Recent content by Frank_Sereno

Thx for the info. It was lower with the old pickups as well. They were 7.5K. The distance fret to bottom of strings are the same. Also same gauge & strings. D'Adario wound rounds. It just seems impossible but it's happening. Unplugged they sound very similar. It's a real dilemma.

One of my Jazz basses (7.5K P/Us) is much, much, lower in volume than the others. The others have 7.5K output pickups also. Because it was lower, I put Kent Armstrong Hots @ 8K pickups in it. I put a better capacitor, & put all switchcraft electronics & jack in it. I redid the solder joints. The...

Jazz bass pickup volume. All the pickups were alnico in all the basses. Then I even put new Kent Armstrong pickups & still problem with volume. I'm changing the capacitor, pots & jack. If that doesn't work, well I just have to crank the amp up real high.

Both my Jazz basses the output is 7.5k in each pickup. The P/U heights are the same on both basses. Same bass settings & amp settings. But one bass is so much *lower* in volume than the other. They both have the same pots & capacitor & jack type. No one can figure out why it is. Does anyone have...