Guest MoJo Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I have, as the title says, a Yamaha BB1100s. It's a great instrument, plays beautifully and has a lovely neck on it. My only niggle is the stock pickups, particularly the split, neck 'P-type' pickup. One would think that, in passive mode, soloing the neck pickup would produce a tone akin to a decent Precision Bass, but this is not the case. It is Precision-like but lacks the midrange growl of a Precision. I can get closer to the tone I'm after by kicking in the onboard active circuitry and dialling in some mids but I still find myself picking up my Vintage V4 for a gig in place of the BB, purely because I can 'plug & play' with the V4. I'm now wondering whether to swap out the stock pickups or sell the bass. The covers on the stock pickups are loose and it looks perfectly feasible to use the guts from a Fender / Dimarzio or similar pickup and the original covers. As long as I don't butcher the covers, the process is completely reversible. Has anyone else swapped out the pickups on an old Yamaha BB, if so, was it successful? What do you guys think, mod or sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 If a modification is reversible, and you like everything else about the bass, I’d swap pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Yeah swap them out, Wilkinson or Tone Riders are cheap enough and sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomBass Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Try the Wilkinson pup, same as the one in your V4. They do ceramic and alnico versions, the V4 one should be the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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