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[Slappin'Da Bass]

Here's where I stand.

I have two basses: a late 90's MIM jazz and a Status Series 1000 bass circa 1985 made by Washburn with passive Status electronics.

My problem: the Status has a broken truss rod which I am saving-up to have repaired. This may take awhile however.

My question to you: I like the sound of the Status (which has J-type pickups) much better than the jazz. Should I swap out the jazz pickups for the Status pickups until I have the truss rod fixed?. The wiring is the same. However I am wondering if I also need to swap out the pots/capacitor to keep the Status sound the same? Mind you, I am no electrical engineer so that may be a dumb question (about the pots/capacitor).

Your thoughts? Many thanks my friends.

 

[Slappin'Da Bass]

A polite bump.

 

[Apt403]

I imagine that the pickups would respond similarly in both basses, assuming the values of the pots and caps are the same (Higher impedance pots/higher capacity caps will brighten the tone, and lower values will darken it.)

 

[OnederTone]

I'd leave them as they are.

 

[Slappin'Da Bass]

Would the construction of the bass i.e. bolt-on vs. set-neck also affect the tone significantly? I know that's a long debate but your thoughts?

 

[yellofury]

no leave them be

get the trussrod fixed on the headless
just because you put the pups and pre from one bass to another does not guarantee that they will sound the same
which means you will be wasting time AND money

I had the same bass you have and I know what sound you are talking about
and you are right the Status pre is awesome but I would just be patient and get the bass professionally fixed
its well worth it