Yup, I took out the stock pickup and put in a Seymour Duncan Stinger (Dusty Hill model) in my D5, and now there’s no complaints. And it’s stacked so no hum to boot. Though being stacked was not as easy to fit in the hole.
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You are right @MikeC it’s plenty hot. It’s a bit too modern no? What is your assessment.
I find it a bit more mid forward at idle. Many of my favorites are mid scoop, 
plus I’m pretty spoiled with the faster attack tone so installing a set of Delano would be a good match for me. It would be pretty close to my Caprice attack with the benefit of the Heavy compressed HiFi active Marcus Miller signature tone.
If this is not such a fantastic build and feel, I’d just keep it stock.
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Recently i tried out some basses blind ( well not exactly blindfolded 
but not looking at the pricetags ) at the music store , the ones that I really liked were a 3100 EUR Sadowsky metroline and a 475 EUR marcus miller v7 go figure!
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You’re right, @Al1885, the V8 is modern-sounding at 12 o’clock settings, but that’s Marcus. I find mine pretty easy to dial in pretty much all classic Fender Jazz tones with just minor tweaks of the preamp.
Marcus makes his modern tone preferences heard in all his Sire models, and why not? That’s his bag, hence, his name and tonal fingerprints on the instruments he designs.
A couple of years ago, I was all set to buy a Sire P5 as my one and only P bass as I viscerally don’t care for Fenders. Thing was, I didn’t dig how modern the P5’s pup sounded. So I went on a research quest for great vintage-y P pups. To my ear and taste, I got the selection down to Fralin, Lollar and a particular Nordstrand (which I can’t recall at the moment).
But then, I discovered the wonder that is the EBMM Cutlass!
All P GAS for me evaporated after I got ahold of one of those rare bad mofos. And that’s another example of a “modern” bass that can easily hang with true vintage tones with a just minor twist of a tone knob.
Most things new-Sire can sound old again.
Bass life is good.
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I would actually disagree for the BB (really like the pickups) but we play very different styles 
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Yeah I’m so spoiled with the large magnet pole piece attack, hence my wants to upgrade to a Delano.
I’m quite enjoy the tune up on the bass from E to G. the B is not ringing as prominent as the E. Of course my other 5 strings usually deliver satisfying crisp B of course they are also 3Xs the price too, 
Since that’s the “Cash register zone” I can tell then difference on that 5 extra notes. I’d definitely give a new strings installation a go before anything else. That might be the easiest way to go. On that note it’s also a perfect bass to setup E-C. the generous spacing is just way too delicious. It has the same string spacing as my BBNE2.
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Sounds like a plan! With the V7 build quality and super-premium pups, you get a Jazz on steroids.
Or, just could use the V7 as-is as a way solid gigging/recording bass.
Whichever way you choose to go, you got a winner. 
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I can totally see that happening.
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I wonder if this is a pickup height/angle issue.
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I find B’s are quite finicky. The way they sit on the saddle and the nut (aka “witness points”) is rather important and some “damage” can already occur when stringing them for the first time…
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Another interesting thing for me is that I don’t find the J on the BB any more noisy than my other J pickups have been. It’s certainly less noisy than the Warwick MECs I had, though that is probably more preamp quality. Sure, it isn’t a noise canceling J, but as far as stock J pickups go, it seems fine to me.
I mention it as it seems a common complaint. People seem to expect the BB to have a noise canceling J for some reason and I am not sure why - AFAIK they never have
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I feel so left out with everyone and their beautiful bass collections. All I have is a Rogue SX100B. A plain black cheap starter bass.
I will buy myself a new bass one of these days when I feel I deserve it. The lessons are part of my journey to that point.
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Don’t worry about the bass that you have. It’s been proven many times over that the price of a bass doesn’t really matter in most cases. Play the heck out of what you have and when the time is right get yourself another bass that you’ve had your eye on for a while.
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Turns out I could not play the Stingray, at 9 lbs I tried to ignore the pain … after about 2 weeks I hung it on the wall. It’s for sale on Reverb. Meanwhile, my 6 lb Hofner, no pain. So today my 6 lb, Kala 23.5" scale 5 string solid body bass showed up … WOW, this thing is fun to play! I will get some looks until they hear it. I can’t stay off that Db!! I want the action lower, no affects just me and my amp, but this Kala is for real! You won’t find much on YouTube about it because it is a very new addition to the Kala line. I got a great deal!!
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Yeah, there’s hardly anything out there.
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I’m sorry shipmate! It’s funny that there can be great differences between the same year and model of the same bass. every time I pickup my Stingray, I’m amazed at how light it feels. The Bongo I just got is almost a pound lighter that the identical Bongo that Sweetwater had.
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I saw those, all 4 string … for the smaller bass, I couldn’t resist the 5 string. I had a Fender Jazz V years ago. The B string is a lovely option … so many new options. I need to break it in and think about the setup, but out of the box I am impressed with the build. They sell new on Reverb for $459+tax, this guy on Reverb sent me this new one for $335 after tax and 2 days free shipping. I am very happy with it 3 hours in … I thought 23.5" would feel weird, and it did at first, but … boom, hit that low end and it just works.
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psst you can pull the ugly plastic bit off 
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Hey lets go easy on @Darkhorse41 he’s just like a lot of us on here. Old and easily confused. That’s a lot of knobs to remember.
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