munkyowen Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Got a bass that I love - plays like a dream, beautiful set up and feel etc - but toying with the idea of changing the onboard preamp. The electronics that came fitted are quite basic and seem to give a bit of buzz and interference (checked by a local luthier, preamp circuit found to be most likely culprit for background noise). Bass has a single soapbar pickup and current controls are volume, bass, mid, treble. Aiming for same controls but with active passive switch on volume knob. Only option I've found that fits the bill so far is Bartolini hr2.5 ap/918 as nearly everything else has a tone/blend knob as they're expecting more than one pickup in the bass. Any suggestions on alternatives/where to look at options? Thanks in advance 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Before you blame the preamp, source of noise can also be noisy pickups (is the soapbar a true soapbar, a single coil... split coil, humbucker?)... a lack of shielding... As for a blend pot, you can hard wire it to a full panned position - voila, single pickup preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkyowen Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 Cheers for the reply 👍 Shielding was my first suspicion but was checked and found to be fine. Will widen my search to include pickups and fuss less over tone/blend pots 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Might be worth an email to Nordstrand to see what they can do for you. One option is to buy a 3b and wire it up yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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