Westone

[kepallino_hh]

Hi TB!
I own a westone spectrum ii since uhmmm 1991.
http://www.westone.info/spectrum2bass.html
I can't find a reason to get rid of it!
Solid mechanics, barely looses the tune, straight neck after 20 years, pots silent, punchy sound and efficient active electronics.
It is equipped with 2 soapboxes magnabass iv and v, can't say about what is inside the bass, the electronics.

There is just a thing that does not make me happy, which is the mid pot, (tone?), whose effect on the sound is pretty much none, if not for the last tenth of a turn.
I have been long considering an upgrade, but don't know where to start from: pickups, electronics or both?
Any advice will be appreciated!

Thank you in advance and cheers from hamburg, germany.

Sergio

 

[darkstorm]

Since you bassically like the tone, then changing preamp for more effective for you mid control sounds best to me. Since you like the pups sound. I remember westone from back then, they made some very nice basses as I remember.

 

[kepallino_hh]

Since you bassically like the tone, then changing preamp for more effective for you mid control sounds best to me.

Hi darkstorm, thank you.
Do i understand it properly, you suggest to upgrade the active eq? Cool, now: where do i start from in the choice process? Would any eq do the job or am i limited in the choice by specific features of my bass ( one control for high and low boost or the dual mode selector, for example)?
Understandin this would help me a lot!!!

Cheers sergio

 

[Stealth]

If the tone control works only in the last tenth of the turn, you likely have a logarithmic potentiometer. Look at the pot and read its value (should be A250K or A500K), then replace it with a linear potentiometer (B250K or B500K) and the tone control should be more... controllable. Also, it barely costs anything.

 

[kepallino_hh]

If the tone control works only in the last tenth of the turn, you likely have a logarithmic potentiometer. Look at the pot and read its value (should be A250K or A500K), then replace it with a linear potentiometer (B250K or B500K) and the tone control should be more... controllable. Also, it barely costs anything.

Hey stealth! Thanks for the hint, really worth a try!!

Cheers, sergio.