Aguilar AG4M Pickup sounds "nasally" or "honk-y"

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Did I use the wrong MM pickup? Have a medium scale Warmoth P with an Aguilar "Hot" split P in the neck & an Aguilar AG4M at the bridge. Have an Audere 3 band pre in it as well. The MM always has a noticeably nasally sound no matter what I do with the pre or main amp. Have resorted to just mostly using the P & turning the blend away from the MM. I know the Aguilar is wired parallel so maybe the output is just too low. Have been thinking about replacing the AG4M with a Bartolini "Deep Tone" wired in series. Anyone have any experience with this? Any recommendations?
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When I record and mix, the 300hz to 600hz is usually were the boxy sound lives. From 700hz to 800hz is where the bass attack and upper tone is. If there's a way for you to EQ the signal before the amp, balancing out these 2 areas can cut some honk and mellow out any boxy sounds.

Musicman pickups and preamps are usually dominant in the 300hz to 600hz range. Where as the Precision is more dominant in the 100hz to 400hz range. And the Jazz pickup combinations can vary greatly depending on the bass settings. Anyway, EQ before the amp or DI would be a way to get the honk out.
 
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Badwater said:
When I record and mix, the 300hz to 600hz is usually were the boxy sound lives. From 700hz to 800hz is where the bass attack and upper tone is. If there's a way for you to EQ the signal before the amp, balancing out these 2 areas can cut some honk and mellow out any boxy sounds.

Musicman pickups and preamps are usually dominant in the 300hz to 600hz range. Where as the Precision is more dominant in the 100hz to 400hz range. And the Jazz pickup combinations can vary greatly depending on the bass settings. Anyway, EQ before the amp or DI would be a way to get the honk out.
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Thanks for the reply! I'll fiddle more w/the hi/low mid & see if there is a sweet spot. Thanks again for the tip!
 
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Is there any bottom end at all? Can you post a recording maybe? It indeed sounds like it's out of phase, which would be interesting because like you say all the wiring is internal. But if the coils are out of phase with each other you'll get no bottom end, just a clacky, shrill, nasaly sound. Kinda like disconnecting your woofers and running only tweeters.
 
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mmbongo said:
Is there any bottom end at all? Can you post a recording maybe? It indeed sounds like it's out of phase, which would be interesting because like you say all the wiring is internal. But if the coils are out of phase with each other you'll get no bottom end, just a clacky, shrill, nasaly sound. Kinda like disconnecting your woofers and running only tweeters.
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Thanks for the response! I'll try to get a recording up. The issue is when I try to use both pickups (blended). I followed Badwater's suggestion & did the following: Set the Audere on-board to full bass, 3/4 treble. Mid hi & lo to only 1/4 on. Set the Markbass amp to 3/4 Low, Mid Low 1/2, Mid High to 1/4 & High to 12:00. With the blend at full Bridge MM it sounded OK. BUT.... the problem is when I try to blend the neck "Hot" P back in, all hello breaks loose!
Did another simple test that I think points to a solution: just leaving the Markbass set at a steady volume & leaving the bass set at a steady volume; Blend to full bridge MM is much quieter than the blend to full neck P. Pretty sure that indicates the old series vs parallel issue. Pretty sure am just gonna replace the Aguilar MM with one capable of series hook up.
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