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U.S. Peavey Club

#5,924
Runnerman said:
I have a question about my Fury split P.
The guy I bought it from did a lot of studio work with it and he raised the PUPs way up and lowered the action way down. I knew it needed some setup work but I decided to play it live last w/e. The stings bottomed out on the poles a couple of times....I couldn't help myself digging in....large pop ensued....not nice.

So I am setting the bass up tonight. I am considering going with a Fender factory P pickup height but wondering what you guys with Fury's are using. I may not want to go down that far. As far as relief and action, I will go factory as that is where I am most comfortable. Mainly looking for advice on PUP height.

Thanks.
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I go with what works for me, as simple as that sounds. I play pretty lightly, but dig in sometimes, so I need a good amount of output (pickups are usually as high as I can get them) without getting the noise you're describing, when the string hits the pickup. Also, some pickups have a stronger magnetic field than others and can mess with how the string is moving, giving it a weird, almost echo or chorus type sound. If you get that, definitely lower the pickups. If you're comfortable doing your own setup, you can experiment until you find the right balance for you.

I tend to play mostly active basses as of late, and active pickups (VFL's in particular) have weaker magnets than passive basses, so you can raise the pickups pretty high. I have maybe 1/32-2/32" in between the bottom of the string and the top of the pickup, when the string is fretted at the last fret. It makes for a good amount of output, and very high sensitivity, so my playing is based on what I do, and not what the bass is dictating, if that makes sense.
 
#5,927
NicJimBass said:
I go with what works for me, as simple as that sounds. I play pretty lightly, but dig in sometimes, so I need a good amount of output (pickups are usually as high as I can get them) without getting the noise you're describing, when the string hits the pickup. Also, some pickups have a stronger magnetic field than others and can mess with how the string is moving, giving it a weird, almost echo or chorus type sound. If you get that, definitely lower the pickups. If you're comfortable doing your own setup, you can experiment until you find the right balance for you.

I tend to play mostly active basses as of late, and active pickups (VFL's in particular) have weaker magnets than passive basses, so you can raise the pickups pretty high. I have maybe 1/32-2/32" in between the bottom of the string and the top of the pickup, when the string is fretted at the last fret. It makes for a good amount of output, and very high sensitivity, so my playing is based on what I do, and not what the bass is dictating, if that makes sense.
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Yes, that makes sense, thanks for the response. I have completed my setup with the exception of the PU heights and I do intend to play around with them a bit. The bass was well setup already as the intonation was literally dead on...I did not have to do anything at all. The relief was also ok so it was only a minor string height adjustment. PUP height experiments tonight!
 
#5,929
mark beem said:
Why didn't you just sell the Ibanez?
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Haha...
In reality, the Ibanez is a custom MIJ SR and it plays like the Cirrus. Same 12" radius, which I LOVE. It also sounds amazing through my Mesa Walkabout head, so I needed the money anyway, and got a lesser SWR combo in trade plus cash, so I'm good.

But I DID get your point !! :smug:
 
#5,930
Got my Millennium 5 in today from Nick.

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The pics don't do it justice! It's a beautiful deep green (I think the official name was "Black Teal"?). :bassist:
 

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