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Posted by Danny on 26-04-2012 09:20

Is that similar to the prolapsed clapper valve? Normally used by 40 yr old plus male bassists? Not sure Status stock them but freely available on the net.

Posted by Danny on 27-04-2012 21:31

Here is Robs response. Hi Danny, The individual pickups can't be out of phase but it is possible to have one out of phase with the other. This would give a big drop in volume and very thin tone when both pickups are on. There is only one red + wire on the pickups so it's not easy to get it wrong. The earth has to go to the earth and the live to the solder terminal on the pot where the original wire was. The output should be similar to the original pickups but may be a fraction lower as I prefer the quality of tone rather than quantity. Best regards, Rob Green An answer within 1 day!! He's the man!

Posted by Angry-Canuck on 27-04-2012 23:14

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Danny wrote: The output should be similar to the original pickups but may be a fraction lower as I prefer the quality of tone rather than quantity

He'll never do well in America with that attitude!

Posted by Danny on 19-05-2012 21:16

Been using a little art valve preamp on the last few gigs and it's made all the difference to the overall volume and tone. It's now got me wondering wether I should add an active circuit preamp? To be honest I didn't really want to turn this into a bass that had lots of money thrown at it, after all I went cheap just so it could get beaten up at gigs. Anyway enough waffle, it's going well, have played it lots at gigs and just written 4 new B lines for the next album on the SII. I tell you what, you don't appreciate how nice a graphite neck is until you've been away from one for a while!