johnm Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I have a Tobias Pro Lefty and was thinking of upgrading the pickups and tone system. Has anyone tried this, or have any recommendations? Quote
budget bassist Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I put some barts in mine, but it didn't make much difference i didn't think.... Quote
johnm Posted February 5, 2009 Author Posted February 5, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='401227' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:37 PM']I put some barts in mine, but it didn't make much difference i didn't think....[/quote] Which parts did you use? I was thinking of Bartolini pickups... Quote
Rich Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I had a Tobias Pro six string for quite a while, and had always intended upgrading the bits. The standard Mighty Mite pickups and guts were weedier than a very weedy thing. I replaced the internals with an EMG 3-band system which was very good, but never got round to doing the pickups. I needed EMG-40Ps but couldn't afford them I don't like Barts personally. A lot of it depends on the sound you want really. Bart pickups for example will give you a warmer tone than EMGs. The possibilities are wide. Is yours a 4, 5 or 6? Quote
budget bassist Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 [quote name='johnm' post='401229' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:39 PM']Which parts did you use? I was thinking of Bartolini pickups...[/quote] can't remember tbh mate Quote
Dood Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 [quote name='Rich' post='401232' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:40 PM']I had a Tobias Pro six string for quite a while, and had always intended upgrading the bits. The standard Mighty Mite pickups and guts were weedier than a very weedy thing. I replaced the internals with an EMG 3-band system which was very good, but never got round to doing the pickups. I needed EMG-40Ps but couldn't afford them I don't like Barts personally. A lot of it depends on the sound you want really. Bart pickups for example will give you a warmer tone than EMGs. The possibilities are wide. Is yours a 4, 5 or 6?[/quote] And I did the oppposite to Rich! I upgraded my Pro 6 to EMG 40P pups but never got round to doing the preamp. With ref to the stock pups and electronics, you will notice a great and very appealing difference to doing both. My personal preference is for EMG pups and I have never really gotten on with Barts.. When it comes to upgrades, there are so many combinations, we could discuss forever! The constraints you will have to overcome in one way or another is whether or not the pups and preamp fit correctly in the bass without having to hack it up. In short though, you'll be making a great bass better! Quote
johnm Posted February 5, 2009 Author Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Rich' post='401232' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:40 PM']I had a Tobias Pro six string for quite a while, and had always intended upgrading the bits. The standard Mighty Mite pickups and guts were weedier than a very weedy thing. I replaced the internals with an EMG 3-band system which was very good, but never got round to doing the pickups. I needed EMG-40Ps but couldn't afford them I don't like Barts personally. A lot of it depends on the sound you want really. Bart pickups for example will give you a warmer tone than EMGs. The possibilities are wide. Is yours a 4, 5 or 6?[/quote] It's a 4 string........... did you have to do much when fitting the EMG 3 band system? I thought about Bartolini as they were fitted to the original Michael Tobias basses before he sold to Gibson I think// Edited February 5, 2009 by johnm Quote
Rich Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I had to drill a hole for an extra control, as the EMG eq system I got was the BQS 3-band with the sweepable mid. There was plenty of room for the extra control. If you fitted a 2-band eq then obviously you wouldn't need to do any drilling (or any other mods). The EMG pickups are exactly the same size as the crappy stock ones. Quote
johnm Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) had a reply from EMG they don't do pickups to fit the Tobias pro 4 .......... .Bartolini it looks like it'll be them or am I better changing the tone system??? decisions I just feel the pickups lack a bit of oomph... on an otherwise great mid price bass Edited February 13, 2009 by johnm Quote
GreeneKing Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) Interesting It'd be good to see what your bass looks like. I'm fairly sure that mine was a Tobias Pro 4 and it was upgraded with EMGs. Have you measured your pups and checked dimennsions on their site. I think they were 5 string sized. I'll search BC although I suspect I did the mods when BC was called something else Edited to say, no info on BC. Peter Edited February 13, 2009 by GreeneKing Quote
johnm Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) [attachment=20264:tobias_pro_lefty.jpg] this is pro 4 pickup data width 108/9mm - depth 39/40mm - height from body to top 9mm -- below body ??mm Edited February 13, 2009 by johnm Quote
GreeneKing Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Looks just like mine. I think if you go on the EMG site and look up the specs the 5 string pups will fit. 5 string pups are fine too [url="http://www.emginc.com/products/index/121"]http://www.emginc.com/products/index/121[/url] Peter Quote
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