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For sale FS: Kawai FIIB w/ SGD pickups and pre/ almost mint condition

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Hey folks, this is a repost, I have to sell this because i need every penny possible to buy an Alembic Mark King 5-string Bass. Here is the complete story of this bass. I purchased this from a TB'er over a year ago. I paid $825 for it. I did not like the stock pickups. So I had David Schwab of SGD luthiers build a custom set along with a custom preamp to fit the bass. It sounds incredible. many tone choice. You can get piano like Stanly Clarke sounds and Jaco growl tones as well. That cost me over $400.
FULL DISCLOSURE: there is a little neck rise from the 12th fret on, nothing crazy. I did have a luthier do a taper with those frets so I could get lower action. That cost me another $90. All and all its a great bass especially because I am selling it for:
$535 Shipped!!! Bass will be shipped in HardShell Case. I will knock $50 off for a local sale.

SOLD!!!!


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kesslari

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What are the controls on the preamp? The original, I think, was an Alembic copy (filter-based pre)?
 

Bassman8416

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OK, each pickup has a black 3 position toggle switch. Down is series, in the middle is single coil, and up is parallel. As you ail hear, parallel is brighter and not as loud as series. Single coil is a little brighter still. You can mix and match to get the two pickups to blend in different ways. Single coil more will hum a little, but when both pickups are in single coil mode, and mixed evenly, they will hum cancel.

The large gold toggle is a pickup selector. This was part of the bass' original wiring. Down is the bridge pickup, the middle is both, and up is the neck. Now the twist is you also have a blend control. If the toggle switch is in the middle, then when the blend is in the middle, you hear both pickups. Fully clockwise is the bridge, and counter clockwise is the neck. The switch and the blend pot both operate at the same time. So, if you have the blend in the center, you can use the switch to solo a pickup. Or you can turn the blend pot. Keep in mind that if the blend is set to the neck pickup, and you switch the pickup selector switch to the bridge, you will have almost no sound. It's not the best method, but I tried to find a way to utilize both the blend and toggle switch. You can use just the switch when the blend is in the center detent (click), or just use the blend when the switch is in the center.
 

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What are the other two knobs? If one is a blend I'm assuming one is a volume. Active or passive? If active what type of preamp is it?
 

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