Switching from VVT to stacked knob?

[wshines1892]

Would I be able to convert my jazz bass from VVT to a stacked knob layout? Is it just a different control plate? Or were the bodies routed different?

[line6man]

You just need a new control plate.

Why do you want the stacked setup?
It really isn't all that useful as the tone controls interact.

[wshines1892]

Basically, because I think it looks shnazzy.

[newbold]

Originally Posted by line6man

You just need a new control plate.

Why do you want the stacked setup?
It really isn't all that useful as the tone controls interact.

I thought there was a way to have them NOT interact.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by newbold

I thought there was a way to have them NOT interact.

There are two ways, each coming at a cost.

You can isolate the controls with resistors, but you lose output that way.

You can also actively buffer the pickups, but that means adding a battery, and the pickups do not load against each other in parallel, so the tone will change to some degree.

[cassius987]

There's a third way, the Rickenbacker way, which is to isolate the signals until the mono jack is plugged into, when they mix. Prior to that--using stereo output or soloing a pickup--tone controls are individualized.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by cassius987

There's a third way, the Rickenbacker way, which is to isolate the signals until the mono jack is plugged into, when they mix. Prior to that--using stereo output or soloing a pickup--tone controls are individualized.

Yeah, it goes without saying that the two signal paths will have no interaction with each other if you are running them to separate outputs.

[4Mal]

In an absolite sense, yeah there is some interaction but... How often on a J do you actually solo a pickup ? Me, I setup up for nect at 100 and the bridge at about 80 to 90. Roll a bit more bridge in or out to taste - I'm talkin' live here. A place where real big swings in the bottom just screw with the band mix.

For me the interaction was a non-issue...

[line6man]

Originally Posted by 4Mal

In an absolite sense, yeah there is some interaction but... How often on a J do you actually solo a pickup ? Me, I setup up for nect at 100 and the bridge at about 80 to 90. Roll a bit more bridge in or out to taste - I'm talkin' live here. A place where real big swings in the bottom just screw with the band mix.

For me the interaction was a non-issue...

I personally solo pickups nearly 100% of the time. I don't like the sound of two pickups played together.

I'm not sure what you're saying though.
If you solo pickups, the tone controls won't interact.
It's when you play the pickups together at full volume (Which is the way most Jazz bass players play.) that the controls interact.