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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 30th, 2010, 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
Note the jazz pup volume knob in the pick guard..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123 |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 30th, 2010, 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
I don't mind the look of that bass with the extra j pickup. |
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| Author: | danomite64 [ December 30th, 2010, 10:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
If you can't handle changing a battery once a year, I guess that's what you should do. There's nothing that indicates the ATK pickup is active; he could have just added a mini-toggle to bypass the preamp if he was that worried. But I have to be honest; I played a set a few months back with my ATK, changed my strings the next day, and found out my battery was dead as a door nail. The bass never gave me a hint that the battery died. |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 30th, 2010, 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
andrew wrote: I don't mind the look of that bass with the extra j pickup. Not at all, and I wonder if it's entirely separate from the active electronics, of if it's there only as a passive backup if the battery dies. Although it must be, as there is no mention of a five-way switch, like the (?)750 series has . Jeroen, et al, is that right? danomite64 wrote: If you can't handle changing a battery once a year, I guess that's what you should do. There's nothing that indicates the ATK pickup is active; he could have just added a mini-toggle to bypass the preamp if he was that worried. But I have to be honest; I played a set a few months back with my ATK, changed my strings the next day, and found out my battery was dead as a door nail. The bass never gave me a hint that the battery died. Danomite - wish my bass acted the same way as yours when the battery goes dead. First of all, my battery, even when unplugged, seems to only last in the bass for a few months. Must be some kind of drain going on... Second, when my battery is going dead, there is a noticeable change in the sound; it starts sounding distorted and fuzzy. And when it's dead, there is no sound output, period. You put a second toggle switch in your ATK to turn off the battery, didn't you? Been meaning to do that one day... |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 30th, 2010, 11:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
Sent this to the seller... "if I understand this correctly, the jazz pickup is installed separately from the active electronics, and does not have a blend capability with the original active system. In other words, it's entirely separate from the ATK electronics? thanks...." I'm sure it's safe to say that it is separate... |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 31st, 2010, 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
Sellers reply.... "Yes, you pull up the black knob to switch out the active system and go to passive. A mixing circuit would require a battery, or a more clever tie-in to the active than I wanted." |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 31st, 2010, 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
As long as the output of the active circuit doesn't bury the passive j pickup I think it could work well having the passive j neck to add a little extra to the active mm bridge tone. |
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| Author: | danomite64 [ December 31st, 2010, 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
I'm not sure that's what happens. it sounds to me that when the Jazz pickup is on, the Tri-coil and preamp are bypassed. |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 31st, 2010, 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Orange ATK with Jazz Pup on eBay |
danomite64 wrote: I'm not sure that's what happens. it sounds to me that when the Jazz pickup is on, the Tri-coil and preamp are bypassed. If that's the case I'd find that useless, but I'm sure it could be rewired. |
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