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Music Man sound and pickups
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Well for discussion sake and way to share info on the board, its safe to say after your discovery and my experimentation that slightly lower voltage cannot affect your tone on your average bass pre.
Good Luck...and as always, post your results.
This may be already posted somewhere on the boards, but the search function has failed me if it is....
How exactly do I adjust the pole pieces on my Stingray pickup?
Do I need some sort of special tool? Do I need to unscrew the pickup from the body first?
I only need to adjust the four in the middle, they are quite high and are getting in the way of my fingers and my pick.
How exactly do I adjust the pole pieces on my Stingray pickup?
Do I need some sort of special tool? Do I need to unscrew the pickup from the body first?
I only need to adjust the four in the middle, they are quite high and are getting in the way of my fingers and my pick.
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Well, poop. There's no way to adjust them if they are slightly unevenly staggered? Will they adjust themselves according to the pickup height? Am I just going to have to wait for your Wal clone to be completely satisfied?
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Well, poop. There's no way to adjust them if they are slightly unevenly staggered? Will they adjust themselves according to the pickup height? Am I just going to have to wait for your Wal clone to be completely satisfied?
They make the middle ones higher to match the arch of the fingerboard.
I do make several closed top MM sized pickups.
The Wal-clone will be along very soon now. It has adjustable poles.
HI, I think I have found the cause, and would like to hear your opinion.
I think the piezo tweeter from my Markbass NY151 is not working. I tried to listen close to the tweeter and playing high notes, but no sound is coming out. So I think it is busted.
Also, there is an attenuator on the cabinet, but does not make any difference on the sound. Does anyone know if that only affects the signal to the tweeter?
Thanks in advance, Rgds,
I think the piezo tweeter from my Markbass NY151 is not working. I tried to listen close to the tweeter and playing high notes, but no sound is coming out. So I think it is busted.
Also, there is an attenuator on the cabinet, but does not make any difference on the sound. Does anyone know if that only affects the signal to the tweeter?
Thanks in advance, Rgds,
I've got a 3 band Ray that I am strongly considering swapping to a 2 band, more than likely with the SGD 2 band pre. I like the tone, but it's not my favorite. Every pre EB, regular 2 band, or Classic series that I have played sounded great though...
Would someone please to tell me what sort of tone difference I would expect with this type of swap?
Would someone please to tell me what sort of tone difference I would expect with this type of swap?
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Its smoother...but I'm not sure what you mean about clank.
If your talking about tone of the pickup itself...Then you will get a bit more balance and not as harsh upper mids persay but will still have that "MM" sound 'so to speak'.
Has anyone pulled apart the pre in a ray34 classic active (ie 2 band pre) yet and could tell me if it's the same as a pre-EB or a Classic 'ray preamp?
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Tough call...it looks similar but its not like I'm looking at resistor values, ect.
I can say they sound like it.
Quick question for you experts:
I have a 5 string Modulus Flea Bass with Bartolini's - a mm in the bridge and a J in the neck. Lately, I've been feeling like the mm is a little thin soloed. I almost always use both pickups together.
Will a Nordstrand mm 5.2 or 5.4 fit as a replacement, and will it sound right with the Bartolini J? I'm looking for a thicker, burpy tone for jazz soloing kinda like a Matthew Garrison tone
Thanks
I have a 5 string Modulus Flea Bass with Bartolini's - a mm in the bridge and a J in the neck. Lately, I've been feeling like the mm is a little thin soloed. I almost always use both pickups together.
Will a Nordstrand mm 5.2 or 5.4 fit as a replacement, and will it sound right with the Bartolini J? I'm looking for a thicker, burpy tone for jazz soloing kinda like a Matthew Garrison tone
Thanks
Hi,
I have a Stingray from the year 2000 with an ash/maple combination.
First, I'd like to know which kind of pickup I have on it (Ceramic/Alnico)
I'd really like to improve it's sound, sometimes I don't dig the bass well and I've tried different strings (though not enough, but that's a different story)
Another thing is that the pole pieces cut my fingers when I dig in, so that's a problem.
