Cool idea making the two single coils into a single pickup (very wide-spaced humbucker). Series or parallel wiring? Looks great, sort of like a stack knob Jazz but with only half the complexity...or is that twice the simplicity?
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Thanks! It's wired in series. I know when most people wire in series they put in a blend knob, but I didn't trust my wiring skills to be able to figure that out, plus I always play it with both pickups at full anyways.
I definitely appreciate simplicity, though I think everything has it’s place. Since hanging up my Bass VI’s, this has been my go-to:
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Over the years I had tried many different configurations on my basses also.
But found that I liked the simplicity of a 3 way switch, vol, tone and the pickups I enjoyed the tones of.
So that is my feelings...giving my 1-1/2 cents.
But found that I liked the simplicity of a 3 way switch, vol, tone and the pickups I enjoyed the tones of.
So that is my feelings...giving my 1-1/2 cents.
Played an active 5-string Ibanez for years. Four knobs, supposedly: a master volume; pan/balance between neck and bridge pickup; and two stacked knobs, one bass and treble boost/cut, one mid boost/cut with a mid frequency sweep. It seemed unnecessarily cimplicated, and appeared quite random in practise. Sometimes I'd crank one all the way back and forth and it would seem to make no difference. Other times I'd give one about a 30 degree turn and my tone would die and I'd spend ten minutes twiddling the knob trying to get it back.
Now I have a passive bass with a VVT setup. Crank the neck pickup, roll back the bridge pickup, have the tone at about two-thirds towards the bassy end. Works a treat, every time.
Maybe for my next bass I'll try and drop one of the volume controls...
Now I have a passive bass with a VVT setup. Crank the neck pickup, roll back the bridge pickup, have the tone at about two-thirds towards the bassy end. Works a treat, every time.
Maybe for my next bass I'll try and drop one of the volume controls...
Nothing on a bass stresses me out. I do prefer not having a bunch of crap I won't ever use, though.
All I ever do during a gig is move my volume between 0 and 10, or very, very occassionally do a pickup switch to bridge only on a Jazz Bass or one of my two pickup Mustangs.
All I ever do during a gig is move my volume between 0 and 10, or very, very occassionally do a pickup switch to bridge only on a Jazz Bass or one of my two pickup Mustangs.
I have a love/ hate relationship with by active basses. I love to hate them. but I will play them till I crave passive tone, and switch back and forth for a while.
I'm in the middle on this. Our three-piece plays a huge variety of styles during a gig, so I don't want the same tone the whole time. But I've found that KISS is also so very important.
First off, I've learned that everything that follows is influenced by HOW the bass is played as much or more than how the signal gets processed.
The L2000 stays at 90% on volume and bass, I set the amp up for the room. Only the treble is adjusted for the general genre of each song. Neck or both pickups switched for similar reasons, normally on the neck.
I may scoop the mids at the amp for rockabilly and early rock stuff. I go to active on one fun funk song that also uses an auto-wah effect, or active for the occasional solo. There's one effect setting for a little dirt when needed, and a flanger for a couple of songs.
That's an entire evening all over the place song-wise; yet really not a whole lot of changes, mostly subtle. I think it helps us sound better, more uh, appropriate I guess. I wouldn't want to give anything up, but in the last years I've found that I really don't need anything more, either. Heck, I hardly ever even get GAS any more!
First off, I've learned that everything that follows is influenced by HOW the bass is played as much or more than how the signal gets processed.
The L2000 stays at 90% on volume and bass, I set the amp up for the room. Only the treble is adjusted for the general genre of each song. Neck or both pickups switched for similar reasons, normally on the neck.
I may scoop the mids at the amp for rockabilly and early rock stuff. I go to active on one fun funk song that also uses an auto-wah effect, or active for the occasional solo. There's one effect setting for a little dirt when needed, and a flanger for a couple of songs.
That's an entire evening all over the place song-wise; yet really not a whole lot of changes, mostly subtle. I think it helps us sound better, more uh, appropriate I guess. I wouldn't want to give anything up, but in the last years I've found that I really don't need anything more, either. Heck, I hardly ever even get GAS any more!
I don't have a problem with active electronics per se, most of my basses are active. My Jazz Basses have EMG pickups but VVT controls so no bass/treble boost. I just find that once I zero in on the tone I'm after that's it, I don't change much from there with the exception of maybe some treble cut for some songs.
Same here! I just leave the overdrive on 50%, dime mids, bass at 7, roll off treble...and control the rest with my fingers
