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steevo
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I've got a sub5, bought it new in 2003 for £700 (I think). I was using my stingray for a long time and mine ended up in its case under the bed for a while until I lost my job. Ended up selling my stingray because I couldn't bring myself to part with my sub5, so glad I kept it, it's a monster, does everything from precision/jazz tones to full on stingray. I put an sr5 pickup in mine, did improve the tone a lot, better depth and a rounder overall tone. They are so good they don't need much eq on them if recording, you can do it all with the on board tones. Best basses ever built.
sanderhermans
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The usa made sub basses have the exact same electronics and pickups then their ebmm counterparts. Dont know exactly what pickup you changed the original with.... but standard pickup is a ebmm pickup. And where did you get a original sr5 pickup? To get a new one from musicman you will have to send them a broken one.
cool. what year sr5 pickup did you put in it? because the pickups in usa subs are usa pickups anyway. .. same design and quality and magnet power and metals and number of windings.... not sure which design they closest resemble but iirc they are essentially sr4 pickups (the simplest design) but they made 5 string versions the same way for subs. the actual sr5 basses had multi wire pickups and some had phantom coils and used ceramic or alnico magnets in different years of production.
so your swap likely changed from one magnet type and design in the sub to the other from sr5 pickup... or maybe from parallel to series or vice versa. ... not so much a quality improvement as a tone change that some would prefer and others might not.
I personally prefer the tone of my fretted sub to an early 2000s I was recording on recently in a session...of course the sr5 was 3 band but the fundamental pickup tone and instrument tone was different too and I just prefer my subs. the sr5 I played was ceramic with switching to single parallel and series. one mode sounded pretty close to my sub but not quite the same growl.
the fretless sub is unique too.... both are amazing.
so your swap likely changed from one magnet type and design in the sub to the other from sr5 pickup... or maybe from parallel to series or vice versa. ... not so much a quality improvement as a tone change that some would prefer and others might not.
I personally prefer the tone of my fretted sub to an early 2000s I was recording on recently in a session...of course the sr5 was 3 band but the fundamental pickup tone and instrument tone was different too and I just prefer my subs. the sr5 I played was ceramic with switching to single parallel and series. one mode sounded pretty close to my sub but not quite the same growl.
the fretless sub is unique too.... both are amazing.
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steevo
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It was a different pickup, the original sub5 pickup didn't have four wires to allow coil tapping. The pickup I purchased was from a guy off here, can't remember who it was though. It made a noticeable difference in tone though and made it closer to a stingray but the pre amp isn't as harsh as a stingray. It's more rounded as an instrument now, best bass I've ever owned.
steevo
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I'll find the original pickup out and take a picture and post it when I get chance.
georgestrings
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Did someone say SUBs??? Here are mine in a group shot:
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georgestrings
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Back atcha, bro... I looked for a shot I *used* to have on my photobucket of just the 3 SUBs, but apparantly it's disappeared... The above group shot isn't even current: I've since traded the black Jazz for a G&L ASAT Bass, turned the Goth T-bird into a seafoam green, and added a MIM Squier P Bass - the perils of being such an unabashed gearwhore, hahaha!!!!
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