Hi all,
my first post after some time. I'm an old ampage guy, so I'm happy to give my greetings to all ampagers here.
I want to add a J-style pickup to my P-bass.
In my experience, all the p+j basses I tested had a thin-sounding, bridge PU in comparison to the hotter (and mid heavier) sounding P-pickup.
This is not a complaint about J-basses (I love them very much), but only a search for a more balanced hybrid instrument.
So I want to make a split J bridge (to have it humbucker), a little overwounded to obtain better matching in the p-j combo, in parallel wiring and soloed, also. I want it hotter, but not so much to loose the "classic" bridge jazz tone, if possible.
All advices are welcome, about turns number etc.
thanks all
Marco
my first post after some time. I'm an old ampage guy, so I'm happy to give my greetings to all ampagers here.
I want to add a J-style pickup to my P-bass.
In my experience, all the p+j basses I tested had a thin-sounding, bridge PU in comparison to the hotter (and mid heavier) sounding P-pickup.
This is not a complaint about J-basses (I love them very much), but only a search for a more balanced hybrid instrument.
So I want to make a split J bridge (to have it humbucker), a little overwounded to obtain better matching in the p-j combo, in parallel wiring and soloed, also. I want it hotter, but not so much to loose the "classic" bridge jazz tone, if possible.
All advices are welcome, about turns number etc.
thanks all
Marco