That's really interesting. I'd say that it seems more focused overall, but tomorrow's the bigger test.
I dropped all my other basses when it arrived (new bass syndrome) and just tweaked my amp to deliver a close facsimile of my desired/usual Geddy Lee/Jean-Jacques Burnel mashup tone. I found that I was adjusting the set up constantly, trying to eke out more tone, but in truth all I was getting was mud.
I took the bass to my regular tech; he desoldered/isolated everything, tested the pickups (fine/hot), but all three pots were measuring in the low 200K levels. My tech said he would have expected the pots to be 500K units (I’ve since found out Gibson put 300Ks in), so he theorised the pots were sucking the tone out of the bass. He replaced the pots (to 500K units), put in a new cap and bingo! Sorted.
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