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Precision Preamp?
- Thread starter Valerus
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Yes and No.
No, there isn't a "drop in" version of the Audere for the Precision.
Yes, Dave can configure an Audere however you might want it. It wouldn't be a drop-in but it would be applicable to a P bass depending on the config you ask for.
No, there isn't a "drop in" version of the Audere for the Precision.
Yes, Dave can configure an Audere however you might want it. It wouldn't be a drop-in but it would be applicable to a P bass depending on the config you ask for.
I've seen U-Retro's in deluxe Precisions. It seems to be perfect for that application.
The configurable Auderes would work fine too as long as you have the room for the control box, which I think *might* require routing.
The configurable Auderes would work fine too as long as you have the room for the control box, which I think *might* require routing.
SO I take it your P has 2 pickups then? The audere should work fine, assuming there is room in the cavity for it and the battery (or you have a battery hatch). There isn't one pre wired on a plate, but from what I can tell from his site, installing the other version is pretty easy too.
I don't know that that would even be necessary. Can you solder at all? Essentially, the harness that you get from Audere is pre wired. All you would need to do is unsolder the pickups you have now, unsolder the leads from the battery box, and resolder the battery box leads. The pickups attach with set screws. Depending on the hole in your bass, you may also have to solder the output jack.
This probably won't help you because they are out of production, but Raven Labs made a little quirky preamp for single pickup precisions a while back. I have one in my P, and it is pretty nice. Tone knob has a center detent, one way kind of boosts the bass and cuts the highs, and turning it the other way boosts the highs and cuts the lows. It has more output than any of my other bases, and runs off of 2 coin batteries. Since it is so small no routing was required. Almost have forgotten what a normal Passive P is like, kind of want to do some mods to it, but we'll see.
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