Recent content by Jim Rader

Thanks for the tip on switching the wires!

I did that the other day. Thanks. I have one of his single coil precision bass pickups and it's amazing.

I used flat wounds for a long time to get a thicker thumpy sound, but I've realized round wound strings sound great at higher volumes coming through a mix. I'm using a passive single coil bass with flats and it's a great thumpy sound. I'm also playing with a split coil emg precision pickup with...

Thanks for the link. I might do that

That's the info. This is something I was thinking about and hoping somebody knew. So in order for this to work, the pickup has to be reverse wound and pole pieces have to be upside down, too? I'm not gonna bother, then. Maybe if I invest in a pickup winder at some point I'll do it. Thank you!

Thanks, That seems like a unique and interesting circuit. Turning the mix pot changes the pickup from single coils into a humbucker?

Thanks for the information. I'm probably going to try a jazz circuit. If I change my mind and opt for the pickup switch, would I just wire it kind of like a telecaster guitar?

I have a pine bodied squier cv 51 p bass body that has a stock squier single coil pickup in it. I have an identical spare pickup sitting in a box from another bass just like it. I'd like to route and wire in the spare single coil right near the other pickup (maybe an inch away). Does anyone...