erikbojerik Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 OK...I have a friend with a 2-pickup Schecter bass, he has an 18V active system with a volume pot for each pickup, and master 3-band EQ. He wants to replace the two volumes with a blend and a master volume. I'm not (yet) sure what resistance his volume pots are, we're trying to figure that out. Can I just use a 250k or 500k blender for this straightaway, or do I need a 25k blender? I'm pretty sure it is a Stiletto Studio 5 which has EMG HZs in it; these are passive pickups, but he does have an active preamp. It also occurs to me that I don't know if the volume pots are upstream of the preamp (i.e. passive signal going into the preamp) or downstream of the preamp (active signal coming from the preamp)....I suppose this would make a difference in the pot resistance to use, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted February 1, 2006 Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 If it's got a preamp i'd open her up and have a look. Most active circuits in bass guitars have the pots soldered to the circuit board. It may not be that easy to mod this kind of circuit. If they aren't soldered on, you could use a 250K/500K blend pot before the preamp and have a 25K master volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 OK, after further review, looks like we've got 500k volume pots going into the preamp, so I'll go with 500k blend pot and turn the other volume into the master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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