A few months ago I asked Brian at Low End bass shop to gut my Schecter Studio 5 and replace the stock EMG40hz's with new pickups and an Aguilar OBP-3. I was looking for something punchy and modern sounding, yet very adaptable and versatile sound wise.
After talking about it he recommended the Kent Armstrong create 2 soapbars for me in EMG40hz shapes that the Studio5 is routed for. (He told me that Kent produces pickups for the Low End jazz basses). He then wired them Series/Parallel via Push/Pull vol knobs, and an active/passive switch.
When I picked it up he also had strung up the bass with SIT Power Steels which was new for me... I hadn't tried SIT strings before.
I wanted to get beyond the honeymoon phase with the modded bass before I made a decision on things.
Decision? 3-4 months later and I still REALLY like what this did to my Schecter. So here are some soundclips of the Schecter Studio 5 three different ways. (Please excuse the slight but ever present Firebox hissssss, the bass itself is dead silent). The 3-band preamp is set competely flat (no boost or cut) on all of these clips.
Schecter Studio5 with Kent Armstrong soap bars and Aguilar OBP-3:
Both pickups full volume, vol's Pulled (punchiest)
- SIT Power Steels -
http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms..._SITSteels.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms..._SITSteels.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms..._SITSteels.mp3
Here's the same exact settings with a set of broken in SIT Power Nickel strings:
- SIT Power Nickels -
http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...SITNickels.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...SITNickels.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...SITNickels.mp3
And here's the same settings with a very well broken in set of Elixir's (White coating is just barely starting to fluff and show)
- Elixirs -
http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...th_Elixirs.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...lf_Elixirs.mp3 http://artdroid.com/uploads/KentArms...ge_Elixirs.mp3
Hopefully this can be of some reference or help to someone here on talkbass.
