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I have owned a 2007 Rockbass Vampyre 4 for a while, and recently bought a 2007 Rockbass Streamer LX 5 which I'm in the process of bringing back up to scratch.
I noticed a significant difference in both volume and tone between the two. When I opened up the Streamer to check the battery I noticed the pre-amp set up is completely different to the Vampyre (the Vamp has the guts encased in a resin block whereas the Streamers appears to be two bare PCB's). Also the Streamers blend control and volume are reversed to where they were found on the Vamp - on the Streamer the blend pot is the uppermost one, and on the Vamp its the Volume (plus the blend control selects the neck pickup by turning counter-clockwise, whereas on the Vamp its clockwise).
The two basses appear to be from the same year (Vampyres serial is RB M-047671-S07 and the Streamers is RB J-046682-S07) so were different Preamps used on the Vampyre and Streamer LX models, or has someone fitted an aftermarket pre-amp set up to the streamer?
Only other difference is the Vamp has a J.A.N. III and the Streamer a broken J.A.N. II (soon to be replaced with an ordered J.A.N. III)
Any advice would be great
I noticed a significant difference in both volume and tone between the two. When I opened up the Streamer to check the battery I noticed the pre-amp set up is completely different to the Vampyre (the Vamp has the guts encased in a resin block whereas the Streamers appears to be two bare PCB's). Also the Streamers blend control and volume are reversed to where they were found on the Vamp - on the Streamer the blend pot is the uppermost one, and on the Vamp its the Volume (plus the blend control selects the neck pickup by turning counter-clockwise, whereas on the Vamp its clockwise).
The two basses appear to be from the same year (Vampyres serial is RB M-047671-S07 and the Streamers is RB J-046682-S07) so were different Preamps used on the Vampyre and Streamer LX models, or has someone fitted an aftermarket pre-amp set up to the streamer?
Only other difference is the Vamp has a J.A.N. III and the Streamer a broken J.A.N. II (soon to be replaced with an ordered J.A.N. III)
Any advice would be great