Yeah the preamp is the weak point. I put in a tone capsule
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I thought about doing something like that, but honestly, I find that I’m leaning more towards passive instruments. Every active instrument I’ve ever had I just run the EQ at 12:00 across the board and leave it that way, so it just becomes… superfluous.
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On a different note, I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but it was you who got me interested in the San Dimas in the first place. So… thanks for that. 
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I generally run my preamp controls at 12 o’clock high, but definitely not always. I find that different moods and tunes lead me to tweak knobs pretty often: sometimes leading to a pretty elaborate cocktail of settings.
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Same here @MikeC
As I play more I’ve learned to appreciate preamps in basses as well as passive. They both have their place and both give some cool options depending on music style.
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And that’s awesome. For me, though, maybe I’m just not “there” in my playing yet. Probably by the time I get to a point where different moods and tunes lead me to tweak knobs, I’ll be beyond my 2023 moratorium on bass purchases. 
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I love the feel and pickups. The neck is, I have never felt a neck like that. My only active bass
I bet that bass would sing with a trbx circuit (Which is passive)
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Yeah, completely agree. Knocked it out of the park with that neck, they did.
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Man this was painful, I havent soldered since high school.
Looks like crap but it worked first try.
And holy molly does it have a nice sound.
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Yeah you are gonna want to go back and clean that up at some point.
Best thing to do is get a crappy old pot or just buy one off Amazon or something and some wire and practice, esp soldering backs of pots.
Get a piece of a corrugate box and make a little stand with a hole to hold your ‘test pot’ and go to town.
All that aside, enjoy those pickups, they are amazing!
A high mass bridge will also enhance the sound with those.
Better to improve this skill off a bass than on.
It doesn’t take long but playing with technique on something crappy will serve you well.
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Not bad for a first attempt in years! I would go back and reflow the ground wire on the far right though as that looks a little borderline. Electrical connection is fine but it looks like some tension might pop it off.
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And heat shrink is the future. Its so much easier to use than tape and tidier.
In all seriousness I would have been well pleased with that result for a first attempt.
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It also looks like there’s some redundant connections there, like the ground running out of the tape to go to two pots which are also connected by a third wire.
Ideally you should be able to do everything with fixed solder joints to terminals and pots and not require any tape.
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I was working with limited tools.
I didnt plan to cut the wires and resolder them. I was unable to melt tin on pots, so not to ruin them I just cut pup wires (and accidentally bridge ground) and soldered onto them, so all other solders are Fenders.
I just had this tape meant for painters.
Eh I made it just to work for now, my luthier opened a bakery so hes bit busy atm. Next month hes gonna fix all of this. 
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“I’d like a chèese danish and a setup on my bass please”
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Yeah it was funny he inherited it from grandpa, now hes learning all the magic for good bread.
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As I had posted previously, I broke the G string tuning machine on my Yammie BB735 awhile back (Photo below). The replacement was on eternal backorder at Yamaha. So I ordered one from Hipshot. The G string tuner is all by itself on the treble side, so I figured the difference wouldn’t be readily noticeable. After installing it, I confirmed that belief (Photo below).
However, the Hipshot tuner looks so smashing on the Yammie, and felt so good when tuning, I went all out and ordered the other 4 from Hipshot.
They finally arrived yesterday!
Today, I installed them and they look and feel great! While I was at it, I also installed a set of GHS Bass Boomers that have been begging me to install them. My Yammie BB735 now sounds and looks better than ever (Photo below).
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Even darker looking, very nice. I totally approve.
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That’s much better than asking for a cheese bass and a setup on my Danish. 
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They are chrome, correct? The cloverleaf angles make them look dark, but the reflections are visible in certain shots.
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