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Yeah, I would say that it is about the same or maybe just a little louder.

Yeah, that seems to make the most sense. My initial thought was that it looks a little big to have been in a bass, but if it was in that pedal, that makes more sense to me. The PDF has their company website, I would contact them directly and ask about it. If it is their work, they’ll have better...

Do you know what it was in originally?

Definitely. In no technical terms, I think it has a fatter bottom, warmer tone overall, and the highs are smoother/not as harsh. Before, I would tend to need to boost some highs to help with clarity in a live mix (finger style) and the highs would sometimes feel too harsh just to cut through...

Yes, both the pickup cable and the bridge ground cable you suggested worked great.

I just finished installing the BQS in my Stiletto 6 last night (from our previous thread). Initial play test sounded great, very clean. Posted a photo of the finished preamp cavity. I second going with BQS.

Here’s the finished preamp install, all solderless. The EMG bridge ground connector came with two button connectors, so I used the second one to join the 9V cables rather than soldering it. Everything works and sounds great on initial test, just need some final tweaking on pickup height and...

One more question, if you know… with soldering, I’ve seen videos showing how various cables are grounded to the back of pots and to the shielding around the preamp cavity… I am unsure what if any grounding I need to do with this solderless preamp. I don’t see anything on the diagram referencing...

Oh, I see… I was looking at the wrong diagram the whole time. That makes more sense. Thank you. Going to get a couple of this cables and give it a shot.

Actually, looking at the BQS diagram again, the pick up cables split the 3 pins… 2 directly to the control board and 1 through the power bus. So I don’t know if/how that 5 pin to 3 pin cable would work. Really the entire diagram makes sense, it’s just getting the 3 pin cable connect to my...

Yeah, I looked at the diagram provided with the BQS preamp, it just wasn’t clear to me how to adapt my existing pickups. I couldn’t tell if the 5 pin was compatible. I may just get some of those 5 pin to 3 pin cables to keep it all as solderless as possible. I also need to get another 9V...

I got a little ambitious and purchased a new preamp to replace in my bass. I’m realizing I may have jumped the gun before really knowing what I’m doing. I have a Schecter Stiletto Studio 6 with the stock EMG 45HZ pickups (2007 model, not sure if that matters, they have 5 pins). My preamp was on...

I would definitely get a Sire bass because of their build/performance quality vs cost. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Thanks Kathy.

I bought a Sire M7 (5-str) in 2016 and since then have had two different tuning pegs pop. One popped a year ago and one popped last week. The first one was within my warranty, and this most recent one Sire was more than helpful to ship out a replacement anyway. Sire said that they rarely...