NJE Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hello, Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong place. I have a squier deluxe jazz V. It is a great playing bass and I love it and can also never get rid of it as it was a present from my very lovely girlfriend. I have been slowly adding parts and modding it and a few months ago I had a Aguilar OB2 put in. Now the new Aguilar does not seem to do much, that the old one didn't. Its a bit tighter on the bass but is still lacking sound wise, it will just not give me the nice clean high end I expected. I have to be honest it was wired up at a local music shop and I dont think it is quite right (wrong pots maybe) as the volume dies when I roll the EQ off. It also has the stock pickups which are basically rubbish. So my point, FINALLY! I want to get this playing and sounding as good as it can get and am looking for advice on Preamps and Pickups. I play a mixed bag of music but I like a tight low end, something tight and modern sounding, not to botehred about a vintage type sound as I have a RI 60's Jazz. I would like it quite punchy though if that is not a contradiction. I have been thinking about the following combinations of pickups and preamps, what do you think? will they work? can you suggest anything else? Dimarzio UltraJazz 5 + Aguilar OBP3 with mid switch ( this will slot right in to what is already there) Nordstrand Pickups (maybe big singles) + Nordstrand preamp Nordstrand + Aguilar OBP3 Sadowsky Pickups + Sadowsky Pre (I will have a spare hole where a switch was, can I make this unit active/passive witha switch?) Bartolini + Bart Pre Suggestions and advice would very gratefully received. Cheers, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v8bass Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Try and ACG 02 with your stock p/ups for my money the greatest gift a man can give his bass .. I hooked up mine to a very cheap pair of ceramics and the sound is just incredible , capable of everything from rumble to hifi and nearly all points in between .. Youll find Alan of ACG in here somewhere , and of course John East who is responsible for the preamp Gary v8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Cheers for that, completely forgot about John East, will hit the website now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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