Poll: How do you blend your pickups?

[Wfrance3]

Hate being the 500th "chime-in" but wanted to mentioning that I have a passive bass that has 2 vol & 2 tone knobs. Because it's passive, sometimes it's about changing the tone/vol on one in order to affect the other.

 

[redstrand]

With a lot of standard Jazz two-rail arrays, you get a significant tonal variation when you dime the neck and slightly roll off the bridge. So, that's my jam.

Same with my Jazz, great tone with just a slight roll off, becomes a beast

 

[TobyTheBass]

I don't like having a half blend. Its all or nothing for me.

 

[BioDriver]

Balls to the wall, baby. If I wanted to only use one pickup I'd have bought a bass with one pickup.

 

[sikamikanico]

Back when I had a jazz, I had two tones - both full on, or I slightly rolled off the bridge to open up the tone and get mids back. The latter was what I preferred, so I just got a P bass...

 

[gricko]

each goes to separate pedal chain and amp/cab

 

[Rib 13]

Im one of those folks that switches pickups as needed including blends......when blending, I sometimes slightly favor the bridge and sometimes I slightly favor the neck, depends....Still, about 85% of the time are both pickups full.

 

[ThinCrappyTone]

When recording, i love messing with the two volume controls in order to access all the interesting in-between tones and textures. But for practical purposes, when playing live, I usually leave the neck pu on full, and bridge at about 25%

 

[Doug Parent]

If I need upper mids for a fat finger style tone I cut the bridge pickup just enough to sound more like a P Bass.
If I want the scooped slap tone I dial: 100/100.

 

[diegom]

Since it depends on the song and my mood...
I vote CARROTS!!!

 

[fcleff]

Just curious... If you play a bass with 2 pickups, how do you typically blend them, and why (that is, what is your tonal goal)?

I use my Osterizer on Low #6 setting.
Seriously, all of my two pup basses are very different but my Geddy tends to set my own personal standard. I dime the bridge pup and keep the neck pup around 90-95%. For me this pushes plenty of power from the bass and keeps a little more treble bite to the sound that cuts through for me. My other 2 pup basses get similar treatment with slight variation depending on the bass. My G&L, for instance gets both pups dimed but I will dial back the bass just a touch.

 

[Spidey2112]

I have two basses with a blend pot...

... I don't think I've ever fiddled with either of them, other than to ensure they work...

... I'm too busy playing to reach down there and change anything.

 

[Waytootrue]

I play a jazz, if I put it towards my bridge I get a dry sound but with a lot of tone, I like that quite a bit.
When I put it on the neck I have less tone, and the fundamental is more present, that's also pretty nice.
When I put them together I get the best of both worlds.

 

[Jay2U]

Depends on the bass. The L-2000 is mostly used in the neck position.
The Ibby is mostly set to full bridge pickup with a tad of neck pickup.
The P-Bass... well, you know.

 

[GwenOnBass]

If my understanding is correct, it's not possible to blend my neck and bridge pickups when I select both with my VVTT wiring. And if both pickups are selected, one tone knob controls both. The independent VVTT knobs work when one or the other pickup is selected (or so I am given to understand). So I leave them dimed.

 

[dmt]

this is like asking "how do you season food"

Usually, Salt 40%, Pepper 60%, but I’ll vary it depending on the dish

 

[Scoops]

I voted mostly bridge with some neck added.

NOTE: I boost the bass frequency at the amp so I get cut and thump at the same time

Edit: I play VVT for this reason

 

[Solarmist]

I wish my basses had a 2-way toggle instead of a blend control which I never use. One or the other for me.

 

[Peteyboy]

I wish my basses had a 2-way toggle instead of a blend control which I never use. One or the other for me.

I wish my Jazz Bass had a kill switch so I could just mute it without messing with my settings.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I wish my Jazz Bass had a kill switch so I could just mute it without messing with my settings.

Tuner as first pedal. Problem solved, and no mods.