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- Thread starter f.vega
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The pre in mine is bizarre but i still like the tones, i just twiddle the knobs till i get something i like. I think the pups are OK.
i'm sorry --- i don't have any experience with them (i've always used EMG for actives: mostly out of habit!).
but both of your considerations get a lot of love here on TB! probably cannot go wrong with either!
Is there a way to smooth the fret edges its like a cheese grader
Check the pickup size. I believe the pickups are non standard.
I had one a few years back and replaced the pre with an op3
I had one a few years back and replaced the pre with an op3
I made a mistake in my previous reply (too many basses). Mine is also fretted and my frets were OK as delivered. The only real disappointment is the poor color match of the natural ash, the lower bout is way darker than the rest. I do dig the tone which makes a nice counterpoint to my SR505.
the bridge pickup is 4 1/8" x 1 15/16" can anyone check Aguilar pickup for me please
my math is horrible.The spacing is21/32 0.6563 16.6688mm string spacing at the bridge
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Any other options??the bridge pickup is 4 1/8" x 1 15/16" can anyone check Aguilar pickup for me please
21/32 0.6563 16.6688mm string spacing at the bridge
It is a Douglas bass from RondoMusic,pics to come but for now
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Cool, I used to have a Douglas WOB 826, which instead was a six-string and had dual humbuckers, instead of the single humbucker & single jazz pickup on yours. On mine the frets were smooth, although admittedly I bought mine used at a pawn store, so maybe the previous owner ran into good luck with theirs or had the frets fixed. Also the pre-amp in mine wasn't anything to write home about, so I wound up selling it last month. I have two SX Ursa 2 basses that I am really happy with and they occupy a lot of my time, but I saw this Douglas 5 string on Rondo's website recently so I might pull the trigger on it. Still on the fence though, just because of my past experience with the WOB 826 where I liked it, just wasn't in love with it. How's the active tone in yours overall?
Very light bass,preamp is nothing to write home about.Withe both pickups on bass and treble on full it has a usable tone
Humbucker by itself is thin and honkey,the single coil jazz is fuller and not to bad.So I might do the preamp first, See where i'm at,and thoughts about the 2 preamps
Humbucker by itself is thin and honkey,the single coil jazz is fuller and not to bad.So I might do the preamp first, See where i'm at,and thoughts about the 2 preamps
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I like my WOB826 way more than the 5 string... different strokes for different folks. And fret ends can sprout if the instrument is kept in really dry environments. It's not necessarily an indication of how it was built (might be... but not necessarily).
Never had an Andre preamp but when I dropped an Aggie OP3 in my WOB5 it sounded a lot better than the stock one. Piano like. Not aggressive at all even with the Mids cranked so if that is what you are looking for you will be disappointed. Small adjustments to the bass knob made big differences (a little bit goes a long way)
Iirc the MM pickup was a narrow spacing import size that you could find a replacement for with some looking. The Jazz pickup, I could never find one at that size so I did not replace the pickups.
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Help me hate this bass
.After playing it through my Bass P0d as an outboard preamp I find my self playing it more than the others
.After playing it through my Bass P0d as an outboard preamp I find my self playing it more than the others
