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Yamaha Attitude Club

#721
Bassmantd said:
I have recently picked up a attitude version 1 and I wanted to know what is the best way to use both pickups? I have a splitter, but it loses the volume control of the pickups when I use it. Is there a way to run one cable and still have full control of both pickups?
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Welcome to the club.

On the LTD II and III the volume knob is push/pull and in the pull position the bass is in mono mode with both pickups going to both jacks. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the original version came with that option. (Edit) it turns out all the LTD versions have the push/pull volume to run in mono.

I never run my LTD III that way as I find the tone rather muddy in that mode.

So, you need to run two output cables from the bass into a mixer or something like a Boss LS-2, or in my case I use an EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe drive. I use what as known as the 'Jon Willis hack' where you plug the p pickup cable into the normal input and the woofer pickup into the clean loop.

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Hope this helps. Post up a picture of your bass when you get a chance.
 
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Boss LS-2 is the best option I find, gives the most flexibility and let's me fine tune he sound before running into my other pedals.

I use a LTD II with a jazz bar added in the bridge and the controls altered a bit, with a single volume on board for overall output and one of the old volume knobs switched for a pickup selector knob.
 
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StevieMac said:
Welcome to the club.

On the LTD II and III the volume knob is push/pull and in the pull position the bass is in mono mode with both pickups going to both jacks. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the original version came with that option. I never run my LTD III that way as I find the tone rather muddy in that mode.

So, you need to run two output cables from the bass into a mixer or something like a Boss LS-2, or in my case I use an EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe drive. I use what as known as the 'Jon Willis hack' where you plug the p pickup cable into the normal input and the woofer pickup into the clean loop.

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Hope this helps. Post up a picture of your bass when you get a chance.
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Wow that's great! I might have to pick up one of those pedals just to try that.
 
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#734
Hi
I’m just a proud owner (finally) of a attitude 3 bass!
Anyhow, it feels like something is wrong with the wiring? But still it’s right?
The tone nob is working on the p bass pickup? That’s strange isn’t? It could only work for the sub. Pickup?
Do someone have a wire diagram for the attitude 3?
I find the diagram for the attitude 2. And it look similar and my bass is the same as that! Still the tone nob is working for the p bass pickup! So strange . Help
I don’t know how to give you a demonstration? So I put it on one of my Instagram page for a short time to hear.



Thanks
 
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