Lindy Fralins 5 or 10% overwind?

[Tony Flow MMMM]

So my standard vintage jazz pickups in my road worn are killing me. No mids all mud and treble. Been looking at lindys for a while. Now I love my highs but this bass is just ridiculous. Should I go 5% or 10%?

[narud]

Originally Posted by Tony Flow MMMM

So my standard vintage jazz pickups in my road worn are killing me. No mids all mud and treble. Been looking at lindys for a while. Now I love my highs but this bass is just ridiculous. Should I go 5% or 10%?

the stock set will already be considerably more mid heavy than the stock pickups in a road worn.

[pudge]

I'd call lindy himself,leave a # and have him call you back.He'd be the best guy to answer your questions.If you are going to buy one of his p.u.'s he 'd be happy to help and maybe you'll be a repeat customer or pass on how helpful he was to you.

[BrandonBass]

lindys can sound kinda scooped. why not just go for dimarzios

[Will Kelly]

Originally Posted by Tony Flow MMMM

So my standard vintage jazz pickups in my road worn are killing me. No mids all mud and treble. Been looking at lindys for a while. Now I love my highs but this bass is just ridiculous. Should I go 5% or 10%?

Sounds like a Jazz bass. Buy a P.

[maturanesa]

I dont think 5% to 10% of winding would make a big audible difference....

[ersheff]

I'm a j-bass playing p-bass wanna be.
Which is to say that I haven't used my bridge pickup in years, and in fact when I installed my 5% overwind Lindy Fralin in the neck slot, I just disconnected the bridge pup altogether.
I made a quick recording of the stock neck pup vs. the LF, and the LF definitely had more mids, tighter low-end, less brightness, and overall punchier sound. For me, that was exactly what I wanted, but I don't know how that compares to the regular wind.
Now that I have a Tone Hammer 350 and Bag End S15-D, the mids are THICK and the bass is TIGHT. I love it, but I would be worried about going any further in that direction.
Which is to say that through my setup, 10% might be overkil. BUT if you like more modern sounding amps/cabs, then the 10% might get you where you need it.

[tylerwylie]

Try wiring in series instead of parallel.

[Davo-London]

Originally Posted by ersheff

I'm a j-bass playing p-bass wanna be.
Which is to say that I haven't used my bridge pickup in years, and in fact when I installed my 5% overwind Lindy Fralin in the neck slot, I just disconnected the bridge pup altogether.

I'm exactly the opposite. I was considering disconnecting the neck PU.

Perhaps you could sell me your LFralin Bridge PU???

Cheers
Davo

[FunkMetalBass]

Originally Posted by Davo-London

I'm exactly the opposite. I was considering disconnecting the neck PU.

I did that a few years back too. I thought the bass looked empty with only one pickup, so I bought a pickup cover and lined the inside with aluminum foil. Now it looks like I have a neck pickup.

[Stone Soup]

Originally Posted by BrandonBass

lindys can sound kinda scooped. why not just go for dimarzios

Mine don't sound "scooped" at all. I don't know where you got that impression.

Originally Posted by ersheff

the LF definitely had more mids, tighter low-end, less brightness, and overall punchier sound.

This is my experience, apart from the less brightness comment. Even passive, with 250k pots, I roll my tone control back about 30%.

Forgot to add: My Jazz set has just the bridge pickup wound 5% over. I think it warms the bridge pickup up a bit, so it doesn't sound as harsh(?). Personally, I'm not a fan of the full on Jazz bridge sound, stock pickups or otherwise. I always mix the front pickup in to some extent.

[dhsierra1]

Originally Posted by maturanesa

I dont think 5% to 10% of winding would make a big audible difference....

changes the balance of the mids to the treble and bass of a pickup, so yes, it can.

[david3821]

I have the same setup...fender rw jazz w/ stock fralins. Sounds awesome to me. Very punchy and much better than the stock.

[KeithKlaxwell]

My Fralins are the furthest thing from scooped both on my P and J. My P is 10% overwound and it's extremely dark, full of high-mid grind, hot, responsive. Whether overwound or underwound with Fralin, I find they go well past what vintage P pickups sound like. I'm very happy with them. The darkness and grind that drips out of them reminds me of the tone on this, particularly the verse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWe6bMVvTzk

[Frenchy-Lefty]

As Narud said, I recommend the regular Lindy's the have already plenty of mids and low end.

[John E]

If I recall correctly, the more you overwind it the darker it's gonna get. The +5% is perfect IMO.

[KeithKlaxwell]

overwound adds mids and output while dropping highs. i would get them standard wound by lindy.

[ersheff]

Originally Posted by Davo-London

I'm exactly the opposite. I was considering disconnecting the neck PU.

Perhaps you could sell me your LFralin Bridge PU???

Cheers
Davo

Sorry, I only bought the neck pickup since I knew I wouldn't be using the bridge pickup at all.
The stock bridge pickup is still installed in my bass (for looks), it just isn't wired up.

[dmusic148]

Based on what you're after, I'd say you would be much, much happier with a P bass.....you really would.

[Davo-London]

Originally Posted by ersheff

Sorry, I only bought the neck pickup since I knew I wouldn't be using the bridge pickup at all.
The stock bridge pickup is still installed in my bass (for looks), it just isn't wired up.

Ha ha. Thought I'd ask!

Davo