Recent content by Orlando Scarpa

I guess for me it was various bassists in early 80s punk and hardcore, and paying attention to punk and hardcore bands bass players live when i was 15/16 years old (2001/2002). I was really impressed on how important the bass were on those bands. But I started getting serious about bass (and...

So, i decided to replace my artcore pickup and found a handmade pickup shop in São Paulo/Brazil who make soap bar pickups that i've heard good things about, and the measurements are exactly the same as the stock artcore pickup. There are two different specs for this model, neck and bridge. Given...

Done! It was my first proper soldering project, it took me about 2 hours or such (the first time the pot wasn't working, so I had to re-solder some parts that were a bit loose). The tone knob was done by a luthier who is a friend of mine. Strongly reccomend this for anyone who owns this bass...

Ok, so i've already changed the tone, and am going to change the volume pot tomorrou morning. Just one thing I didn't quite understand, does the volume pot also need a 0.22 cap? Or is the cap just for the tone pot?

I replaced the tone pot with the recomended values and there is a huge difference! But, I ended up no changing the volume pot as is sounded fine as it is, meaning the volume descreases gradually between 10 and 0. But now I'm beggining to wonder if the volume pot and cap values have any...

Nice Thread! Will be trying this mood as soon as I can find the parts. I've been playing bass for years, but never really got round to trying to modify it. How hard is it to solder all the parts? Does anyone know a good "for dummies" guide on how to install the new pots (how the wiring should be...