Machines Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I want to put an MM style humbucker on one of my basses but cannot decide which. Should I do it on my Precision or Corvette?! I know the position is not going to be the same as a Stingray unless I do it on the corvette which also has the EQ already there. Does anyone have any experience of a P/MM setup? I think the Corvette will be the right choice but I just want to see what others think. Quote
Happy Jack Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Shouldn't you ask a Mod ... no, wait ... Quote
chris_b Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Which bass do you like the sound of the least? Quote
Machines Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427703338' post='2733096'] Shouldn't you ask a Mod ... no, wait ... [/quote] I'm not a mod . I like both, different instruments with different sounds but either would work for me in a band as they are. Quote
throwoff Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 See's thread - Panics. Reads OP - Quietly backs away... Quote
gary mac Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427703338' post='2733096'] Shouldn't you ask a Mod ... no, wait ... [/quote] Quote
chrismuzz Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427703338' post='2733096'] Shouldn't you ask a Mod ... [/quote] I've been sat here for the last 5 minutes trying to come up with a witty response to this... Monday morning hangovers are the worst! Quote
Matt P Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 the P-bass would be my choice, if you swap the position of the d-g part of the p-pup then the MM can go in the sweet spot, the classic example is this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/86953-pingray/page__hl__pingray"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/86953-pingray/page__hl__pingray[/url] I've been thinking of doing this for a while probably with sonic blue cv squire. Matt Quote
Green Alsatian Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) I did this to a bitsa P that I put together 10 years ago, adding the MM pickup (a leftover from a modified Vintage V96 I tinkered with). I didn't want to add it to the Stingray sweet spot but to provide me with a bridge pickup with a bit more substance than a single coil. I wired up the bass VVT and had a 3-way switch on the MM pickup for Series/Parallel/Split, for extra tone variation. The demo I recorded when I sold it was just to demonstrate the pickup combinations, so it's not very good quality. I don't know how useful the demo will be as it was wearing a 2-year old set of TI flats at the time: [url="https://youtu.be/a6ic5Aq0qXc"]https://youtu.be/a6ic5Aq0qXc[/url] Edited March 30, 2015 by Green Alsatian Quote
JapanAxe Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1427702326' post='2733077'] Does anyone have any experience of a P/MM setup? [/quote] Sandberg VM4 this setup. The blend control is the key to the flexibility of this bass. Quote
White Cloud Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I would do the Precision bass personally.... Quote
DarkHeart Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I put this together a couple of years ago, whilst not strictly a mm pup it was wired the same, I had both coils wired seperately into a dual pot, sounded very nice. [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/DSCF0573_zps69ae576e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/DSCF0573_zps69ae576e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote
Machines Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 Thanks for the opinions chaps. I think i'll go for the Corvette, as it already has a preamp and I could effectively turn it into a FNA Jazzman (apart from the angled neck pickup). Now I just need to decide what pickup to go for. Anyone ?! Seymour Duncan are quite cheap on Thomann at the moment. Quote
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