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    What was your first bass amp and how bad was it?

    My very first was a Gorilla GB-30 (with the ridiculous “Funk Bass” switch). Lol I’m sure there’s some here who’re familiar with its particular type of pain. It was a suitable practice amp but total turd-suck when playing your high school talent show & competing w/your band’s drummer’s bashings...
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    VVT troubles (Jazz Bass pickups)

    Thanks BJMtz, I'll try this out in a couple days once I've got the soldering iron up and running again (and don't have a tribute band set list/gig to rehearse OR toddler double-duty, lol)!
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    VVT troubles (Jazz Bass pickups)

    AWW MAN!!Thanks for asking that, I grabbed this w/a handful of NOS parts ay a nearby electronics shop that closed a couple years ago & just now realized my misread... OUT this baby goes!!!
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    VVT troubles (Jazz Bass pickups)

    Yes it is, it's the value that I've found most commonly suggested for passive Fender bass guitar capacitors. Would you choose a different value, and why?
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    VVT troubles (Jazz Bass pickups)

    You mean, the copper shielding inside? I'll look into that, there IS a ground screw that I added into the control cavity & soldered connection to see if the original bridge ground was an issue (the striped lead on tone pot that looks like Beetlejuice's sleeve is bridge). Though the drop was very...
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    VVT troubles (Jazz Bass pickups)

    I'm having the same issue with my MIJ Jazz V/V/T harness, get (what sounds like an) 85-90% volume level drop when the tone's backed off. Pickup volumes seem to work fine tho far as blending. I braved a newbie self-installation job with a set of Aguilar HC J-pups a few months ago & am just now...