balance.
__________________
Guitarists are like trees, they fall down if you hit them repeatedly with an axe!
|
05-16-2010, 08:30 PM
| | | | Pups. If you want new preamp the emg would be great choice imo. Is available on two stacked pots for the 3way with selectable mids. Stacks are: bass/treble, mid/midshift. Aquilar are nice but I dont like the freq settings as well for my uses. And the emg is a little more hard rock oriented without boomyness in bass.
__________________
life for its own carnal pleasure. Bass: Jackson JS3. Bass strings: Rotosound swing66. Guitars: BC Rich. Guitar strings: Daddario XL nickel. Zoom club#2. BC Rich club#26.
|
05-17-2010, 12:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: GTA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by splitcoilsenior Well they offer the OPB 3 in a 4 knob selection. Volume. Stacked Bass/Treble. Mid (push/pull mid frequency). Balance. | I assumed that you would want to re-use the original Schecter knobs (as I did) with the new preamp. Of course if that's not the case, then anything goes.
TD |
05-17-2010, 01:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Canada | | SGD makes some pickups which will drop right in, and they won't be harsh like the EMGs.
__________________
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan
|
05-17-2010, 01:04 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | It's hard to decide what pickups to get..DC..Cs..J..P..PJ..P DC...turkey sandwich.
I forgot to mention I play metalcore, and death metalish stuff in Drop c and b.
__________________
Guitarists are like trees, they fall down if you hit them repeatedly with an axe!
Last edited by splitcoilsenior : 05-17-2010 at 01:10 PM.
|
05-17-2010, 01:07 PM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | Go with the new pickups for sure. P for the neck and DC for the bridge.
__________________
I'd much rather be the least talented Beatle than the most talented Foo Fighter.
|
05-17-2010, 05:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Iowa | | | I have the same bass and am looking at the same decision.
Is the 35P4 the "P"-sounding pickup? |
05-17-2010, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | | | |
__________________
Guitarists are like trees, they fall down if you hit them repeatedly with an axe!
|
05-17-2010, 06:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Iowa | | | That's what I was looking at. I'm leaning toward that for the neck and the DC for the bridge. I'll have to find somewhere nearby that can install them... I've done one set of EMG's myself and they buzzed like hornets, presumably from my sloppy soldering. |
05-17-2010, 06:20 PM
| | Registered User
Endorsing Artist: J.C. Basses | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona 85029 | | | EMGs are internally shielded, so any buzzing is more-than-likely faulty soldering.
I have a Schecter Studio with an EMG DCs in both the neck and bridge. I have a Spector Legend with a P in the neck and TW in the bridge and an Aggy OBP-3. Love them both.
If you're looking for versatility, the second option with an OBP-3 is the way to go. The DCs are considerably hotter than any of the other EMG pickups, so balancing would be an issue. I'd recommend going with the CS or TWs in the bridge instead of the DC.
Just my two cents.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by McThumpenstein I don't think the wife would buy the "I need to take off this knob and put a whole new bass under it" story. | |
05-17-2010, 07:30 PM
| | Registered User | | | | |
__________________
Guitarists are like trees, they fall down if you hit them repeatedly with an axe!
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
