Pickups sound unbalanced?????

trjazzluva05 · #1 07-03-2009, 08:28 PM

i have a Fender Highway One Jazz Bass with bartolini pickus but the G and D string seem to not be balanced with the A and E string. i tried adjusting it but to no avail. ive had them on anothe bass and had no problems. could it be my bass???

fullrangebass · #2 07-04-2009, 02:18 AM

IMHO Most probably not.

jdieh1 · #3 07-04-2009, 04:14 AM

I'd try adjusting your amps EQ or changing the height of the pickups

cassanova · #4 07-04-2009, 04:18 AM

When you say you tried adjusting it. What exactly did you adjust?

trjazzluva05 · #5 07-04-2009, 03:32 PM

i tried adjusting the pickups. i just cant seem to get a fat, even sound with both pickups wide open. they dont seem to have all that much bottom passive. i used to hook it up to an audere preamp on another bass and it killed!!! I wanted to make it passive because i have 2 active 5-string basses already and i need a bass for Rock and old R&B cover tunes. i havent played my Highway One in a long time beacause it was a project bass i was having ground noise problems with but i finally got it right. The string tension seems to be looser then i remember though, i do tune a half-step down on my basses though. could that be the problem????

NOVAX · #6 07-04-2009, 03:45 PM

Sounds like you need Dimarzio model J's with adjustable pole pieces.
Blades or fixed poles offer no string to string tweaking.