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11-16-2007, 11:28 AM
| | | | Vintage sound with Marcus Miller bass ?
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Hi,
I want to have a less Hi-fi sound with my Fender Marcus Miller bass, more like Larry Graham.
Do you think changing the pickup would be good or just equing the bass with my EBS Microbass will do it ?
I'm thinking about Fender CS 60, Seymour Duncan Vintage or Dimarzio Model J. |
11-16-2007, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Brighton, UK | | | get a different bass, dont ruin a marcus miller bass !
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11-16-2007, 01:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moldova, Republic Of. Chisinau | | | changing pickups means ruining it??
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11-16-2007, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dafonk Hi,
I want to have a less Hi-fi sound with my Fender Marcus Miller bass, more like Larry Graham.
Do you think changing the pickup would be good or just equing the bass with my EBS Microbass will do it ?
I'm thinking about Fender CS 60, Seymour Duncan Vintage or Dimarzio Model J. | Just play it passive. |
11-16-2007, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dafonk Hi,
I want to have a less Hi-fi sound with my Fender Marcus Miller bass, more like Larry Graham. | You bought a hi-fi sounding bass! Just bypass the preamp.
Also Larry Graham used Rotosound light-gauge, black nylon strings on those Sly records. |
11-16-2007, 11:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC vicinity | | | You can get closer to vintage, but you may have trouble nailing it. The Marcus Miller bass and the mid-70's basses are made of ash, not the alder the 60's vintage basses are made of. However, by changing the bridge to the stock Fender bridge instead of the Badass II that's on the MM bass you should be able to get a lot closer to vintage just doing that. And as other posters have already said, bybassing the preamp will also help. |
11-17-2007, 02:57 AM
| | | | Thanks I'll try that |
11-25-2007, 10:50 AM
| | | I changed the bridge to a gotoh 201 and the pick-ups to Fender CS 60, exactly what I was looking for  |
11-25-2007, 11:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conyers, GA | | Play in passive....add some flats 
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11-25-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dafonk I changed the bridge to a gotoh 201 and the pick-ups to Fender CS 60, exactly what I was looking for | Cool! I also prefer bridges with less mass than the Badass II. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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