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#59,581
I'm VERY HAPPY with my Ptone/Ptone/SFII change. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants solid lows/strong mids/decent highs in a Super J. Good for Country/Rock/Hard Rock. Even the bridge solo could be useful with a boost, hmmm, may get my Phat Phuk B out of storage. I really like the other 3 settings even the J, which I'm not usually a fan of, this gives me a less scooped sounding J, yay. I can't talk to slap since I don't. It's very close to the sound I hear in my head.

I now have 2 FD3s and a Ptone excess to my needs. I don't know they'll be useful to anyone until if/when import Super J 5s are made?
 
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#59,582
A few months ago, I made the decision to will my only five-string (in avatar pic) to my bass-playing nephew. I didn't know for sure that he was going to be at our Christmas gathering today. He was, and we were having a good time 'talking bass' when I decided to drive home, grab it, and put it into his hands. He was amazed at the attention to detail of every design factor, and its beauty. It will be in capable hands when I depart this plane of existence. :cool:
 
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#59,583
Thumper said:
I'm VERY HAPPY with my Ptone/Ptone/SFII change. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants solid lows/strong mids/decent highs in a Super J. Good for Country/Rock/Hard Rock. Even the bridge solo could be useful with a boost, hmmm, may get my Phat Phuk B out of storage. I really like the other 3 settings even the J, which I'm not usually a fan of, this gives me a less scooped sounding J, yay. I can't talk to slap since I don't. It's very close to the sound I hear in my head.

I now have 2 FD3s and a Ptone excess to my needs. I don't know they'll be useful to anyone until if/when import Super J 5s are made?
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Cool! So now you have:
bridge/Middle (P-tone + SFIi)
Middle solo (P-tone)
Neck/Bridge (P-tone + SFII)
Neck solo (P-tone)

Correct?

Which P-tone solo’ed do you prefer? Middle or neck?
 
#59,584
Thumper said:
I'm VERY HAPPY with my Ptone/Ptone/SFII change. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants solid lows/strong mids/decent highs in a Super J. Good for Country/Rock/Hard Rock. Even the bridge solo could be useful with a boost, hmmm, may get my Phat Phuk B out of storage. I really like the other 3 settings even the J, which I'm not usually a fan of, this gives me a less scooped sounding J, yay. I can't talk to slap since I don't. It's very close to the sound I hear in my head.

I now have 2 FD3s and a Ptone excess to my needs. I don't know they'll be useful to anyone until if/when import Super J 5s are made?
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That seems like a good sounding pickup combination. How do you like the middle/bridge in series setting? I can see how the neck/bridge in parallel would be less scooped and sound great, but series provides its own mid bump in addition to the higher gain. Is that a bit mid heavy with the Ptone vs two SFII in series or is it useable?
 
#59,586
IvanBassist said:
Cool! So now you have:
bridge/Middle (P-tone + SFIi)
Middle solo (P-tone)
Neck/Bridge (P-tone + SFII)
Neck solo (P-tone)

Correct?

Which P-tone solo’ed do you prefer? Middle or neck?
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I may go back to that, I'm currently running it back stock so I can hear if the J setting is a keeper, but had limited play time yesterday because of an early drunken Xmas party. So far I like it, I have to find out if I like it.
 
#59,587
5StringPocket said:
That seems like a good sounding pickup combination. How do you like the middle/bridge in series setting? I can see how the neck/bridge in parallel would be less scooped and sound great, but series provides its own mid bump in addition to the higher gain. Is that a bit mid heavy with the Ptone vs two SFII in series or is it useable?
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The middle/bridge jumps out at me, in a way the stock PUPs never did. I also have the series/parallel switches and just always keep them on. According to Sheldon, running series wired pickups with the series switch on = super series or series boost. I really like it, so I guess you can tell I really like my mids as long as there's enough bottom, and enough low highs to get some growl.

I'm going to spend time with it at home, and at practice to figure out my preference between neck/middle vs neck/bridge before I get my 6 way rotary hard wired in.
 
#59,588
Thumper said:
The middle/bridge jumps out at me, in a way the stock PUPs never did. I also have the series/parallel switches and just always keep them on. According to Sheldon, running series wired pickups with the series switch on = super series or series boost. I really like it, so I guess you can tell I really like my mids as long as there's enough bottom, and enough low highs to get some growl.

I'm going to spend time with it at home, and at practice to figure out my preference between neck/middle vs neck/bridge before I get my 6 way rotary hard wired in.
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IME it's easier to add some lows to balance out strong mids than it is to try and boost mids that aren't there. I like a setting with a bit of volume kick and low mid boost but have had two series wound pickups in series before that sounded congested because it was just too much. I'm curious if a series bridge SFII and parallel middle SFII in series would fill a sweet spot with some added mids and volume but not too much?
 
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5StringPocket said:
IME it's easier to add some lows to balance out strong mids than it is to try and boost mids that aren't there. I like a setting with a bit of volume kick and low mid boost but have had two series wound pickups in series before that sounded congested because it was just too much. I'm curious if a series bridge SFII and parallel middle SFII in series would fill a sweet spot with some added mids and volume but not too much?
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I've pretty much been playing alnico powered Thunderbirds for 6 years, strong mids are needed for me to feel at home on the SJ5XXX tonewise, of course the playability and craftsmanship is what keeps me a Dingwall fan, and possibly a future Super 4 owner.

My 6 way rotary has both parallel b/n and series b/n positions, so a lot of possibilities there.

I'm headed downstairs now and will check out the SFII bridge in series and middle Ptone parallel.
 
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I played 2 hours, various songs and settings. I did like middle series bridge parallel, it added some sparkle. Middle series bridge series was punchier. Both are useful. What I didn't care for and won't use is the J setting, no mids and hollow is not a sound I care for, and I wouldn't use it, unless I maybe went FDV/FDV/FDV.


I say that because I have a Warmoth Jazz with a Musikraft roasted maple neck, Dingwall rotary and alnico Aguilar pickups. I played it after the Dingwall, and that is a Jazz tone I like. I guess for me, ceramic pickups don't deliver a Jazz tone I can use, not even the Ptones.
 
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spiritbass said:
A few months ago, I made the decision to will my only five-string (in avatar pic) to my bass-playing nephew. I didn't know for sure that he was going to be at our Christmas gathering today. He was, and we were having a good time 'talking bass' when I decided to drive home, grab it, and put it into his hands. He was amazed at the attention to detail of every design factor, and its beauty. It will be in capable hands when I depart this plane of existence. :cool:
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Class act 👍
 
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Thumper said:
And are the Dingwall and Paysons the same guage? Any chance either has a light guage?
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Perhaps you could ask Payson if he does custom super sets? I think he did a few gauges for @IvanBassist at one point? I may be remembering that wrong
 
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