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My invoice from Seymour Duncan just lists it as "Vintage P-Bass - 4". I think it's the SPB-1 though.

I've put a Seymour Duncan Vintage P-bass pickup in the neck position of my Fender Aerodyne bass, paired with a Classic Stack Jazz Bass pickup at the bridge. In some environments, I get significant hum from the P pickup. Is this normal? I'm pretty sure I wired it correctly. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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Yes, that was the issue! I adjusted the P pickup, which was too high on all 4 strings. I still need to adjust the J pickup, but the P was the source of the resonance issue. By the way, I used the P pickup adjustment instructions in this video, from Radioshop pickups: Thanks again!

Yes, I adjusted the truss rod, string heights at the bridge and intonation.

Thanks, I'll try adjusting the pickup height and report back.

I recently bought a Fender Aerodyne, and I replaced the original Fender strings with a set of GHS Pressure Wounds to reduce the string noise. The issue I'm having is that I notice an odd resonance when I play up the neck, especially on the E and A strings. It sounds like an additional tone...

If you look at the photo, the gouge is at a right angle to what the string windings would make. So no, I don't think it's from the strings. As for the return/don't return question: if you can feel it while you're playing then return it. If you can't feel it but it bothers you just knowing it's...

I replied by PM, thanks!

This is a SansAmp Bass Driver DI pedal in like new condition. It comes with the original tin box and manual. I have never gigged with it, it has never left the house. I wanted to try this, but I've decided I prefer using just a compressor and no other effects to keep things simple. I'm not...

This is an FEA Dual Band SMX Optical Compressor. This is the one with 3 knobs per band (threshold, ratio and gain). It's in excellent condition functionally and cosmetically. I replaced the knobs because the original knobs have faint indicator lines that were hard to see. (I'll include the...

I have a medium scale bass (Fender Urge) that will accommodate long scale strings, but I wanted to know what the string tension would be with any given long set on my medium bass, and I found a way. GHS has a Bass String Tension Guide on their website...

Thanks, I'll try experimenting with the output from each pickup separately. I didn't mention in my original post that I also have a blend pot that precedes the volume and tone pots. It does have a path to ground, so there's got to be some loss of signal there. I'm going to replace that with a...

Thanks -- yes, that's how it's wired.

I'll need to check this. I did have the setup checked by a professional guitar/bass tech after I set it up, but it's worth checking, thanks!