garry warrington Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 just started to upgrade an old taiwan made yamaha bb300 (my first project) put better p style pickups in ugraded to paper in oil tone capacitor it is better but still needs work as the sound is ok but not good enough the neck is cheapish and the body is sometime of composite wood I am thinking of putting a better quality neck(£50 ish- seco etc) on before i think of the body I need the sound to be fatter more of a 70s p bass sound any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 [quote name='garry warrington' timestamp='1335547274' post='1633058'] just started to upgrade an old taiwan made yamaha bb300 (my first project) put better p style pickups in ugraded to paper in oil tone capacitor it is better but still needs work as the sound is ok but not good enough the neck is cheapish and the body is sometime of composite wood I am thinking of putting a better quality neck(£50 ish- seco etc) on before i think of the body I need the sound to be fatter more of a 70s p bass sound any thoughts? [/quote] Any photos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Mine is delicious, the only thing I'd add is a J pickup to the bridge. I doubt one of those seco necks will be any better than the original, unless its the larger profile you don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 What pickup did you upgrade to? Was it an straight replacement? My BB400s has a proprietary reverse P in it that has a plate around it, changing the pickup meant I have to get a scratch plate fitted. I put a Wizard P pickup in mine which is a tiny bit hotter than the original but not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry warrington Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 i put new axesrus (10k) pickups in,they do sound better and a new capacitor on the bb300 this is one of the last models which was made in taiwan and not japan, hasnt an alder body and i feel a cheaper quality neck,it defo is not a patch on a mighty mite neck i have had before,which a used on a jazz style body. i had another try this morning and it sounds better with the tone rolled off and the mids pushed on my amp but i still feel it is missing something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 What about strings? Can make a huge difference to the sound and feel and might be a most cost effective upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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