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Hi I see to have a black wire disconnected in my Squier Jaguar bass, was just wondering what this wire is for it seems to be conncted to a washer like metal fitting (see pic) that screws in to the body but the other end seems to have come loose from whatever it was soldered to, I have output as normal from both pickups, hoping someone can shed some light on this , thank you

Or double mudbuckers Or double mudbuckers

The other option is to try a DImarzio either model p or split p and wire it in parallel but if you are not scared of a bit of woodwork then routing it for something completely different would be a good idea

I much prefer the tone on this version

I had a Mikey Way a while ago, really regret getting rid of that bass, sounded fantastic

Is a lovely looking bass, ive got an itch for a P bass at the moment,I have some P/J basses but I love the simplicity and the classic look of the one pickup , thankfully for my wallet there doesnt seem to be many short scale P basses around

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Fair enough, im much the same, whenever I see pickup or string comparison videos I can never hear the difference unless it is a blatant night and day difference

thanks, i will have a look on Ebay, does it change the tone or just boost the output?

Cool, the pickup I have is a hot pickup but cant hurt to supercharge a bit more, does it matter if the pickup is ceramic or alnico? 5mm wide or thick? One of the reasons I couldnt use the Pbxn pickup is that it was just to big depth wise

Ok so as I have a few days nefore i potentially am sent back to the office I have a spare Alnico and a Spare ceramic pickup and they are both inexpensive items I was thinking of as an experiment removing the ceramic bar magnet and putting it on the underside of the Alnico pickup and seeing what change (if any) in tone and output is, worth trying? This guy has had good results mixing different magnet types https://ironstone-guitar-pickups.co.uk/mixed-alnico-ceramic-magnets/ Apparently Dimarzio ultra jazz pickups have Alnico pole pieces with a Ceramic magnet

Good p bass comparison video below, some of them are p/j basses and not sure if he used both pickups but still an interesting comparison and a surprising variation in tone between the basses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACVRdQZtP20

This is a strong contender Machine gun bass

I would go for the Squier, im sure the Greco is probably nice but I have a Hofner that is not being used as I brought it, fell in love with the tone and then realised after getting back into gigging that I am P bass, overdrive and rounds kind of person, I can get the Hofner to sound aggressive with some extensive eqing but on the P all it takes is the right set of strings and I can get either aggressive or thumpy and everything inbetween, also the string spacing on the Hofner style basses tends to be very tight which can make it difficult to switch between basses.

Yes precisely that -all other things being equal, slightly less treble and upper mids although this can be countered with string choice, as @hooky_lowdown mentioned type of strings will have the biggest impact. This from an article on short vs long scale basses explains it well: each note played on bass (or any instrument, for that matter) includes a series of harmonics that are predictable ratios of that note. The volumes of these harmonics give an instrument its unique tone, or timbre. When the string length changes, the character of those harmonics (and their volumes) change. This is easily demonstrated on any stringed instrument. For instance, play an E on the 12th fret of the low E string. Then, play the same note on the 7th fret of the A string. While the pitches are the same, the timbre is different. The E played on the 12th fret of the low E string is darker than the E played on the A string, which is due to the shorter length of string resonating in that position. So, because of their reduced scale length, short-scale basses are inherently darker and, arguably, richer in tone than long-scale basses. Yes semi hollow will be warmer and woodier sounding

I agree with what has been said so far, cant hear anything bad about either of them, 1st bass is stronger in the mids 2nd sounds scooped, both sound fine to me , which bass is it you don't like the sound of?

Thanks, those look just the ticket, Newtone sounds like a good idea

thanks, i will give them a try

You've got a much better bridge there than the old Rick bridge

Hi all After some string recommendations, am playing a short scale p bass and with lockdown meaning extra hours practising bass and my hands being more sensitive than most to string tension and a bit too much playing Rio the 105-45 set of strings (warwick longscale nickel strings cut down) I am using have started make my hands ache a bit, I am thinking of going 95-40 or so and interested to know what people have used that is good, I am not completely averse to stainless but for some reason nickels seem to sound better on this bass, I prefer a brighter, gnarlier kind of tone , thanks

Yeah I learnt this recently, placed an order and took 5 days to get to me which doesnt seem like long but not being able to go out to buy these things in person it seems like forever, next time I ordered I spent a couple quid more and got a courier delivery which showed up within a couple days

The SPB-2 I hated, mids, mids and more mids but it might have been that I was using flats at the time so what ever highs there were just got obliterated by the pickup, that being said the mids that were there were the wrong kind of mids, not the growly bitey kind of mids but more the 200-300hz ish region that most people try and avoid boosting

Glad its not just me, it was vintage sounding in the worst possible way and although they claim it is modelled after vintage Fender ive never played any Fender that sounded like that, would be great if I played dub reggae though

Anyhow I'm sticking with the Kent Armstrong pickup so if anyone wants the Wilkinson pickups I will be selling them, they are decent pickups but I am satisfied with the KA pickup