Anyway, I'm looking for a versatile pickup, which is not too dark, not muddy when I dig in, punchy and will help me get both the aggressive Stingray tone (RHCP, RATM) and the funky smoother tones (Chic, Brothers Johnson)
I was thinking either Bartolini, Duncan or Delano, I've read that the Nordies are a bit dark.
I would really appreciate some help and sorry for the poor English.
Thank you in advance
I have a Stingray from the year 2000 with an ash/maple combination.
First, I'd like to know which kind of pickup I have on it (Ceramic/Alnico)
I'd really like to improve it's sound, sometimes I don't dig the bass well and I've tried different strings (though not enough, but that's a different story)
Another thing is that the pole pieces cut my fingers when I dig in, so that's a problem.
Anyway, I'm looking for a versatile pickup, which is not too dark, not muddy when I dig in, punchy and will help me get both the aggressive Stingray tone (RHCP, RATM) and the funky smoother tones (Chic, Brothers Johnson)
I was thinking either Bartolini, Duncan or Delano, I've read that the Nordies are a bit dark.
I would really appreciate some help and sorry for the poor English.
Thank you in advance
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I would disagree with the Nordies being dark. More foundation in the lows then stock absolutely.
Delano's range based on which model.
The Barts are darker for sure (Thats not a bad thing it is what it is).
I like how they are in a lot of graphite neck instruments.
I heard more basses this year at NAMM with Duncans and they not bad pick up kind of livly sounding.
I'm very partial to the Nordies, very balanced and musical.
I have a Lakland 55-02. Swapped the stock p/u and pre with an audere pre, CarvinMM and Delano J. Not as lively as I would like. Is it my combination of electronics? I am thinking about installing an EMG preamp. What do you think? Thanks.
I have the Nordstrand 4.3 in my beloved Sterling, it sounds amazeballs. Less upper mids and a bit smoother and warmer than the stock ceramic, still plenty of punch and Musicman-ness though. And before someone cries "This in an outrage! it was perfect as is!!!", well, it's my bass and I can do whatever i want and I like it better like this, and it aint a sacred totem, just a well made bass that i use to play music. So there.
So just for reference, what does that 3 way switch on a Sterling 4H do? I certainly know how it sounds, but don't know what the switch is doing technically in each position. Which is kinda dumb, since I've had the bass since 1996
(Hope all's well Basswave! thanks for starting this thread)
So just for reference, what does that 3 way switch on a Sterling 4H do? I certainly know how it sounds, but don't know what the switch is doing technically in each position. Which is kinda dumb, since I've had the bass since 1996
(Hope all's well Basswave! thanks for starting this thread)
IIRC, the switch does Series/parallel(with a filter to make it sound more single coil-ish)/parallel. At that age though, the middle option may be a straight single coil mode.
EDIT: Duhhhh! I'm a dumbass, with the 4.3 pickup it's one of the regular coils and the 3rd coil for hum cancelling, ment to give the single coil sound, but hum free.
That said, if you prefer the feel of the Sterling, look, etc, and want the smoother Alnico sound, can't think of a better option than swapping in a Nordie or Duncan pickup.
I done the opposite with my SX Stingray clone, funnily enough, swapped the pickup for a Ceramic Duncan one, installed a series/single/parallel switch and Basslines pre-amp.
EDIT: Duhhhh! I'm a dumbass, with the 4.3 pickup it's one of the regular coils and the 3rd coil for hum cancelling, ment to give the single coil sound, but hum free.
That said, if you prefer the feel of the Sterling, look, etc, and want the smoother Alnico sound, can't think of a better option than swapping in a Nordie or Duncan pickup.
I done the opposite with my SX Stingray clone, funnily enough, swapped the pickup for a Ceramic Duncan one, installed a series/single/parallel switch and Basslines pre-amp.
