FNA Jazzman pickup balance

[Frikkn]

I have very recently acquired a beautiful 02 FNA Jazzman 5 string, flamed maple and ash body, ovangkol/wenge neck and its truly a beautiful instrument!
Only problem I've had so far is balancing the 2 pickups, the neck pickup just completely overpowers the bridge pickup!
I have already adjusted the neck pickup to its lowest possible setting and put the bridge pickup as high before it sounds horrible. Yet everytime i switch to just the neck pickup the volume difference is still substantial.

Also I was looking around for a new preamp for it. I replaced my passive electronics in my Vette with seymour duncan preamp and LOVE it! Is there even a preamp out there with the switch and push/pull control nobs?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Florin]

Hi Frikkin,

Maybe it is better to take your bass to a tech. I played some Jazzmans before, and never noticed this difference... Maybe you have a loose wire...

 

[Frikkn]

I poked the pickups with my an allen key to find out which one is on, realised that the pickup selector pot is wired the wrong way around. Hence I adjusted the wrong pick up.
It sounds amazing now!

 

[Florin]

Gooooood!