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  • Upgrading Sub4 bass

    I've got a Sub4 bass that's just fine, but I'd be interested to hear what you guys have done to yours, seeing as it's a fairly popular and easy to mod instrument.
    If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
    every time I had to play while people sat there drunk,

  • #2
    Yanked the active electronics, wired it like a P-Bass, installed a Seymour Duncan SMB-4a pickup wired in parallel, installed a Hipshot Xtender, and swapped the pickguard for a black one. I love that bass.

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    • #3
      I too have a Hipshot extender. Definitely a worthwhile change
      If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
      every time I had to play while people sat there drunk,

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      • #4
        I've toyed around with the idea of adding a John East MMSR preamp and maybe a new pickup, but I'm in no hurry to change it.
        If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
        every time I had to play while people sat there drunk,

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        • #5
          I replace pickups and other things on a lot of my other guitars and basses. For my Sterling Ray24 Bass, I put some D'Addario EXL190's (40-100) on it, and I'm pretty satisfied. Don't really feel the need to change anything else. Good strings really bring out what a bass is capable of. I had a more expensive Sterling Ray34 with the 3 band EQ, but I didn't like it as much and sold it.

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          • #6
            Strings always get replaced. I did play the stock ones for a bit on mine until I got some replacements. Put some EB Slinky’s on it for a few years and recently put some Rotosound Swing 66’s on it. The Rotosounds are much nicer feeling.

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            • #7
              Have you seen Low End Lobster’s YouTube channel? He has to have modded half a dozen of them then does an awesome demo at the end. Here’s a wild one:

              Oh no.....


              Oh Yeah!

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              • #8
                Not gonna lie he's got some pretty slick projects.
                If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
                every time I had to play while people sat there drunk,

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                • #9
                  What's the best way to add a mute to an Sub4?
                  If I only had a dollar for every song I've sung
                  every time I had to play while people sat there drunk,

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