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P-bass with one stacked knob?

GnarwhalNick

GnarwhalNick

Jan 18, 2011
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Guys, I had a dream last night that Fender approached me to make a signature bass. When I woke up and actually thought about what I would want if I got a signature bass, and started making ideas.

My first P-bass that I modded years ago only has a volume knob showing because I set the tone at 80-90% and hid it under the pick guard (S/O to Warmoth for the custom pg!). I love the look of just one knob, so I got to thinking about what it would look like if I had one stacked knob on a P-bass. I don't think I've ever seen it before myself and using the search bar got me nowhere, so I thought I would ask. Do any of you have a P-bass with the volume and tone stacked on top of each other? I would love to see it! Obviously this only applies to P-basses that only have one pick-up so only one knob is needed, but if you have more than one pickup with just one stacked knob I'd like to see it too.
 
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It would look just like a P-bass with 1 knob, except it's a stack.
I like the look myself, would be pretty nice with a stack if you need a tone control.
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johnson79 said:
It would look just like a P-bass with 1 knob, except it's a stack.
I like the look myself, would be pretty nice with a stack if you need a tone control.
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I know it would look the same haha, I was wondering if anyone here had done it or seen it and had pictures of it. This is what mine looks like now:
 

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Immigrant said:
I think you've stumbled onto something! I don't think anyone has thought of that before now.

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This idea literally popped into my head when I was thinking how I could make a unique p-bass signature. My bass that I've tried to make my own (shown in one of my previous posts here) is pretty close to what I would like except there are already signature p-basses that only have volume knobs. I also don't like having the tone 100% open, because I like playing with a pick and I don't like how the D and G strings sound with my QP's in and the tone completely open. I knew I only liked one knob but I know people complain about certain signatures only having a volume knob so I imagined the best of both worlds, and besides, making a sig with only a volume knob means I wouldn't get the tonal control I like to set it less than 100%. With a couple of other things I'd add in (move the E/A pickups closer to the bridge and the D/G pickups closer to the neck), I would really have something unique. I'm sure I'm not the first person to think of this and I'm sure at least one person in the history of the electric bass has done this, but I still think it would be really cool. Who knows, one day I might look into doing it myself haha, but for right now it's an idea.
 
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I actually did this once and it worked great.
I got a killer buy on a damaged Squier Pete Wentz, a darn decent Squier at any rate.
I put in a stackpot, because I don't do no tone control. It worked as expected.

My current Warmoth P-J is V, for the P pickup, and V-T for the J and master tone. I wanted a clean three hole P pickguard w/o a side jack and it works great.
 
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RED J said:
I actually did this once and it worked great.
I got a killer buy on a damaged Squier Pete Wentz, a darn decent Squier at any rate.
I put in a stackpot, because I don't do no tone control. It worked as expected.

My current Warmoth P-J is V, for the P pickup, and V-T for the J and master tone. I wanted a clean three hole P pickguard w/o a side jack and it works great.
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The Pete Wentz Bass is the one the got me thinking. My bass and Pete's are pretty much identical other than his having a jazz neck with a maple fretboard. Same pickups, same single-knob (outer) appearance, and a black body. I thought what I could do to make mine different than his and it eventually it led to the stacked pot. Do you have any pics of it to share?
 
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regardless of pickup configuration I like a single non stacked volume.
I like a switch over a blend knob so I can see what what my setting is.
I like to adjust EQ on an amp and not have a tone control.
I've got a bunch of basses and volume isn't always the first knob, so it's easier when volume is the ONLY knob.
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