Just bypassing the point that metal isn't the only music in the world (!) Do I take it you're saying we should just stick with the precision bass' second incarnation with its humbucker and leave it at that?
Which is fair enough
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What’s the best &/or worst pickup configurations?
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Just bypassing the point that metal isn't the only music in the world (!) Do I take it you're saying we should just stick with the precision bass' second incarnation with its humbucker and leave it at that?
Which is fair enough
To the OP, what you want seems like a home tinker toy to me, but live you may be happy with fewer options.. I propose getting a good P-bass. Seriously. If this fails you on a gig, I'd like to know why, and we can work from there.
But your diagram shows BOOST as well as cut on three different frequencies..?
This is both the best and worst pickup combination......................
Tinker Toy's a bit harsh, surely?! In my original posts I state that simplicity is what I'm looking for -especially in a live setting!
I've yet to have a bass fail at a gig and only ever dabbled in Active circuitry on occasion in a studio setting
You You mean with a smaller humbucking pick up near the bridge and yet a MudBucker close up to the neck?
I'm inclined to agree with you there ;-)
Sorry yes maybe sounded a bit harsh and that was not intended. I tinker a lot too at home with my three pickup bass in my avatar for instance. Then I bring it to the stage and go series mode on the front humbucker pickup for the rest of the night and it just works for everything 
Sorry yes maybe sounded a bit harsh and that was not intended. I tinker a lot too at home with my three pickup bass in my avatar for instance. Then I bring it to the stage and go series mode on the front humbucker pickup for the rest of the night and it just works for everything
That's okay thanks for your replies and for your suggestions re pickups and modes
It seems that the consensus is midd & bridge pick ups rather than neck; parallel between them; series is often cool within 'buckers, though & where there is only one pickup it's best at midd
most "active" basses just have a preamp tacked onto passive pickups
The "Power Tap" switch on the Ibanez is completely passive & has nothing to do with the boost/cut knobs.
Right -"active circuitry"!
Whether the preamp is built into the actual pick up body itself or about an inch away in the control compartments it will still be active, no?
but then I suppose 5 feet away on the floor in a pedal could still be considered active... or, for that matter, 10 feet away into the controls on an Amp'? that too could be considered active, I guess…
I'm not against active circuitry per se it's just that I would like to think that a simple passive circuit within the body of a bass would, as far as versatility goes, be adequate in the way of described my original post
I'm not being overly old-fashioned, I hope, it's just my wish to keep things simple, is all - especially on a live situation!
But again, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I had originally asked this question on a different forum, as I've mentioned, and I felt (rightly or wrongly that answers there were overly complicated or, unlike here I feel, based not on actual performance experience, you know?
So thanks for this food for thought
I'm not even here to advocate the SR300E, but I was pointing out that Ibanez labeled it incorrectly, because Power Tap is really coil-splitting.
Please just keep calm & carry on!@
Please just keep calm & carry on!@
Do you know, when you think about it, people who make these things & label these things, well, the great thing is it's when it goes out into the real world and gets USED in real world that's what decides
I mean how many bass players play through a Bassman?
How many jazz guitarist use the jazzmaster?
Whenever did a tremolo arm ever do anything other than vibrato?
And those early Gibsons juniors how many have played by just students now?
Many people are still waiting for solid-state to make tubes obsolete!
We still decide what's the real world every time we get out and play and I think that's cool
I mean how many bass players play through a Bassman?
How many jazz guitarist use the jazzmaster?
Whenever did a tremolo arm ever do anything other than vibrato?
And those early Gibsons juniors how many have played by just students now?
Many people are still waiting for solid-state to make tubes obsolete!
We still decide what's the real world every time we get out and play and I think that's cool
