Pookus Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) I have just paid for an Epiphone EB 0 short scale bass and expect deliver sooooooooon..... I got it 'cause I want to try and recreate a version of Mike Watt's EB 3. Details here [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mikewatt3.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mikewatt3.php[/url] "With EB-3's, maybe the windings or the magnets, they were always mismatched, so when you used a preamp it buffered. The one thing I like is one volume knob. I like blending the pickups, but when you have two volumes, as soon as you go down or up, you loose your blend, so I like one volume knob and a blend control. So the chicken head knob, I turned that into a blend control and then one of the volumes is the volume and the other three knobs are bass, mid and treble. So that's how I got it set up. Both my Red and blue EB-3s have Aguilar OBP3 onboard preamps. I changed the guts to get rid of some of that muddiness." I want the same controls (Varitone etc) as on Mike Watt's bass. Where can I get the components from? Help appreciated - cheers [attachment=21676:watt_196...son_eb_3.jpg] Edited March 8, 2009 by Pookus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pookus Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 [quote name='Pookus' post='428514' date='Mar 8 2009, 12:27 PM']I have just paid for an Epiphone EB 0 short scale bass and expect deliver sooooooooon..... I got it 'cause I want to try and recreate a version of Mike Watt's EB 3. Details here [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mikewatt3.php"]http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/mikewatt3.php[/url] "With EB-3's, maybe the windings or the magnets, they were always mismatched, so when you used a preamp it buffered. The one thing I like is one volume knob. I like blending the pickups, but when you have two volumes, as soon as you go down or up, you loose your blend, so I like one volume knob and a blend control. So the chicken head knob, I turned that into a blend control and then one of the volumes is the volume and the other three knobs are bass, mid and treble. So that's how I got it set up. Both my Red and blue EB-3s have Aguilar OBP3 onboard preamps. I changed the guts to get rid of some of that muddiness." I want the same controls (Varitone etc) as on Mike Watt's bass. Where can I get the components from? Help appreciated - cheers [attachment=21676:watt_196...son_eb_3.jpg][/quote] Found the preamp and wiring is all done here [url="http://www.bestbassgear.com/aguilar-obp3-preamp.htm"]http://www.bestbassgear.com/aguilar-obp3-preamp.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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