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Originally Posted by luknfur
There's another TB'r looking for Bart J's (though not sure about the CB's) and I'll toss him your direction if you're interested in moving the Barts.
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Thanks a ton luknfur, but not looking to move them. They're going in the neck through fanned fret bass I'm building. That one's maple and walnut with bloodwood strips in the neck and an ebony fretboard. I think the barts will be a great fit for the project after talking to Brian at Bestbassgear. There's no harm in borrowing them to see how they sound in my jazz though, and just installing the neck pup is a great idea. Putting in anything other than a pair never crossed my mind!
The Sansamp DI is probably a really good suggestion, though I'm reluctant to add to the clutter in our practice space. I really like to plug and play without having to mess with boxes too, but I may eventually go that route. Obviously no pickup change can get me the overdrive that I can get from a BDDI, so the argument for the box is strong. I could also try it with my Pandora once I read the book and learn to use the darn thing right. That is a pretty slick little unit.
Doing a pickup swap really interests me on a couple of levels since I like modifying stuff anyway, and that gets me a new tone going straight from the bass to the amp.
Keeping in mind just the pickups for the time being, I'll just go with the info I can find from reviews (mostly from luknfur!) and hope the preamp isn't killing my sound. If that's the case then I suppose I'll get to the stage II mod and throw a preamp in there.
Yes I'm stubborn! I know there are other good and simple alternatives but I can't shake off the desire to do the pickups!
