Super om te horen. Dank je wel. Ben altijd heel erg met die kant bezig ja. Ook hoe het in de zaal klinkt etc. (En moeten jouw elementen ook 'gedaan' worden?). Groet!
@ Nee man , heb niet het probleem wat jij ondervindt met je elementen , maar ben wel altijd opzoek naar een voor mij mooier geluid , wat dat aan gaat hebben jouw filmpjes mijn geholpen met de weg daarna toe . Groet Aimé.
Thanks Jasper. Definitely helping me out. I'm having this happen on an early Pbass. No potting and absolutely no foam I discovered. I'm gonna try foam first and work my way forward until the sound is ideal. I am intending on keeping this bass so I may pot the pick ups if the foam isn't enough or I may swap out to vintage like pickups and that way I can continue the process and save the I integrity of the bass for historical reasons. Good words from you and fare warnings⚠️ about resale and if it ain't broke don't fix. You done well here. Thanks Mark
Really glad to hear. It totally helped my Jazzbass. I've got a 79 one too that's almost unuseable when you have your hand anchored on the pickup at least. So much rattling noises etc. I'm going to do that one too. I think you already compromise integrity if you unsolder the pickups anyhow, so my gutfeeling says: wax the suckers!
listening with decent headphones, the tone seems very slightly less trebly with the wax... the fundemental tone is still solid. the potting will help preserve the pickup so still worth doing. thanks for posting! great sounding bass
Thanks! It's been almost a year ago now: it's still a 100% improvement and no alteration of the basic character of the instrument. Effect on the highs is not noticeable in daily use. Totally happy.
It didnt just chnge the treble response. The slaps are rounder sounding after potting. what I mean is that it sounded like the 90-120 hrz is already scooped and the 50hrz is mor pronounced after potting. Will help a lot in dense mix leaving more space for other instruments. but for a trio set up might be too much space. Soundes more modern now. But that may be the real sound when the bass was made.
I think it’s more focused yes. If anything: totally positive for sure. And the touching noises are completely gone. It came to a point where you could hardly record decently with it.
Jasper I just watched your old videos about the .1 µF capacitors. I wouldn't modify a vintage bass but do you think it would be feasible to wire a three way toggle switch and use three different sizes of capacitor? Then you could switch between them to have varying tones. A jazz bass probably doesn't have enough volume in the cutout but a p-bass might.
I've had responses from people who had done just that. I think that would be doable also in a Jazz bass. For the Jazz bass first thing would be to put in a stacked knob configuration with different values for the front and back pickup though.
Jasper , dank voor jou onderzoek naar jouw geluid , het is bijzonder waardevol voor ieder die op zoek is naar zijn geluid .
Super om te horen. Dank je wel. Ben altijd heel erg met die kant bezig ja. Ook hoe het in de zaal klinkt etc. (En moeten jouw elementen ook 'gedaan' worden?). Groet!
@ Nee man , heb niet het probleem wat jij ondervindt met je elementen , maar ben wel altijd opzoek naar een voor mij mooier geluid , wat dat aan gaat hebben jouw filmpjes mijn geholpen met de weg daarna toe . Groet Aimé.
@@aimevan Erg leuk om te horen. Als je nog vragen hebt - niet dat ik alles weet! - kan ook via Facebook of zo. Ciao!
Oh man I just found your channel because of the capacitor video. Just went through and watched the speaker and now this video. You need more subs.
Thanks Jasper. Definitely helping me out. I'm having this happen on an early Pbass. No potting and absolutely no foam I discovered. I'm gonna try foam first and work my way forward until the sound is ideal. I am intending on keeping this bass so I may pot the pick ups if the foam isn't enough or I may swap out to vintage like pickups and that way I can continue the process and save the I integrity of the bass for historical reasons.
Good words from you and fare warnings⚠️ about resale and if it ain't broke don't fix. You done well here.
Thanks
Mark
Really glad to hear. It totally helped my Jazzbass. I've got a 79 one too that's almost unuseable when you have your hand anchored on the pickup at least. So much rattling noises etc. I'm going to do that one too. I think you already compromise integrity if you unsolder the pickups anyhow, so my gutfeeling says: wax the suckers!
listening with decent headphones, the tone seems very slightly less trebly with the wax... the fundemental tone is still solid. the potting will help preserve the pickup so still worth doing. thanks for posting! great sounding bass
Thanks! It's been almost a year ago now: it's still a 100% improvement and no alteration of the basic character of the instrument. Effect on the highs is not noticeable in daily use. Totally happy.
It didnt just chnge the treble response. The slaps are rounder sounding after potting. what I mean is that it sounded like the 90-120 hrz is already scooped and the 50hrz is mor pronounced after potting. Will help a lot in dense mix leaving more space for other instruments. but for a trio set up might be too much space. Soundes more modern now. But that may be the real sound when the bass was made.
I think it’s more focused yes. If anything: totally positive for sure. And the touching noises are completely gone. It came to a point where you could hardly record decently with it.
Jasper I just watched your old videos about the .1 µF capacitors. I wouldn't modify a vintage bass but do you think it would be feasible to wire a three way toggle switch and use three different sizes of capacitor? Then you could switch between them to have varying tones. A jazz bass probably doesn't have enough volume in the cutout but a p-bass might.
I've had responses from people who had done just that. I think that would be doable also in a Jazz bass. For the Jazz bass first thing would be to put in a stacked knob configuration with different values for the front and back pickup though.
Sweet bass! Out of curiosity, how long have you owned it?
Wow. Like 25 years or something?