Might as well just post about the project here.
Goal: match bass player with a bass tuned in Eb. Need Wang bar, clarity, girth and sustain with several amp types.
Solution: Custom 24 face lift
Pulled both pickups this time. The 59/09 went back in the bridge, but after a brief brainstorm with Serge, pulled out the Vintage Bass. For the audience participation part of our show, your job is to guess what I dropped in.
While gutting the stock electronics, putting the 3-way back in, also added DGT split resistors on the push-pull.
Then reset the action for 11s detuned a half step.
The results are yet to be realized. Everything seems to work properly and the setup feels good, so the biggest thing to warm up to is the appearance. (Get your pitchforks and torches ready) The neck pickup is zebra. I think it looks better than I expected...