Honestly it's all opinion. I may love them and you may hate them. I would pull some examples up on you tube. I felt like they seemed more balanced than the original aerodyne pickups which I also really like.
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Honestly it's all opinion. I may love them and you may hate them. I would pull some examples up on you tube. I felt like they seemed more balanced than the original aerodyne pickups which I also really like.
There's a considerable difference between the long-since-discontinued "Duncan Designed" pickups and their genuine Seymour Duncan pickups. And as far as the Quarter Pounders go, if they're a mis-matched set, the real issue could be the Precision pickup overpowering the bridge pup. That's exactly what happened to me when I assembled my first parts-bass Projekt. The SPB-3 was so damn aggressive, it pretty much blotted out the Fender Super 55, a very beefy pickup in it's own right, I paired it with.
So, if it's a matched Quarter Pounder set and you like that kind of in-your-face sound, you should be fine.
Thanks, but you should see it now. Better still, it's still conforms to the thread since I upgraded it to an Aerodyne neck.that is one smexy bass there
As for it's neck pickup, I'm still trying to find the best one for that particular bridge pup. Here, it has an MIJ Fender pickup and later I tried a Tesla. Both were fine, but I'm still not 100% on them. I have a Bartolini Classic waiting in the wings for it's turn to be demo'd. We'll see how that turns out.
If you don't like em, just put something different in. That's an advantage of having a bass with such standardized pickups. The options are multitudinous (that means many Malak)
Really?! Wait a minute…The options are multitudinous (that means many Malak)
…holy crow, you're right!
If you don't like em, just put something different in. That's an advantage of having a bass with such standardized pickups. The options are multitudinous (that means many Malak)
That's awesome. I had to look up multitudinous however, its a
Real Word?
Greetings John,
Thank you for reaching out to us. In order for the geared stem to be attached to the bezel, metal tabs are inserted through the bezel and bent underneath. The detent you see on the back of the headstock is to allow the tuners to sit flat. Many tuners, our vintage reissues being an example, are made this way but some no longer are. If there doesn't appear to be a reason for it, it's most likely leftover from a previous program.
Regards,
Nicholas Abbas
Gear Advisor
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
17600 N. Perimeter Dr. Suite 100
Scottsdale AZ 85255
ps. We like you a lot more than that Malak guy. Stay cool, but keep an eye on him for us.
Thank you for reaching out to us. In order for the geared stem to be attached to the bezel, metal tabs are inserted through the bezel and bent underneath. The detent you see on the back of the headstock is to allow the tuners to sit flat. Many tuners, our vintage reissues being an example, are made this way but some no longer are. If there doesn't appear to be a reason for it, it's most likely leftover from a previous program.
Regards,
Nicholas Abbas
Gear Advisor
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
17600 N. Perimeter Dr. Suite 100
Scottsdale AZ 85255
ps. We like you a lot more than that Malak guy. Stay cool, but keep an eye on him for us.
Interesting…
Ouch!
Well, to quote Oscar Wilde, "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies."
Hello all
Great to stumble upon a group thread dedicated to the Aerodyne.
I am the proud new owner of a new Dolphin grey Aerodyne J bass, MIJ.
I love this bass.
I seem to have a problem though, of static, apparently related to the tone pot:
The bass doesn't hum, but when I get my fingers away from the strings, When I touch them again there is a static "tick", most loudly with the E string, when the Tone is up, not when it is down to minimum.
When the E string is vibrating an I approach it with my fingers, the bass emits a series of "ticks" apparently in synch with the E.
I checked the grounding of the bridge and it is ok.
I opened the pot's plate and found the jack's ground unconnected.
I am in a tropical country, Vietnam, which may mean very damp atmosphere at times (though I keep the bass in a room typically dry with light air-con)
Is it normal to find the jack ground disconnected? (I connected it and it did nos solve the problem)
How would you address this issue?
many advice welcome
Ben
Great to stumble upon a group thread dedicated to the Aerodyne.
I am the proud new owner of a new Dolphin grey Aerodyne J bass, MIJ.
I love this bass.
I seem to have a problem though, of static, apparently related to the tone pot:
The bass doesn't hum, but when I get my fingers away from the strings, When I touch them again there is a static "tick", most loudly with the E string, when the Tone is up, not when it is down to minimum.
When the E string is vibrating an I approach it with my fingers, the bass emits a series of "ticks" apparently in synch with the E.
I checked the grounding of the bridge and it is ok.
I opened the pot's plate and found the jack's ground unconnected.
I am in a tropical country, Vietnam, which may mean very damp atmosphere at times (though I keep the bass in a room typically dry with light air-con)
Is it normal to find the jack ground disconnected? (I connected it and it did nos solve the problem)
How would you address this issue?
many advice welcome
Ben
Sorry, Ben, but until you post a picture, your bass does not exist. Nope ... no picture, no bass. Them's the rules. I don't make the rules.
;->
C'MON! Post a picture so we all can drool over your new bass!
And, Happy New Bass day!
Regards,
Charlie
yertiz
*here it is, in person. Bought through a music store in Ho Chi Minh City. I was looking for a 5-string bass and had bought a beautiful Jackson, not before trying this one at the shop. But I kept dreaming of the Aerodyne, and kept finding faults with the Jackson (ok, no comparison possible), and setting it down after just 10-15 minutes to turn back to my fretless j-bass (my work horse until then)
And dreaming. Rewatching the Big Blue.
Until I brought back the other log and brought home this one, for thrice the price but hey, 10 times the bass.
well, with this static crackle when i touch the strings after a few seconds, it they are ringing.
I checked the grounding and made sure it was ok.
When I opened the pots I found this:
No connected ground on the jack.
Worked well without the grounding, save for the static crackle (I assume the signal is in current, not voltage). Does not work any better now that I connected the ground.
any ideas?
Thanks
Ben
Dang, Ben, that is purty. Almost as good looking as my MIJ that's a few years older. Mine is black with black pick guard which I almost changed to red but my wife said it looks better as is.
I generally run mine with tone all the way down so I have not experienced your problem. Also, I usually practice after everybody is in bed so I keep volume low. However, I'll try to find time over the weekend to test mine for your issue and report back.
P.S. Yup, that's a P/J. You've got a Precision-style pickup in the neck position and a Jazz-style at the bridge. That's the reason I bought mine -- I wanted a Precision sound with a Jazz neck. Flat wound strings are helping as is the switch to finger-style...
Hey, Ben, 2 things:
1. Does the problem occur on more than one amp? If not, maybe the AC power there is a little "hinky" and one of your amps is more sensitive to it.
2. If it does, please confirm the following test should reproduce the problem:
a. Sit on left hand and use only right hand to perform the remaining steps
b. Set tone control to maximum
c. Touch open E string to hear a small "tick"
d. Pluck the E string then approach the vibrating E string to hear more small "ticks"
When you have a moment, please confirm this test would show the presence / absence of the problem.
(I'm a software tester in my day job -- can ya tell?) ;->
1. Does the problem occur on more than one amp? If not, maybe the AC power there is a little "hinky" and one of your amps is more sensitive to it.
2. If it does, please confirm the following test should reproduce the problem:
a. Sit on left hand and use only right hand to perform the remaining steps
b. Set tone control to maximum
c. Touch open E string to hear a small "tick"
d. Pluck the E string then approach the vibrating E string to hear more small "ticks"
When you have a moment, please confirm this test would show the presence / absence of the problem.
(I'm a software tester in my day job -- can ya tell?) ;->
