If I had a nickel for all the bad advice I've gotten...

[Chistopher]

or "Modding guitars is a whole lot more fun when you don't have keyboard warriors yelling in your ear that what you're doing is supposed to sound bad"

I added a passive mode to by Sub4. I did it against the advice of all the forum posts I could find on the matter. They said it would be "too weak" or that the preamp is where all the tone from a stingray comes from.

Then I realized I only have a 250k volume pot, so I looked it up, and all the internet nerds said it would make my bass sound too dark.

In the end after I set it up the active and passive mode were so similar in volume and tone to be indistinguishable in a mix, most of it probably being on account of me using a reasonably long cord. After switching to a 250k volume pot, the tonal difference in active mode had almost no change, which makes difference because a bass doesn't quite have the high frequencies a guitar does. I'm actually pretty impressed with the mod.


Long story short, stop listening too hard to what people on the internet are saying. A lot of them are clueless, few of them have the same rig you do, and none of them have the ears and needs that you do.

 

[Mincer]

In the end, trust your own experience. Experiment and find your won truths, and learn not to inflict them as absolute on others.

 

[strat dude]

I'd have a nickel or two, but I might have to part with a few also. I do try to only speak about things I have experience with though.

 

[Cdwillis]

Once you get a little experience you can sort out the bullshitters and their advice. A tiny bit of electronics knowledge goes a long way.

A 250k pot is fine for a passive bass volume pot. P Basses have only used them for since 1951.

 

[Chistopher]

It's funny how much effort I put in to finding out the "perfect" way to do things where in practice I tend towards "close enough". Not to say I do things poorly, but sometimes you have a pot of a lower value than you want and can't be bothered to wait for one in the mail.

Makes me wonder if those guys on other forums that won't be mentioned really believe some of the stuff they say about the finer details.

 

[Chistopher]

Also while I've got you guys here, do you think a cream pickup would look better than the black I've got in there?



I'm thinking about ordering a custom shop pickup because there aren't too many stocked options and I'm looking for something kinda odd.

I've got two questions though: can they do parallel axis stingray pickups, and would it be possible for them to color match the pickup cover to the exact shade of my headstock?

Actually now that I think of it, a Fuglybucker look could be cool.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

 

[beaubrummels]

Also while I've got you guys here, do you think a cream pickup would look better than the black I've got in there?

I'm thinking about ordering a custom shop pickup because there aren't too many stocked options and I'm looking for something kinda odd.

I've got two questions though: can they do parallel axis stingray pickups, and would it be possible for them to color match the pickup cover to the exact shade of my headstock?

Actually now that I think of it, a Fuglybucker look could be cool.

With black knobs, the black guard and pickup looks fine to me. That black on dark/walnut/natural you have has a nice vintage vibe to it. If you put a cream pickup, I think it'd be weird, to me anyway.

They have bobbins for MM, but I think they'd have to fabricate the poles and new bobbins for Parallel Axis or Fugly, because they need two different kinds of blades to do those. Doesn't hurt to ask, but what they more likely would do is wind you a pickup that sounds 'like' it but has the standard MM bobbin and poles. I'd just ask. They might surprise you. (A 'name' person could have already asked for something similar and then they could make it as a 'secret menu' item.)

 

[Clint 55]

Hell I put 100k volumes in my guitar when almost everyone says YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

 

[Blille]

Also while I've got you guys here, do you think a cream pickup would look better than the black I've got in there?



I'm thinking about ordering a custom shop pickup because there aren't too many stocked options and I'm looking for something kinda odd.

I've got two questions though: can they do parallel axis stingray pickups, and would it be possible for them to color match the pickup cover to the exact shade of my headstock?

Actually now that I think of it, a Fuglybucker look could be cool.

Love the black there.

 

[Chistopher]

Hell I put 100k volumes in my guitar when almost everyone says YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

Some people have no concept that different does not have to mean always better or always worse.

 

[Chistopher]

I'm not in stone on the details of the pickup yet, but I've got enough details down right now to give them a little room to work with. Based on what I have in there now, I want a little bit more subdued highs, a little more high bass, and a little bit of that 3D quality that you get out of a hybrid pickup. It would also be nice if possible to get one with a mini dip switch for series/parallel built into the pickup, but that might not be an option.

 

[jeremy]

Hell I put 100k volumes in my guitar when almost everyone says YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

i dont like it and wouldnt do it, but what works for me, might not work for you. there are almost no "rules" you cant break when it comes to gear

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Also while I've got you guys here, do you think a cream pickup would look better than the black I've got in there?



I'm thinking about ordering a custom shop pickup because there aren't too many stocked options and I'm looking for something kinda odd.

I've got two questions though: can they do parallel axis stingray pickups, and would it be possible for them to color match the pickup cover to the exact shade of my headstock?

Actually now that I think of it, a Fuglybucker look could be cool.

I agree with the others abive; I think cream might stand out too much.
Looks good the way it is IMO..

 

[Mincer]

Black pickup, certainly.

 

[jeremy]

yes, black for sure

 

[ToneFiddler]

Black for sure, cream is a no go
Now the OP goes like: "What only black Bobbin suggestions? I go cream and show them!"
Where do i send the nickel?

 

[Chistopher]

Black for sure, cream is a no go
Now the OP goes like: "What only black Bobbin suggestions? I go cream and show them!"
Where do i send the nickel?

Unfortunately they didn't have cream, so I guess I'm stuck with majority consensus

 

[ToneFiddler]

i wanted an regular zebra APH-2b, which is rather unpopular. so i went with a 2nd hand reverse zebra which saved me more than 60 bugs.
looks are important to me, but in this case 60 bugs not worth it

 

[solspirit]

Hell I put 100k volumes in my guitar when almost everyone says YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

Same here