I recently acquired a passive jazz bass which I fell in love with the second I plugged in and played it.
Its a 60s style passive pickup fretless Fender Jazz, specifically a Jaco signature model. It sounds absolutely amazing plugged straight into an amp or DI. I would however like to install a preamp to give it more output and less noise in live settings without having to run both pickups at once to effectively cancel noise.
The problem is - no back cavity space for a preamp, let alone a battery. The front cavity is small, but could contain a small EMG preamp keeping the stock Vol-Vol-Tone control scheme. Routing a separate cavity is absolutely out of the question. Any ideas for a way to add a battery without mutilating the body?
I have another jazz bass with passive pickups which I used external power over a TRS cable to run the preamp. I just want to keep it simpler on this new one.
Its a 60s style passive pickup fretless Fender Jazz, specifically a Jaco signature model. It sounds absolutely amazing plugged straight into an amp or DI. I would however like to install a preamp to give it more output and less noise in live settings without having to run both pickups at once to effectively cancel noise.
The problem is - no back cavity space for a preamp, let alone a battery. The front cavity is small, but could contain a small EMG preamp keeping the stock Vol-Vol-Tone control scheme. Routing a separate cavity is absolutely out of the question. Any ideas for a way to add a battery without mutilating the body?
I have another jazz bass with passive pickups which I used external power over a TRS cable to run the preamp. I just want to keep it simpler on this new one.