A new challenge

[shadowcastaz]

I bet it sounds better than it looks!

[sniper]

congrats on the build and thank you for sharing it with us.

[Daniel_J]

Yeah! That is one cool rocking bass!

Maybe a little video to showcase how she sounds like with all the pickups combinations? Like the Bach videos you did?

[jumbodbassman]

stunning redhead...

[Iome]

Looks great Rob, if it wans't for that scratch/spot under the pot ruining the look of it.. 
We'd all love to hear some samples.

[drbassman]

Looks great in action,too! 

[Highlander]

+1

[birdie]

You look good on that redhead!

[dadagoboi]

I'm not a big LP fan but that is one sharp bass!  Way to go, Rob.

[Basvarken]

At your request:





Bass plugged straight into the board. No EQ.
Amped through my ancient Akai hifi amp with crappy Sony speakers ;-)
And recorded with the little built in mic from my iMac.


I'm still not 100% happy with the sound of the pickups. The mudbucker sounds too muffled. And the Mudbucker together with the other pickups gets sort of drowned out.
But I'm leaving it for now.
See how I like it in a month or so.

[Iome]

Way to go Rob, you've got used to the camera, next time you'll be dancing 'round the room headbanging and kicking things  . I'm jokin mate, nice jam.
I think the problem with the mudbucker is caused by the 30+ K.

Here's something: When both the Mudbucker and the Jazz bridge PU is parallel connected, the difference in impedance causes the Mudbucker to loose volume and bass, and it sounds no fun all!
The unbalanced PU:s had to be dealt with, so I mounted a small switch beneath the tone knob.
Its purpose is to cut bass from the bridge PU (Rickenbacker style), so that the Mudbucker doesnt loose bass when both PU are at full volume.

The link: http://www.lindersson.se/BASS/Flowerpower.htm

[Basvarken]

That could be it.
But soloed the mudbucker doesn't sound good either.

And it's not that I really miss bass or volume. It just that I hear more of the G3 pickups then the Mudbucker when they're combined.

[Dave W]

Well, it sounds good through my computer speakers, and it looks great too.

[Pilgrim]

That could be it.
But soloed the mudbucker doesn't sound good either.

And it's not that I really miss bass or volume. It just that I hear more of the G3 pickups then the Mudbucker when they're combined.

I agree on both counts.  I like the sound from the first two samples, but soloed it sounds like the mudbucker just isn't putting out much gain.  Whether it's "muffled" or not, I'm unsure - but there's definitely no brightness at all. The low gain is OK if you can compensate when soloed by turning the amp up a bit...but when it's used along with the G3 pickups, it doesn't balance out well - I'm hearing mostly G3 and not much mudbucker.

Definitely still a useable and pleasing sound, though...either of the first two sound samples are good, and the mudbucker by itself will sound like a mudbucker.  You can always crank up the amp a bit.

[nofi]

i think the last one with the tone pot shut sounds the best and most balanced.