petetexas Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Hi All, Has anyone got / had this problem with a Jap Precision ( mine is a 1986 ) ...... Strings G , D, A all sound great, nice growl, nice definition of the notes......... Bottom E crap, the notes are there, just do not sound as nice as the other strings, Ive changed string manufacturers ( Warwick, GHS, Rotosound etc ) but it is still the same ! I don`t have this problem with my Warwick Proline Corvette ( 1992 ) or my Warwick fretless ! Any help appreciated ...... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 [quote name='petetexas' post='87728' date='Nov 13 2007, 09:54 AM']Hi All, Has anyone got / had this problem with a Jap Precision ( mine is a 1986 ) ...... Strings G , D, A all sound great, nice growl, nice definition of the notes......... Bottom E crap, the notes are there, just do not sound as nice as the other strings, Ive changed string manufacturers ( Warwick, GHS, Rotosound etc ) but it is still the same ! I don`t have this problem with my Warwick Proline Corvette ( 1992 ) or my Warwick fretless ! Any help appreciated ...... Pete [/quote] Had this with my 1983 Aria and it was the first sign of the onset of pick up death. I got a new one from Kent Armstrong. Not saying yours is necessarily the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pablo Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I have a mij p pass from the same era and i havent had any probs in that dept, although i've just replaced the pup with a wizard thumper and it now sounds soooo much better than before. I think i read somewhere once that if you up the gauge of string it can help in that dept either that or raise the pickup so its closer to the string? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 [quote name='stewblack' post='87731' date='Nov 13 2007, 08:13 AM']Had this with my 1983 Aria and it was the first sign of the onset of pick up death. I got a new one from Kent Armstrong. Not saying yours is necessarily the same.[/quote] +I, if you've got a mate with a Precision, ask him rellay nicely whether you can borrow his PUP for the day to test. I had no idea just how much a PUP can die until I replaced the PUPs in my old Fender. Not only was there little definition on the A and E but there were overtones that were actually dissonant with the note being played. Whether this was the PUP or not was hard to say at the time and I was actually quite worried that the bass simply couln't be intoned correctly. I put in a couple of Wizards the clarity is now perfect and the overtones are no longer there. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopthebass Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I'd look for a bargain replacement p/up, like this one currently on BW! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8425"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8425[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hi All ( again )......! Thanks for all the help and suggestions , Got a Wizard Precision Trad , fitted today, problem solved !!!!!!!!!!!! What a company Andy has got with Wizard, highly recommended I now have a better sounding Precision over all strings. Fantastic !!!!!!!! Thanks again to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Good stuff, glad it's all sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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