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#18,143
bebass said:
Nice! Did you keep the EMG? How do you feel it changed the sound? Bigger, fatter, etc?
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Yeah, the I much prefer the EMG to the Darkglass as it isn’t as coloured so that is definitely staying.
The extra pickup doesn’t really make a huge difference having A/B’d them. I do prefer B/M in series over the B/N but it’s a case of moving a pickup 1 1/2 inches so not wildly different, I find it a little more punchy.
The P-tone is again a fairly subtle change to the standard neck pickup, it’s more mid focussed and open sounding to my ears. I had it wired in parallel at first and really didn’t like it (I have a p-tone in my ABZ and this one sounds different even in series) so switched to series which is much better, I still may change it out for a FD3 but I’ll give it a couple of weeks and see.

I may also swap out the 3x switch eventually as there are some options I’d like to have that are unavailable with the Dingwall switches like B/M in parallel and series.
 
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Waltsdog said:
Yeah, the I much prefer the EMG to the Darkglass as it isn’t as coloured so that is definitely staying.
The extra pickup doesn’t really make a huge difference having A/B’d them. I do prefer B/M in series over the B/N but it’s a case of moving a pickup 1 1/2 inches so not wildly different, I find it a little more punchy.
The P-tone is again a fairly subtle change to the standard neck pickup, it’s more mid focussed and open sounding to my ears. I had it wired in parallel at first and really didn’t like it (I have a p-tone in my ABZ and this one sounds different even in series) so switched to series which is much better, I still may change it out for a FD3 but I’ll give it a couple of weeks and see.

I may also swap out the 3x switch eventually as there are some options I’d like to have that are unavailable with the Dingwall switches like B/M in parallel and series.
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Thanks,
As much as I love the Darkglass pre - and I DO love it - I have grown to appreciate the EMG as a slightly more overall versatile pre and I actually slightly prefer the Combustion to the NG2 in many situations. I think the ideal setup is to have a Combustion and a NG2 or the Combustion with a Canadian bass with the Darkglass pre. Or perhaps a Canadian bass with the Glock and an NG2 although I personally would prefer the Canadian with the Darkglass and the Combustion with EMG as an all around combination. The thing is EVERYONE does not play metal and I do think the NG2 has become more "famous" in the metal circuit. But the truth, IMO, is either the Combustion with EMG or the NG2 with Darkglass lends itself to any genre with, again IMO, the Combustion being slightly more appropriate for Country, Jazz, certain Rock styles, etc. And of course string selection, playing styles, and amp & cab selection mean as much as the pre differential. Oh, just musing...in the end it is what any particular player likes.
 
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bebass said:
Thanks,
As much as I love the Darkglass pre - and I DO love it - I have grown to appreciate the EMG as a slightly more overall versatile pre and I actually slightly prefer the Combustion to the NG2 in many situations. I think the ideal setup is to have a Combustion and a NG2 or the Combustion with a Canadian bass with the Darkglass pre. Or perhaps a Canadian bass with the Glock and an NG2 although I personally would prefer the Canadian with the Darkglass and the Combustion with EMG as an all around combination. The thing is EVERYONE does not play metal and I do think the NG2 has become more "famous" in the metal circuit. But the truth, IMO, is either the Combustion with EMG or the NG2 with Darkglass lends itself to any genre with, again IMO, the Combustion being slightly more appropriate for Country, Jazz, certain Rock styles, etc. And of course string selection, playing styles, and amp & cab selection mean as much as the pre differential. Oh, just musing...in the end it is what any particular player likes.
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Well, the NG is "kinda" like a Musicman and there has been Stingrays in so many popular records :D
 
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IvanBassist said:
Well, the NG is "kinda" like a Musicman and there has been Stingrays in so many popular records :D
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++ I love the NG2 sound. It works well in studio. Also, I order all my Canadian basses with the Darkglass pre - it just simply sounds fantastic to me. It is just in some situations I do like the EMG Combustion also.
 
#18,149
Thumper said:
So in your opinion, how close do the long scale 3xxx's get to the N2/MusicMan vibe? Can the FDV equipped short scales get anywhere close?
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In a 3x the setting with the bridge and middle in series sounds the same in an NG2, Combustion 3x or ABZ 3x in passive. Once you engage the preamp then you get some slight differences but it's nothing you can't do by putting a pedal in your signal chain.
This setting gives you a Musicman vibe, and that's the correct term as it doesn't sound identical to a Stingray. A Super J with that B/M setting should sound very similar.
 
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Got a sneak peek photo from the shop today. This bad boy should arrive next month!
 
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Thumper said:
So in your opinion, how close do the long scale 3xxx's get to the N2/MusicMan vibe? Can the FDV equipped short scales get anywhere close?
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Both the long and the standard scale basses can totally crush the MM vibe with FDV's:

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Standard:

 
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