Audere with Ghost system

[kirkdickinson]

Moving along a little bit with a custom bass. I ordered tuners which will take a while to come and I am going to order a neck today from Warmoth.

Here is my tentative plan for electronics. This is neither a schematic nor a wiring diagram, more like a flow chart.

I realize that the electronics/bridge package here is about $1200, and cost more than most basses that I own. If anybody wants to talk me out of this system and into a different or better system, I am open to discussion and recommendations.

 

[sikamikanico]

Well, what are you trying to achieve? Better is relative…

 

[kirkdickinson]

Well, what are you trying to achieve? Better is relative…

I play mostly fretless. My current favorite bass is an Ibanez SRF-706 (Portamento) It has 2 magnetic pickups and the Ibanez Aerosilk piezo system. I like the flexibility of that setup and sometimes use only magnetics, sometimes only piezo, but usually a mix of both. I want all that with the addition of a P bass sound. I guess this is just me dreaming up the most expensive bass I could think of and trying to make it happen.

I am not sure that the Nords are the best pickups for this application. I have barts in my Portamento, but they are the Ibanez licensed barts and some owners have replaced them with better ones straight from Bartolini. I want a full range of sounds and to be able to cop an oldschool sound or a modern sound and have plenty of fretless muwaah!