Hey gang.... was wondering if anyone has tried this?? Directly wire the P-Bass pickup to the jack, no volume, no tone. I have an older bass I want to try it on but not sure if it will work or how to do it... any ideas??
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P-bass pickup direct to jack
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easy enough to do, if you have a pedal tuner, you can use that to kill the signal if need be. I have never done that, however I did put a killswitch on the bass to replace the knob.
I did that for a number of years (with an on-off toggle). It seemed that there was more frequency range Hi-to-Low to my ears. Try it. I started to miss a tone control for roll off the the highs and the missing knobs didn't look right either (you could do dummy knobs).
Many people have done this.
It results in a brighter/hotter output.
If you want the same tone as with the volume and tone controls on "10", you can use resistors to simulate the effect of the pots.
It results in a brighter/hotter output.
If you want the same tone as with the volume and tone controls on "10", you can use resistors to simulate the effect of the pots.
I did this with a new P bass I bought in 1976. Very hot, midrangey sound with lots of attack. Great at that time with roundwounds. That sound was "in" then.
These days it hurts my ears and I prefer a tone control, passive electronics and flatwound strings.
The suggestion to wire in some pots to approximate the effect of tone wide open and volume on full is a good one, but better I think, would be a switch that would put the controls back in the circuit when wanted. Shouldn't be hard to do.
These days it hurts my ears and I prefer a tone control, passive electronics and flatwound strings.
The suggestion to wire in some pots to approximate the effect of tone wide open and volume on full is a good one, but better I think, would be a switch that would put the controls back in the circuit when wanted. Shouldn't be hard to do.
