EmmettC Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) I'm sorry, for the repetition, I have posted about this a few years ago. I have a G&L L5500, it's an American made 5 string, but it's unusual for a G&L because it has EMG 40dc pickups and an EMG preamp as standard. It's a lovely bass to play (if a little heavy), but I've never liked the sound of it. [URL=http://s214.photobucket.com/user/EmmettChristie/media/L5500.jpg.html][IMG]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc198/EmmettChristie/L5500.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I've finally ordered a set of replacement pickups, Seymour Duncan NYC passive soapbars. http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass-pickups/soapbars/5string/passive_phase_i/ They won't be in stock for a few weeks, which gives me time to decide what to do with the electrics. There are 3 pots on it at the moment, and I don't want to drill any more holes, so I'm reasonably limited. My first thoughts are a simple volume, volume, tone with push pull pot(s) for coil tapping. If I go down this route what pots should I be using, 250k or 500k? Or, would I be better with a stacked active preamp? If so what would you suggest? All advice, opinions and ideas are appreciated. Edited March 14, 2014 by EmmettC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Possible alternative, Vol, Tone and blend pot. I have a two humbucker bass with this arrangement, works well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmettC Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I have 3 spaces, so could potentially have 3 switches, which would be enough for a 2 x series/parallel switches, and 1 switch to coil tap both pickups. Or would it be more sensible to have a seperate coil tap for each pickup and not bother with series/parallel switches? This would also make it easier to switch the tone pot out for a stacked 2 band preamp in the future. Are there any other options I'm not thinking of? I don't want to drill or route the body, but I could make a new cover for the rear cavity and fit sliding switches..... All ideas welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1395183728' post='2399649'] I have 3 spaces, so could potentially have 3 switches, which would be enough for a 2 x series/parallel switches, and 1 switch to coil tap both pickups. Or would it be more sensible to have a seperate coil tap for each pickup and not bother with series/parallel switches? This would also make it easier to switch the tone pot out for a stacked 2 band preamp in the future. Are there any other options I'm not thinking of? I don't want to drill or route the body, but I could make a new cover for the rear cavity and fit sliding switches..... All ideas welcome. [/quote] The Gibson EB has this exact arrangement - 2x volumes with push/pull for tuned coil split (when you go single coil, a capacitor is also switched in, dumps off some top end to ground so you [i]perceive[/i] less volume drop or lack of bottom end) and 1 master tone (which could easily be a 2 band stacked EQ like an EMG-BTC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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