Recent content by TA Reger

The band I play with tunes to drop C so on my 5 string the tuning is A,C,G,C,F the lowest note being that A. From second string on everything sounds ok. I've tried adjusting pickup height and it seems to do very little

I think it would be nice to be able to cut/boost different frequencies on board for one. Plus I'm not really impressed with the lowest register on this instrument. The B tends to be lacking. So that's really my direction.

I want to add active electronics to my 2014 Gibson EB 5. This bass is equipped with dual humbuckers with independent push pull volume pots that act as coil taps and one tone pot. I don't have any problems with routing out a battery compartment so my questions are as follows. What pream/eq to go...

I'm looking to do the exact same thing. Have you completed this project? Did it work? What are the drawbacks or benefit?

I bought a Gibson EB 5 a year ago and the craftsmanship was lacking from day one. I would love to own a new bass but don't want to part with the money so I've decided to "hot rod" the Gibby, so to speak. I want to put active pickups and electronics in it but know very little about pickups if I'm...