I picked up a somewhat beaten up Squier Bronco bass - which had a terrible 6 pole ceramic magnet single coil pickup mounted in it. Probably the worst tone I have heard from a bass ever. However, the NECK on this bass is maybe the best neck I have felt on any sub $1000 bass I have played. It's my only short-scale, so I know some of that is magical, but seriously the fretwork and finish on this solid maple neck is worth the price of the bass new, easily. I'm making it my main 4 string axe.
I currently have a 1/4 pounder that I pulled from my main 4 string, and I've fitted it to this short scale. Tone for days. However, mounted traditionally, I'm getting some 'warble' in notes that I attribute to the dual pole pieces per string not being centered to each side of each string because of the slightly closer string spacing for the short sca
I see two options going forward:
A: I'm considering re-mounting each of the splits at an angle so that the dual pole pieces are centered to each side of each string; I have to make my own pickguard regardless, and I really don't care what the end result looks like. I included a link to a picture I just took (a little bit of parallax so perfect centering isn't in the photo)
B: trying to locate a split or normal humbucker with the spacing I need, designed for short-scale string spacing.
At tension, the spacing from the center of the E string to the center of the G string is 2.09".
Looking to see if someone has faced and conquered this dilemma before. If so, what was your solution?
BTW - I did find a relevant discussion in the talkbass forums and there the SD SRB-1N was recommended.
Wondering if the SD Passive Soapbar 4 string would work as well - can't tell if this uses bar magnets or not.
-Scott
I currently have a 1/4 pounder that I pulled from my main 4 string, and I've fitted it to this short scale. Tone for days. However, mounted traditionally, I'm getting some 'warble' in notes that I attribute to the dual pole pieces per string not being centered to each side of each string because of the slightly closer string spacing for the short sca
I see two options going forward:
A: I'm considering re-mounting each of the splits at an angle so that the dual pole pieces are centered to each side of each string; I have to make my own pickguard regardless, and I really don't care what the end result looks like. I included a link to a picture I just took (a little bit of parallax so perfect centering isn't in the photo)
B: trying to locate a split or normal humbucker with the spacing I need, designed for short-scale string spacing.
At tension, the spacing from the center of the E string to the center of the G string is 2.09".
Looking to see if someone has faced and conquered this dilemma before. If so, what was your solution?
BTW - I did find a relevant discussion in the talkbass forums and there the SD SRB-1N was recommended.
Wondering if the SD Passive Soapbar 4 string would work as well - can't tell if this uses bar magnets or not.
-Scott
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