I was emailing Damian Erskine, asking what he used on his newest release. He mentioned that he’s using totally passive basses now, and it inspired me to pull the preamp from my active bass. I replaced it with a volume, tone, and left the coil split. The bass has a single Delano humbucker in the middle, and the switch selects either coil or both in series.
The bass sounds fatter, all the zingy hi-fi is gone, and the coil split is way more functional now. Previously, it made a difference, but I can really hear the differences between the two coils now.
It’s a naturally bright and clear sounding instrument (swamp ash body, hard maple neck, ebony board), so also on Damian’s recommendation, I ordered a set of D’Addario tape wound strings for it.
The bass sounds fatter, all the zingy hi-fi is gone, and the coil split is way more functional now. Previously, it made a difference, but I can really hear the differences between the two coils now.
It’s a naturally bright and clear sounding instrument (swamp ash body, hard maple neck, ebony board), so also on Damian’s recommendation, I ordered a set of D’Addario tape wound strings for it.
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