Fine looking bass (cat, too). I know you'll enjoy it. Nothing wrong with your pics either.
Here's a Sarzo single coil mod you may want to try for the neck pickup that I like. For the bridge PU, it's green/white pair would also be soldered to ground. This is easily reversible. Of course a switch could be added to ground the coil taps if you want that feature. If both PUs are done, opposite polarity coils would need to be used to reduce hum when both PUs are on.
Another mod I've done to all my 5 knob DynaBass type preamps is to have the Passive Tone control enabled all the time so it works with Active or Passive modes. I find that in the Active mode it smooths out the action of the High control and helps control the new string "zing" that bothers me so much. It will be inserted between the output of the preamp and the output jack so it will also reduce any hiss from the preamp.
The two solder pads that are marked on the Active/Passive switch connections are soldered together to make this mod, which is also easily reversible. Use caution when first trying this mod and have the amp volume turned all the way off. If the wrong pads on the Active/Passive switch are soldered together, the preamp may oscillate.
The location of the Passive Tone cap is also marked for anyone who may wish to try other values. It's a .033uF from the factory, which I think works well.
Once your iron's hot, it takes less time to do than to read about it.
mech
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