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How does a toaster sound in the bridge position instead of the higain that is already in this position on a 4001/4003? Has anyone done this mod? Whats your thoughts?

I have done such a mod on my 4003FL so it would be hard to comment on it's sound relative to a fretted instrument. It does have a nice growl and mwah, and is still very deep and full sounding along with the toaster in the neck position.

for me the toaster is a neck only pickup on a ric bass ... the high gain has more growl ... the toaster is cleaner and more scooped out sounding ... the high gain is a little dirtier and has more mids ...

"for me the toaster is a neck only pickup on a ric bass "

...but standard in the bridge position on all 4005s!

But from all reports not particularly effective in that position, right?

I think it sounds great in that position. I can get a nice burpy growl, kind of Jaco-ish, with just a bit of bass boost. I played that fretless 4005 that was on ebay last year and it too sounded really great with the bridge toaster soloed.

The toaster in the bridge is not the sound that I am looking for ... I don't think the bridge pickup should be scatterwound ... Jeffrey Scott is into jazz so for what he does that may work fine ... but for other styles of music the high gain works better ...

It's like I have said before ... we all have a vision of what a bass guitar should sound like in our head ... for me I want the high gain or the 4004 hb1 in the bridge position ... I want treble bite, mid growl, full bottom, distortion and fret buzz ... a sort of Geddy/Squire sound ...

Back in the '80s when I had D'Addario XLs on my 4005WB I could get a great Geddy/Squire sound! The jazz I do these days is a lot closer to '70s prog rock than what most folks would think of as jazz.

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