Maybe stupid idea, but what do you think, to insert the passive tone control at the end of the circuit, right before the 1/4 output? I guess a true bypass tone control.....
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Not exactly. The audio coils in both pickups are on the neck side. So if you flip the pickups around, it will put both coils closer to the bridge.
Oh I understand what you mean. TBH i don’t see the point (wether it works or not). At best you’ll add a redundant control that will add the con of passive to an active bass.
That's the idea. Some feel with the coils in the regular locations, the TRB1000 series are a bit honkey, and found that flipping them over, so the sound coils are closer to the bridge, fixed that "problem" for them. I don't actually think it's a problem, but that's what I've seen as an easy solution for a few people.
I flipped the bridge PUP on my TRB6II... only to discover both bridge and neck signal coils are TOWARDS the bridge. Easy to confirm with tapping on the PUPs with on screwdriver. Would Yamaha have flipped the coil locations between TRBxII and TRB100x ?
As far as I remember, yes, the TRB1000 series coils are not underneath the Yamaha logo. I'll double-check tonight, with MagPaper (paper that shows you where a magnetic field is) but if I'm wrong, then flipping them the opposite of "stock" is what made it sound better to the people who tried it.
For all I know, those people could have switched them all back - you know how forums are - sometimes you don't hear the final endpoint.
For all I know, those people could have switched them all back - you know how forums are - sometimes you don't hear the final endpoint.
Well it would be consistent with the sound being less "honky" (I mean putting the signal coils towards the neck rather than the bridge). I should have checked before slicing the asymmetric foam beneath the pickup (the cavity is asymmetric) but I did it such that I could put it back together in case. And it was high time for a fretboard oiling !
But this mine bass with many pictures below(post #904) is TRB-5P model or not? its is with"P" named?
It's not a TRB5"P", it's a TRB5. The differences are :
-Neck through body on a TRB5P
-Piezo pickup (hence the P name ?)
-Split Neck Pickup
Once again, your bass is a TRB5 not a TRB5P
Hey everyone - tough question but does anyone know what the mid sweep range is on the gen 1 TRB 4 internal rollers? I'm mostly interested in the 3rd position mid boost wheel for mid boost setting.
And what would also be interesting is what are the EQ curves imposed by the 2nd and 3rd position on the mid knob? Was this information ever documented anywhere?
My gen 1 TRB 4 really is a sweet unique bass.
And what would also be interesting is what are the EQ curves imposed by the 2nd and 3rd position on the mid knob? Was this information ever documented anywhere?
My gen 1 TRB 4 really is a sweet unique bass.
Yeah, but the stupid previous owner of my TRB, drilled this hole for the output, so I like to put a knob ther something....
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A friend of mine did it for the same thing you've been saddled with.
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That’s kill switch, doesn’t seems, very usefull on bass....
I guess, if I install an true bypass tone pot before the output, it maybe doesn’t change the sound at all at zero position, just when turn get some mellow tones.....
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I found it to be 40mm/ 1.575 inches.
And yes, a three piece neck. I just picked up a fiver a couple of weeks ago, and I'm loving it.
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And yes, a three piece neck. I just picked up a fiver a couple of weeks ago, and I'm loving it.
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I came across this one, last June ! Picked it up for $1,050, I think. I've owned about 30 basses in my lifetime and this is one the best. I love the tone. Nice mids with some solid depth to the notes. It's like blending a p bass with a stingray. The B string is about as good as you get at this scale. I have a fairly heavy hand and I can dig in a bit on this one. That says a lot, imo, for a bass made at a time where 5'rs were still pretty rare.
