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Mentaltossflycoon said:
I didn't really fall in love with my VI until I put those strings on it.
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I’ve had my VI for almost a decade, and I’ve been in love with it forever, but I always waited on getting the labella flats until I actually did the rewire. Also got a staytrem arm and collar to put on the AVRI vibrato while I’m at it. Already have had the staytrem bridge for years. Only thing im still missing is a new pickguard, because I’ve been holding off for years on getting a WD one in hopes that NeagleLuthier/SneakyT starts selling again.
 
Honeymoon fun time feelings turned quickly into "well, damn I think I could gig with this!"

I bought a parchment pickguard but haven't installed it yet. Not entirely sold on having 3 different shades of white all bunched together between the pickups, guard, and binding.
 
Mentaltossflycoon said:
Honeymoon fun time feelings turned quickly into "well, damn I think I could gig with this!"

I bought a parchment pickguard but haven't installed it yet. Not entirely sold on having 3 different shades of white all bunched together between the pickups, guard, and binding.
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I definitely get that. I just want a nice thin-stripe 4-ply tort guard. the 3 ply tort with just a single white layer doesn't do it for me.
 
Bricksnbeatles said:
I’ve had my VI for almost a decade, and I’ve been in love with it forever, but I always waited on getting the labella flats until I actually did the rewire. Also got a staytrem arm and collar to put on the AVRI vibrato while I’m at it. Already have had the staytrem bridge for years. Only thing im still missing is a new pickguard, because I’ve been holding off for years on getting a WD one in hopes that NeagleLuthier/SneakyT starts selling again.
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What are you going to change about the wiring?
 
dawson said:
What are you going to change about the wiring?
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Replacing the stock ceramic jag pickups with Pure Vintage 65 jag pickups, replacing the slide switches with more durable switchcraft sliders, replacing the pots and caps with the vintage correct values (1M pots in my preferred taper. 47nF tone cap, 3nf strangle), switchcraft jack of course too. no crazy mods (I know, very out of character from me, right?) but just swapping parts for reliability since it won't add much more time than just swapping the pickups would. also the new pots are solid shaft so I can put pure vintage 65 jag knobs on, which are more rounded and feel nicer than the pointy ones that come stock on it.
 
Bricksnbeatles said:
Replacing the stock ceramic jag pickups with Pure Vintage 65 jag pickups, replacing the slide switches with more durable switchcraft sliders, replacing the pots and caps with the vintage correct values (1M pots in my preferred taper. 47nF tone cap, 3nf strangle), switchcraft jack of course too. no crazy mods (I know, very out of character from me, right?) but just swapping parts for reliability since it won't add much more time than just swapping the pickups would. also the new pots are solid shaft so I can put pure vintage 65 jag knobs on, which are more rounded and feel nicer than the pointy ones that come stock on it.
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Neat- I've changed a number of things about mine but I've always been pleased with the stock electronics so I had to ask.
 
dawson said:
Neat- I've changed a number of things about mine but I've always been pleased with the stock electronics so I had to ask.
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I like the way the stock pickups sound, but at the same time, it’s not particularly the sound I want. The pickups are also incredibly weak compared to all of my other basses— before I swap the pickups out I’ll record a shootout of each of my basses to show what I mean. It’s pretty wild how big of a difference there is between all of their levels
 
Here's a quick shootout between the different basses, plus my Les Paul as a control, since it's the median output level of my currently functional guitars. Each one has one recording clean, directly into the interface, and another recording into my pink Korkie preamp at 18v with the following settings: Vol 11:30; Drive 2:00; Treble 10:30; Bass 2:00.
The input level on the interface and all other factors are identical.

  1. Squier Bass VI (Roundwound strings; stock pickups): Neck > Middle > Bridge
  2. Fernandez PJ (Nylon tapewound strings; EMG PJAX pickups): Neck > 50/50 blend > Bridge
  3. Hofner Ignition 500/1 (Nylon tapewound strings; stock pickups): Neck > Both > Bridge
  4. Epiphone EB-3 (Roundwound strings; stock pickups): Neck > Both > Bridge
  5. Hagstrom H8-II (Roundwound strings; stock pickups in humbucker mode): Neck > Both > Bridge
  6. Hagstrom H8-II (Roundwound strings; stock pickups in single coil mode): Neck > Both > Bridge
  7. [GUITAR] Epiphone Les Paul Trad Pro (Flatwound Strings; Seymour Duncan WLH humbuckers): Neck

The hofner is by far the weakest of the bunch, and the Hagstrom is the strongest. the VI honestly isn't as weak as I remember it being, but regardless the pickups don't sound quite how I'd like, and the 65s should get the sound I'm after based on the times I've played thru another VI with the 65s

Bass Pickups Shootout.band

drive.google.com drive.google.com
 
  • Celsius Preamp (I’m really struggling to come up with an artwork theme for this one!)
  • Deflector
  • HAARP (to pair with the leprechaun that’s been in my parts drawer for a year— might even do a buff-and-blend to put them in parallel!)
  • Terrarium
  • 6 intelligent relay bypass boards: 4 for the 4 different small stones I’m eventually building, and two for my protein pedal probably.
  • A PCB and processing unit thing (and apparently a decal too!) for a Vocoder project that I saw in a Facebook group.

https://imgur.com/a/QWcj7S3
 
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