Recent content by Dino Boreanaz

What a great thread and a very nice DIY build! Just curious as to whether you've checked the actual tuning frequency using with the rice test? This could give you an indication of how well WinISD estimated the required port length to achieve your desired tuning.

Hey, welcome to Talkbass from a fellow Ontarian! If yours is a medium scale version, the check out my post in this thread. I've got a medium scale MIJ E-series Squier P bass and I got a new pickguard from Pickguard Planet (Chandler Music) several years ago. Unfortunately they're not a...

I'm really looking forward to seeing these come to market. I hope they don't forget about us medium scale and short scale players!

I can't speak to when one would work better than the other, as this is largely subjective, but I recently did a comparison of series vs. parallel wiring using the G&L MFD Split Coil pickup in my Squier medium scale P Bass. Here's the link to the thread with the comparison video including sound...

I'm not familiar with the S1 switch; is it a series/parallel selector? In any case, I'd love to see the comparison as well.

I'd be interested in that too, if anyone is willing to give it a try. The wiring change is very easy as long as the pickup has four wires. In my case, I first recorded with the original wiring plugging directly into my interface, then made the wiring change, and then recorded the same...

Balancing the output is a great idea if you're able to switch between the two! I totally agree that the tonal differences can only be appreciated after compensating for the level difference. I'm quite simple-minded when it comes to gear, so I've simply swapped the wiring to parallel with no...

I haven't tried that, but it's now on my list of things to try!

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts and experiences! I suspect the added range of the parallel sound will work well in a mix, but I haven't tried yet. And I'm not a slap player so, unless someone else borrows my bass, I'll likely never know the answer to number 2. I did find it...

For a while now I've been curious about how series and parallel wiring configurations affect the tonal characteristics and output level of a split-p pickup. After doing the circuit modelling and simulation with the help of many of the good folks on this forum, I finally got around to doing the...

With the help of the fine folks here, I've corrected my circuit models for both series and parallel configurations including a guess of 100pF for the capacitance of each coil. I've re-run the simulations and here they are in the same colour schemes as before, black and white is series with 500k...

Thanks @sikamikanico! I did some more reading about capacitance measurements (including the sites you linked) and I also read the manual for my meter (who knew!). What I found is that capacitance measurements will read high if they're measured at test frequencies below the component's self...

I measured the capacitance of the coils and got values significantly higher than the 100pF suggested, about 8.2nF on each coil. I checked this with another pickup and it was in a similar range (about 5.5nF). Then I checked some capacitors of known values to verify whether my meter was off, but...

@ahadl2500 thanks, I wasn't aware of that preamp. It looks interesting, but I probably won't end up adding circuitry ... I'm just a little simple-minded when it comes to that stuff and I'll probably stick with a completely passive setup. To answer some of the other questions, I should have...

So I've been using the G&L MFD split P pickup with 500k volume and tone pots for a while now and I find myself wishing for more high-end clarity. Rather than try a new pickup, I was thinking of wiring the two coils in parallel rather than my current series wiring, but I have a couple of...