Yorkshire Bottom End Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Swapped to short scale basses because of a chronic wrist problem. Find them much easier to play and less painful even though I still have two full scale ones getting dusty. My Sire U5 is my current go-to, but I fancy that active SR sound that I had with my old 34" scale Stingrays. Can you straight drop an active preamp in there + battery without any extra routing for the battery compartment (something like a John East approach to jazz basses)? Has anyone done it and with what? Also would it be an idea to swap out the pickup at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Alternatively, stick it through a Sadowsky SBP2 (other preamps are available) for some 2 band action and still retain the pick-up switching and passive tone control. I realise that this isn’t what you’ve asked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Would the East MM preamps fit? https://www.east-uk.com/product-category/mm-style/?v=79cba1185463 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bottom End Posted October 30 Author Share Posted October 30 That's what I wondered. I'll drop them a line. Toying with a preamp pedal as well (Radial/Sadowsky/maybe Sansamp) so I've got options. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 I’ve got the shorty Sterling and even though it’s passive it’s fairly hot and got a distinctly Stingray sound. If anything it’s got a bit more top end bite than my Darkray. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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