Cool Concert BassJ0286

[Jim Shine]

I am hoping the transaction goes smooth. This will be my first Jackson Bass. Thanks to Jani for turning me on to it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWN:IT

[VitaminG]

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coool. congrats, Jim. That guy'll set well in your collection

[gtrbuyer]

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congrats my man...awesome grab for your collection. It will fit right in your preferred serial/time frame. Nice and clean too...

[Jim Shine]

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Thanks! It will fit in nicely!

[LarryL]

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I saw that one. I thought it was reasonable at the $750 BIN let alone at 4-bills. I wanted to pull the trigger on it but after checking out the sellers feedback he seemed to be a bit of a psycho. Of course the majority were good so it's likely that all will go well with him.

It looks fantastic. I would guess it's going to be a great bass.

[MetalMedal II]

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That looks sweet! Congrats! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

Hey, is that EMG bridge pickup the same as a guitar pickup?!? It looks like it could be an 85 or 81.

[Jim Shine]

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It is an EMG Bass humbucker.

[pro-fusion]

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It's called the EMG-SS. I had one on my old '85 Concert bass, as well. According to the EMG web site, it's nothing more than their standard P-Bass pickup in a humbucker casing. They are custom-order only now, but I think they were more common back when this bass was made. In effect, this bass has two P-Bass humbuckers, which will give a humongous snarl when they are both mixed in!

Jim, when you get the bass, I strongly recommend installing an additional battery hookup for the EMGs, so you can run it at 18v. I did that on mine, and it made all the difference in the sound. You'll gain tons of low-end headroom, which you need with the EMGs. Before I ran mine on 18v, it would distort everytime I struck the E-string, regardless of amp settings--especially when I was tuned down a step or so. Running it at 18v solved that problem, and made the bass much brighter and sharper sounding, to boot.

This bass is almost identical to the one I had, except that mine was alpine white. I only sold it because I needed a five-string bass. So I snagged a '92 Concert V bass off of eBay, which is my current bass.

[Jim Shine]

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Thanks for the tip! I will add another battery then. Should I run one battery for each pickup, or run the two in series to both? Weren't the "SS" pickups labeled as such for "Steinberger Sound"? I think they were originally built for those guys.

[pro-fusion]

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You have to run them in series to both pickups, in order to run the guitar at 18v. I believe the EMG site has the appropriate wiring diagram--that's where I got the info, since I'm certainly no electronics whiz kid! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Wiring them up "parallel" means running at 9v, but have twice the battery life, in effect. Not a real big consideration for a system whose battery life tends to be very long, in my experience. Interestingly, you can even do such a 'parallel' wiring setup for a single pickup. Totally pointless, I'd say.

[pro-fusion]

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By the way, you are correct about the SS standing for "Steinberger Sound." EMG now calls this pickup the EMG-HB, and you can still get it through their custom shop, though most bassists looking for an EMG humbucker now use either the 35 or 40 series in the larger casing.

[Jim Shine]

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Yeah, I know the series parallel deal (I took two years of electronic theory in trade school, but that was 13 years ago). Just wasn't sure exactly what was going on there. I will look up the schematics at some point when I get the bass in. Thanks for the tip!

[RR0849]

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Gongrats again for the bass! Be sure to post pics when you get it. I need to update my japanese Charvel bass someday but no hurry.

[Jim Shine]

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She arrived in one piece. What a cool instrument. Pics to follow later. She needs a good cleaning.

One item of interest, the humbucking pickup is an EMG model "HBXL". It has the tan potting, so I am confident it is the stock pickup from 1984.

[peabuddy]

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jim, let me know how the 18v conversion comes out. i have the same pups in j0135 i got from charvel 750. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]