More vintage as in pre-CBS Fender Jazz-ish! The Sadowsky is a J bass with 2 single coil noisless, vintage construction (ash/alder), a vintage tone control. I would think you would have had to hear it to be able to comment. I haven't heard it, hence the question.
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More vintage as in pre-CBS Fender Jazz-ish! The Sadowsky is a J bass with 2 single coil noisless, vintage construction (ash/alder), a vintage tone control. I would think you would have had to hear it to be able to comment. I haven't heard it, hence the question.
Dyna Bass first Gen would be my suggestion....but what the heck do I know. Never played a Sadowsky
In this realm, I'd say a properly setup and dialed in RJ
Hard to answer, so subjective. 'Sound' is so easily manipulated by things downstream from the bass, as well as how a bass is played.
Yikes! Haha.
Has anyone experiment with pot values and the Original VFL active pickup?
I’ve been reading Emg pickups work will with 100K and add a certain openness to the sound
wanted to give it a try
I’ve been reading Emg pickups work will with 100K and add a certain openness to the sound
wanted to give it a try
Id play that for sure!
Just not a fan of the guard colour
Just not a fan of the guard colour
I have not, but something you could do is add a resistor and a pot between the signal and ground of a pickup. The resistor (20K-ish) will make it act like full volume with a 20K pot. Then you can add resistance between it and ground with the pot to see if the sound changes. It's always on full volume, but this will fake it out like you are using different value pots.
I'm doing something similar on my Jazz bass project, but I'm using a push/pull to change the resistance to ground from 250K to 500K.
Forgot to mention it would probably work best if you bypass the preamp or at least the regular volume pots. If you have another preamp - not the Cirrus, but just the circuit and tone controls like a Bartolini NTMB+F - just run the pickup straight into that then out to the amp.
I had no idea the 6 string Fury has a dual truss rod !!! That is like Alembic !
Peavey Fury VI 6 String bass guitar neck | eBay
Peavey Fury VI 6 String bass guitar neck | eBay
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A nice slant Fury (1985) on Reverb - no affiliation. I doubt it will last long. Someone grab it soon!
1985 Peavey FURY Bass (Super Ferrite p/u -made in USA 84-86 to replace the T-20 ) new CTSpots w/case | Reverb
1985 Peavey FURY Bass (Super Ferrite p/u -made in USA 84-86 to replace the T-20 ) new CTSpots w/case | Reverb
And I've always been curious about the slant layout and how the pole pieces inside the pickup line up with the strings. Based on the design, one would think the strings are awkwardly placed over the pole pieces and would impact the sound? Anyone notice anything different w/ these slant layouts vs the traditional straight across?
There's no pole pieces. Ferrites were blades under the cover.
So, why don't just get a spare Fury body ,or route yours and just make a custom pick guard , or something similar from Amber's old stock and make a route for a slant super ferrite ? You could even make a DUAL slant ! Call it the JF - Jazz Fury. 
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The slant pickup is also differently constructed than a regular super ferrite
True !! I didn't think about that, but would it still work ? I don't see why not. It would just look different.
Definitely would work...I'm not sure why Hartley put the pickup on a slant and then beefed up what I believe is the magnet section. There is probably some reasoning for that. But yes, you could do something with regular SF's on a slant. Go for it!
