Adee Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) I managed to acquire a Squire Mikey Way Mustang bass for a ‘reasonable-ish’ pice. Fit, finish and playability was excellent but the pickup sound woolly, lacked definition in the low end and just not great. So after Googling … I found pretty much nothing on swapping out the pup, where I did it suggest that it needs modding to fit, however after getting the dimensions of the EMG 35HZ and checking the pickguard it looked like it ‘might’ actually fit, so I ordered one and kept my fingers crossed It arrived today and it fits like a glove, easy install with the solderless pots and wires What a transformation, clear, articulate and punchy just need to add in some mids and it sounds ACE!!! If you’ve got a Mikey Way Mustang but frustrated with the sound then do not hesitate to pop an EMG in !! Edited April 18 by Adee 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Hmmmmmmm....sparkly .....mmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 13 minutes ago, Owen said: Hmmmmmmm....sparkly .....mmmmmm I like sparkly !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Baby Baby! A thematic collection. I can respect this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Nice work! Glad it's made such an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 9 hours ago, Adee said: I like sparkly !! What sorcery is this? A Stingray Special with ye olde 2-band preamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 1 minute ago, LeftyJ said: What sorcery is this? A Stingray Special with ye olde 2-band preamp? It’s an EBMM Short Scale Stingray, it’s passive although it does have coil tapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Sweet! I've never seen that finish on the SSS before, looks splendid! The modern body contouring threw me off and made me think it was a Special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloke_zero Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I was in the studio with someone and they had me listen to a late 70's live recording and he was going into raptures of the mustang bass sound, which to me sounded much like you describe. Sort of muddy. I guess it's a thing! Not for me though - glad you had a good result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rib13Bass Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) This is Interesting to me because I saw MCR live about a year ago and Mikey Way played Jazz basses the whole time MCR was awesome live - one of the best concerts I went to, and I'm an old guy Edited April 21 by Rib13Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Rib13Bass said: This is Interesting to me because I saw MCR live about a year ago and Mikey Way played Jazz basses the whole time MCR was awesome live - one of the best concerts I went to, and I'm an old guy Yeah he uses a Jazz now, the Mustang phase was about 12 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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