Re: Favorite 5-strings under $700?


bjacoby@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> To give a bit of a hint. The switch toward the neck side selects neck,
> Both, and Bridge pickups. The next is series (down) and parallel (up) .
> Series is louder and has a deeper tone than parallel. The last is
> Passive (toward neck), Active (middle), and active with high boost
> (toward bridge end of body). Note that switches can rotate and I've
> noticed some G&L basses have switches going in different directions!
> I'm not sure that mine are still the way they came from the factory.
> One more hint is that you'll find that the tone controls work slightly
> better if you boost the bass slightly on the amp and then then cut it
> back a tad on the bass. It gives you slightly better control as tone
> controls are passive (And the good news is that they do work in passive
> as well as active modes)
>
> Good Choice!
>
> Benj
>
> PS. I'm looking at some G&L "manual" I got off the internet somewhere
> and it says Parallel is "back" and Series is "forward". which is about
> 90 degrees from where mine is right now.


Hey Benj, where'd you find this "manual"? Any good? Seem pretty
accurate?

Thanks,
Bazooka-Joe

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