Yes you can I believe they have the wires and you can do that. You’ll be able to get a lot of sounds out of that also big fat sounds in series and almost p like in parallel it’s totally worth it.
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Leak? Squier Paranormal Rascal Bass HH
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Curious if anyone has experience with fitting a gig bag to one of these? Some unfavorable reports elsewhere on people that got a recco from Fender on bags that ended up not fitting. It's a short scale bass that's not a short bass paired with an offset body so it's a bit of an odd duck. It will be my first bass and I just want protection to and from lessons and friends houses and such, no gigs/air travel or the like. Thinking along the lines of the Fender SB620 or maybe Gator Transit (or suggestions). TIA.
Anyone have a schematic for this mod?
I have a Sherwood Green Rascal on the way and my inner tinkerer is already itching to break out the soldering iron.
Probably I will change the tone and vol pot for push pull series/parallel one for each pickup.
The rascal is the same overall length as a standard 34” scale jazz/p. I put mine in the same mono and gator bags as my regular scale basses and it fits fine. Any recommendation of a shorter bag/case is due to someone that just read “short scale” and didn’t actually measure or try it.
I’m currently waiting on some parts to do this mod on my pawn shop mustang bass I’ll be wiring mine in reverse so parallel is in the down position and up is in series for me that’s probably how I would use it I believe mine came with 500k pots and currently waiting for two types a push/push and if all else fails a push/pull. Fender wiring is different from say Duncan and Gibson so it’s been a lot of research on where everything goes I got a picture of what I’m planning on doing and what wire goes where but no guarantee that it works till I actually do it the dots are the color of the fender wires my arrows to switch don’t do that unless you like parallel in the down position
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I finally got to play one of these yesterday and was impressed by everything except the weight and neck dive. What doesn’t come across in photos is how “metallic” the black finish is since it seems to have some flake/glitter in it.
I don’t need it, but I’m very close to buying it.
What size Hipshot Ultralites does the Rascal take?
Anyone have any recommendations for flats or tapes with more balanced tension than traditional sets?
I don’t need it, but I’m very close to buying it.
What size Hipshot Ultralites does the Rascal take?
Anyone have any recommendations for flats or tapes with more balanced tension than traditional sets?
I've had mine for about a month and a half - I put La Bella 760FS MUS flatwounds on it pretty soon after it arrived given all the recommendations for those strings and they seem to be a great match. I'm not familiar with balanced tension, does that mean all four strings have the same stiffness or something?
Using it in a band setting, I've played it a few times with my funk/soul band, alternating it with my p-bass with flats. Sure is easy getting around that short scale neck. I also took it to church for rehearsal this past week and it sounded really nice in our ampless system running through an Origin Effects Super Vintage; it has a really thick, rich fundamental tone that wasn't muddy. I ended up going with my Lakland Joe Osborne w/rounds on Sunday morning instead since the set leaned towards more modern tones, but I'm looking for a chance to bring it back again when the set is less rock and roll.
The one change I may make is taking a scotchbrite pad to the back of the neck at some point.
Using it in a band setting, I've played it a few times with my funk/soul band, alternating it with my p-bass with flats. Sure is easy getting around that short scale neck. I also took it to church for rehearsal this past week and it sounded really nice in our ampless system running through an Origin Effects Super Vintage; it has a really thick, rich fundamental tone that wasn't muddy. I ended up going with my Lakland Joe Osborne w/rounds on Sunday morning instead since the set leaned towards more modern tones, but I'm looking for a chance to bring it back again when the set is less rock and roll.
The one change I may make is taking a scotchbrite pad to the back of the neck at some point.
Number 3 is a huge plus for anyone like me who likes the sound of a shorty but feels cramped and uncomfortable on them.
I started rolling the volume down 40% but that changes the character. My amp has a buffered input for activated basses. I go into that instead and it’s perfect. Worth a try if you have the option. (Pad switch in the ampeg input?)
The Ampeg is just a rehearsal place amp. I used my tone hammer into the Ampeg cab. I tend to really hate those input pads as they also tend to change the dynamics but the volume roll off also did as you described. I need to lower the pickups too.
I got lucky on the neck. I think it’s quartersawn by accident. It’s pretty flamey and the grain under the flame runs in a pretty straight line. It’s heavy at 10 pounds even but because of that it’s pretty well balanced and I am very sensitive to neck dive so this is great.
Also I find the design allows me to play up the neck a lot easier. All in all I think it’s a keeper.
Also I find the design allows me to play up the neck a lot easier. All in all I think it’s a keeper.
Forgot to mention I did also significantly lower the pickups.
I do like how they sound, but as “full-range” pickups, they lack upper mids and highs. Great for duck Dunn, not so great for a more modern tone. I did take it all apart and shield all the cavities and add extra ground wires.
The ergonomics are really good. It could almost be a do everything bass except for the lack of a clear single coil tone.
I do like how they sound, but as “full-range” pickups, they lack upper mids and highs. Great for duck Dunn, not so great for a more modern tone. I did take it all apart and shield all the cavities and add extra ground wires.
The ergonomics are really good. It could almost be a do everything bass except for the lack of a clear single coil tone.
I really like the ergos too. I will need to lower mine a bit and shield it as well as it is a bit noisy. Nothing crazy but it needs to be done.
Hey, I think I know that corner, amp, and floor rug! SRS Studios? I've run *my* Paranormal Rascal through it a few times
A compressor is designed to control dynamics, so you won't like it. Someone like Saturnworks can build you a buffered volume pedal which will allow you to back off the volume without losing any tone/dynamics.
If you actually spend a lot of time with your basses volume knob turned down, you need a treble bleed on there to retain your high end. That's why there's a "loss of character" @klattman, without a treble bleed you lose a lot of high end when turning down the volume pot.
One way to get a brighter tone (besides using a better tool for the job - a different bass) would be to add series/parallel switching for each pickup. Parallel will be a bit thinner, clearer, brighter. I think others have reported that the pickups are four-wire, so you should be able to do the mod.
