I'm sorry.. I laughed.
I'd try it, but I don't want to spend money on a pup that I wouldn't use if it didn't work.
Retro-fitting active eq to a 4003?
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david_schwab
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Those single coil P-bass pickups have a nice sound. I was never crazy about the quarter pounder pickups though, I think they are a bit too hot... I'm not crazy about the midrange... too harsh.
Personally I prefer not to use single coil pickups... in this day and age I see no reason for dealing with hum. Ricks were never as bad as a J-bass with one pickup soloed, but really, single coil pickups are a bit archaic.
Personally I prefer not to use single coil pickups... in this day and age I see no reason for dealing with hum. Ricks were never as bad as a J-bass with one pickup soloed, but really, single coil pickups are a bit archaic.
The best thing I ever did to one of my Ricks was bypass the cap. Did this last night to the 4080- jus a piece of wire twisted, not soldered, to both ends of the cap, & BOOM! It now sounds HUGE! It was weak & thin before, but thanks to you guys here, I knew what had to be done. Totally reversible, & it sounds like a million bucks now (or maybe $5000)
Personally, I don't think it needs anything else other than a more comfortable strap, but that's just my opinion. Modding a 4080, or an early 4001 would be sacriligious. A late '70's 4001 is just one of many, so if it makes you happy, do it, but sometimes you can't go back. I put SD replacements in my '77 4001 because the neck pup was dead & the bridge pup was gone, but I would have been better off to get RIC parts in the first place.
Personally, I don't think it needs anything else other than a more comfortable strap, but that's just my opinion. Modding a 4080, or an early 4001 would be sacriligious. A late '70's 4001 is just one of many, so if it makes you happy, do it, but sometimes you can't go back. I put SD replacements in my '77 4001 because the neck pup was dead & the bridge pup was gone, but I would have been better off to get RIC parts in the first place.
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Yeah, but you can stack the two coils and have that single coil sound with no hum. Or have a narrow aperture side by side humbucker, such as the Duncan rail strat pickups. A third alternative is the split P-bass type unit in one case, which is how the Bart Rick neck pickup works.
All three of these sound like single coils, but don't hum. There are a few other ways to do it also, such as dummy coils.
The three reasons why humbuckers sound different is that usually they have more windings on the coils, which increases the inductance, thus giving you more lows and mids, and then there is the cancellation that you get from the two reverse coils being in close proximity, which cancels out some highs. Lastly they are generally wider aperture units and sense more of the string.
All three of these sound like single coils, but don't hum. There are a few other ways to do it also, such as dummy coils.
The three reasons why humbuckers sound different is that usually they have more windings on the coils, which increases the inductance, thus giving you more lows and mids, and then there is the cancellation that you get from the two reverse coils being in close proximity, which cancels out some highs. Lastly they are generally wider aperture units and sense more of the string.
