Recent content by Pierre071077

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    Difference of output level between 2 jazz basses

    Ok. Not just more mids. More basses, more humph, and, which is rather scientific and objective, more reaction of the built-in compressor and overdrive on my amp
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    Difference of output level between 2 jazz basses

    The pickups are set at the same height, even a bit higher on the Squier (closer to the strings) I didn’t know there could be such a difference between Rotosound flats and TI flats. I’ll get a new set of Rotosound to put on the fretless and let you know. But I’m guessing that the issue will not...
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    Difference of output level between 2 jazz basses

    I can’t remember exactly. It seems to me that when I got the Squier 2 years ago, it sounded as loud as my other basses. I mostly played my Rickenbacker and my fretless for a while, and I compared the sounds at the beginning of the year when I got a Squier silver Precision Bass, which was damn...
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    Difference of output level between 2 jazz basses

    Thanks for your answer Acoustically, there’s not much difference The strings are not the same: TI flats on the mexican (which is converted to fretless), and Rotosound 77 flats on the Squier As you can guess, it’s the same cable I’ve not yet tried to swap the electronics, for I’m not very good...
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    Difference of output level between 2 jazz basses

    Hi everyone, I’ve got 2 1993 jazz basses: one mexican Fender, stock pickups, and one japanese Squier (silver series). There’s a huge difference between the two output levels: the Mexican sounds way louder. So I asked my tech to build custom pickups: larger magnets, slightly overwound, to...