Changing Sterling Pickups--update

[LABassGuy]

Alright. I had previously posted about changing my sterling HS's pickups because I was unhappy with the zingy tone and the boomy lows of the sterling.

I changed amps and got a EBS fafner. Oh my. You can run a violin through this things and it sounds like a good bass. As I mentioned in the previous thread, my rig was is hi-fi, and the fafner is very hi-fi as well. But for some reason the Sterling--or any other bass--just sound wonderful. No more boomy lows, no more zingy thin highs. I increase the Drive on the fafner a bit, the tubes kick in, and ooooh laa laaa. I get fat, punchy, defined, growly (almost Ken Smith like burp) tone. It'll cut through stacks and stacks of Marshalls.

Anyway, just an update

 

[Big Poppa]

LA great update...Im at a disadvantage when I was trying to explain that the aggie and the swr werent a great mix with our stuff....hope it works and you keep the bass sounds like a great result

 

[LABassGuy]

Well, my stingray fretless works fine with the SWR. I get to use all the features on the SWR--compression, eq, enhancer, etc. But with the Sterling, I had to bypass evyerything and still I couldn't get it to sound decent.

Anyway, try the Fafner. It is a monster yet hi fi. I was thinking about the Aggie DB 751 (or 750). But people kept complaining that it sounded kind of pillowy and people mainly used it as a power amp, bypassing the preamp section. If so, that would be one expensive power amp.

 

[spencer]

That's just hard to believe that an amp can be useless with one bass but great with another.. The two aren't voiced that differntly only thing I ever find is if it's too agressive which is why I lie the sterling just cut a little mids..

 

[strummer]

I changed amps and got a EBS fafner.

Good Boy. The swedish chamber of commerce commends you

 

[Basscake]

Good choice, mate.

The Fafner is a beautiful amp. I play one myself.

Simple and straightforwar yet effective.
Love the Drive-Pot to add a bit of "dirt" for heftier rocktones.
And the semiparametric midrange makes dailing in the tone for every location really simple...

The comp sounds very musical too...

And not to forget: It goes to eleven!!!! One louder!!!!

 

[Big Poppa]

spencer it is very possible that a stingray may sound differently that a sting ray.. Plus this is his personal preference and what makes him happy. THese threads get bad when someone challenges a preference