fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
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OK, thanks.
I will have to research what is the best wiring and pots/cap for my needs. Not sure about another pup. Unless the novak is split coil or humbucking, which I think it isn't since it is a repro of the Bisonic. But I could email him to find out. Maybe he can tell me whch harness parts would help me the best.
At least the tone sounds great now. Just gotta get rid of the hum/buzz.
My Pbasses and Ric bass have nice CTS volume and tone pots that are full sweep. Wierd that SF not that way. Either bad pots or purposely designed that way. But I think bad pots. Still can be used to one's advantage like frono has done. Very creative.
If I can figure out a way to solve the noise issue, I am sure I will be excited enough to pot a thread about it.
I thought you had seen mellow's post here. http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?196875-Novak-EB-BSx2-(bisonic-humbucker). If I understand Novak's description of a wiring option "Humbucking parallel for a Starfire/Bisonic tone but humcanceled." that would be a humbucking bisonic. But there is room for clarification since it is not clear to me whether he is talking about options for one PU or for a pair of PUs.
I disagree with you on "bad pots". I think your pots are working just as well as every other pot used in a Starfire through the decades. I think I'd describe it as a design decision you would make differently. Semantics since either way you are going to try different pots.
WiFi, cell phones, dimmer switches, microwave ovens, wireless telephones, wireless mics "on stage" and even a washing machine on another floor are all things that have caused hum on one or more of my Bisonics at full volume. Dialing back to 7 has eliminated most of the hum, if not all. Someone described a quick and dirty way to shield a guitar so that they could decide whether the hum was environmental or internal (i.e. wiring). Alas I can't recall much more than wrapping the instrument in tin foil. ;-)