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02-25-2013, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Jacksonville, Florida | | | Precision Basses with Active Preamps
Why are there no pure Precision basses with active preamps? They're all PJs. The Jazz does it, so do Musicman basses. |
02-25-2013, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Dayton, Ohio | | | Build your own.
Have a warmoth P bass with an audere preamp.
And Sandberg does it. California VS
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02-25-2013, 05:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tampa, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alexlocurto  Why are there no pure Precision basses with active preamps? They're all PJs. The Jazz does it, so do Musicman basses. |
You are wrong. Fender made two active Precisions; the Special from '80-'82, and the Elite in '83.
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02-25-2013, 06:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois | | | Yes. I had an all- walnut Precision Special. I believe it was a 1983. Active, just a P pickup. |
02-25-2013, 07:01 PM
|  | Thanks to Alembic, I'll have G.A.S. until I die. | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York City | | Apparently my P Elite has an active preamp. Not sure if it counts as the layout is still mostly an enigma to me and it has two split coil P pickups.  |
02-25-2013, 07:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Had an '81 P Special. Still have an '84 P Elite II. Great basses!
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02-25-2013, 10:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Columbus OH | | | Pop a P-Retro pre into any passive P bass, and there you go.....
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02-25-2013, 10:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: US | | | Totally unnecessary in a good P bass -- IMHO!
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02-25-2013, 11:12 PM
|  | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | I have an EMG PX in this one. Sounds good and is yet another flavor of P. Had my tech rout a rear cavity for the battery, otherwise it's a PITA to get at.  |
02-25-2013, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by king_biscuit Totally unnecessary in a good P bass -- IMHO! | This is why you don't see too many active P basses without a second(bridge) pickup.
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02-26-2013, 02:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | | It seems a little incongrous to take the world's most popular and simplest bass and put in active electronics. However, that shouldn't stop you!
I was looking at the Alembic basses last night and the 12 control knobs and switches, thinking: I like a bit of control but that's waaaaay too much.
All part of the fun.
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02-26-2013, 08:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Birmingham | | | emg pre amps
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Originally Posted by Templar I have an EMG PX in this one. Sounds good and is yet another flavor of P. Had my tech rout a rear cavity for the battery, otherwise it's a PITA to get at. | Your beautiful Precision seems to have the regular two-knob control setup. Would the stacked bass=treble control be better? Does your bass have a bypass or work with a dead battery? I want to make my Precision active also. |
02-26-2013, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by king_biscuit Totally unnecessary in a good P bass -- IMHO! | ^^^^This^^^^
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02-26-2013, 08:18 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Rhode Island , USA | | | I have the urge to try the john east p-retro. It seems like a very well designed item. However, I've noticed that a lot of guys who installed them pull them out later. The most comon reason seems to be that it takes away from from the K.I.S.S. vibe of the P-bass.
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02-26-2013, 08:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Falls Church, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by M.R. Ogle Yes. I had an all- walnut Precision Special. I believe it was a 1983. Active, just a P pickup. | A fellow bassist kindly let me play his walnut Precision Special at a jam one time and it was a killer playing, sounding and looking bass. I like how they have a bypass for the active circuit which gives you the traditional P sound we all know and love, but allows you to put it on steroids with the flick of a switch. |
02-26-2013, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by king_biscuit Totally unnecessary in a good P bass -- IMHO! | Yup, I agree.
I have an '82 Precision Special and I dislike the pre with the single P pickup. In the active position it's so spikey and it can shred glass, very harsh. So it always stays in the passive position. |
02-26-2013, 10:58 AM
| | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | Quote:
Originally Posted by grenadilla Your beautiful Precision seems to have the regular two-knob control setup. Would the stacked bass=treble control be better? Does your bass have a bypass or work with a dead battery? I want to make my Precision active also. | No bypass. Dead battery = dead bass. I'm happy with the controls the way they are. I happen to like most EMG stuff and consider this pickup to be an upgrade over the stock one. It still sounds like a P bass but definitely different than my other ones.
Is active necessary? Of course not. Just another flavor of P bass, that's all. |
02-26-2013, 11:04 AM
| | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BFunk I have the urge to try the john east p-retro. It seems like a very well designed item. However, I've noticed that a lot of guys who installed them pull them out later. The most comon reason seems to be that it takes away from from the K.I.S.S. vibe of the P-bass. | Is that the one with the rechargable battery that uses a wall wart? If so, I could understand not liking it. |
02-26-2013, 11:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Columbus OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Templar No bypass. Dead battery = dead bass..... | FWIW, the P-Retro preamp has passive bypass and works just fine on a dead battery.....
Great true-bypass passive tone if you want it, extra active kick at your fingers if you need it, and no modifications necessary. Its a win-win.
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02-26-2013, 11:18 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Rhode Island , USA | | | I have been using an Xotic Bass RC booster with my passive P. This pedal works really well with precisions IMO. I gives a very good active sound, a little more higs, a little more lows, and cleaner low mids.
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