Recent content by Joyscoop

I would also like some information about the wheels. I suppose the upper and lower levels of adjustment are some function of Db/octave? If yes what exactly? Also I would like to know the effects applied in relation to the direction of rotation. As silly as it might sound it isn't always easy to...

Yeah, I was equally glad when I realised that too. My problem wasn't "honkiness" per se but rather "mud", coming from a frequency region I would guess would be around 250-300Hz. A pretty aggressive -5Db in that region produced a sweet-sweet tone that I love. What I've also discovered is that my...

Does the trim pot have any effect on the output when on passive mode?

It is definitely better to let John take care of it himself but cutting the damaged pot away doesn't mean the destruction of the PCB (did you come to this conclusion out of assumption or experience?). Watch very carefully what this guy does. At 2:42 he explains why and how easy it is to pry the...

Why don't you just replace the pots? You can have someone else do it if needed. It's definitely doable - LowEndLobster, a youtube channel owner bassist who loves to DIY even replaced such a pot on another preamp with a normal potentiometer adjuster like the ones you have for volume, pickup...

Nice to see that other people also want to do this - maybe this will allow them to see that it is indeed doable. To whoever is really interested in doing this, please keep in mind that power supply must be of good quality. John had warned me about this, and true to his word, the plain 9V supply...

Hi all, I wanted a preamp with precise EQ controls and I've found out that the John East Uni-pre preamp is the best in this regard, globally. Having a collection of basses though and only playing at home, I had this idea to make an external "stomp-box" style preamp unit using John's system, in...

The guy over at Nordstrand explained that this depends on the model, for example I remember him saying that a Big Split pickup would have three wires coming off from it. The one I am after, an NP4A, only has two. Whatever the case, I will make sense of what to do, I am not exactly a newbie with...

thank a lot ctmullins. According to your reassurance, I went ahead and ordered a pickup, strangely enough from Nordstrand themselves since they can make a different pickup that fits perfectly into my existing covers (that no other pickup has).

Greetings to all, I've got an Ibanez SR650E and I love the instrument in general. The sound is fine but I want to experiment a little with pickups. The thing is that all aftermarket pickups have 2 wires coming off from them but the stock Nordstrand-designed ones currently on the bass have 3...

I've had a Cort B4 for many years. Craftsmanship is very good, feels like an expensive instrument. It sounds very good in reviews and when you play slow stuff, but... when you start the faster stuff, you realize how lacking it is in articulation. You pluck fast with your fingers struggling to...