Recent content by Bret64

Thanks, I should have checked.

Dont 'spose you still have these 5 years later?

The sound of the original pickups on the Kingfisher is more like having two (Neck & Bridge) single coil 50's P bass pickups but with a dummy coil to stop RF. Which I think is a bloody great idea but is not quite working on the Kingfisher. I understand that people are looking at the bass and...

My problem with these pickups is that I absolutely love the sound and voicing of them but the noise is killing me. I had a long chat via email with Ryan at PRS who sent me a pair of replacements but the issue remains. I understand that the pickups are dummy humbuckers. The idea of which I'm lead...

Thanks for that cdef. Thats the first time I've ever seen a connection and I've read a lot about it. I do like to have my facts straight. Cheers.

Mine has more Punch than Mike Tyson which I absolutely love. The tone is exactly what I want. Its just the noise is killing me.

The more people I talk to the more I'm coming to understand that there seems to be a wide variation in how the factory pickups sound. Since my last post here PRS tech support has begun an email discussion with me. As follows: The "humbucker" pickups on the SE Kingfisher basses are wired in...

Sorry I dint reply sooner. Looks very Matsumoku to me. Did you buy it? What was the price and is is a neck through or bolt on?

The comments I read on people not liking the sound of the original pups surprises me. I have a number of basses that give me traditional bass sounds and what I like about the Kingfisher (apart from the excellent fit finish and feel) is how it does sound different. Mine is incredibly punchy and...

A few months late to this post but thought I'd put my 2c worth in. I totally understand why there are so many comments about Kingfisher basses that say they dont like the pickups. They are very (VERY) modern sounding. Anyone buying one of these basses and expecting to get a sound anything...

This thread was put up on one of the bass pages on facebook as a reference recently (Dec 2020). I know it hasn't been added to for a while but I just wanted to knock the whole idea that Cortez was the forerunner to Cort on the head. I can implicitly state that it was not. Cort , or its...

It came with the previously mentioned Sovtec 12AX7WA 7025 and 2 x Sovtec EL84's. I ran a Phillips (Hendon) 12AX7 in the pre stage for a long while but more recently swapped it out for an old stock Tung Sol 12AX7 (tested at (1100/1100) which has slightly more hiss but is warmer than the Phillips...

My standard live big rig is a bi-amp system that runs an Ampeg SVP-Pro as the preamp. I do however use my SWR-IOD from time to time depending on the band/gig. For those interested, the single preamp tube that my IOD (a Black and chrome one) came with was a Sovtec 12AX7WA (7025). This is the same...

Tony DeNardo, the bass player from the Muggs had a stroke in 2001 which paralyzed his right side and left him unable to speak. After some medical treatment and a lot of time and work on Tonys part he took to playing the bass lines (bloody good ones too IMHO) on a Rhodes keyboard bass (Keyboard...

I get that you have good gear and have a particular sound in mind. I would do an audition on the proviso that you are open to hearing what my gear sounds like first. As others have posted previously, I've invested time, effort and money in setting up my gear to a professional level. I would...