WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PICKUP MANUFACTURER ????????

pegleg

We all have our favorite make of pickups. What is yours and why ? May help some younger players Cool

or someone just looking for a better pickup or a better sound.

Tim · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

The split (p-style) Pup on my Aria is pretty much dead...the D/G half needs to be about 2/3mm closer to the strings than the E/A half to get comparable volume but then they sound different, I've tried different amps and strings and cleaned every bit of circuitry I can get to but it still sounds bad.

Any recommondations on a good straight replacement for a p-style (ie. no woodwork!)? Fairly standard p-style location:

I play mainly blues/rock I like a lot of deep punchy bottom but also want to hear the full range of my bass...and I swear by passive basses. My budget, I'd guess, would cover 'mid-range' stuff...

Thanks for any help you can give, take it easy,

Tim.

pegleg · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:10 am Post subject:

I depend on a bit of a over wind. I play really LOUD Blues and Blues-Rock. There are a zillion cool picups, and everyone will tell you something different. Take the advise of a old Blues dog like me and either pickup a Duncan 1/4 Pounder or a vintage sounding Dimazio or Schaller Dimarzio copy. They all get very good old school tone. Keep your eyes peeled on Ebay or send me a personal email. 1Bass may have something laying around also.

For Blues and Roots related bass tone, stay away from the " fancy" newer stuff. They are most all wound for the "finger popping" dudes. And Brother, that does not cut it in Blues !!!!

Play that Bass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cool

1bassleft · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:

The only P-type pup I had (now sold, never used it) was the Dimarzio Split-P. Exactly the sort of fancy, dual humbucker you don't want. Jimmy's suggestions will go straight in. The only drawback is that you might suddenly have a much higher output than your Jazz bridge. If you replace that, too, remember that the bridge pup is narrower than the Jazz neck pup.

Tim · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks, both of you, for the quick replies! I'll have a look round for those recomendations.

I rarely use my Bridge pup as I find it a bit twangy/bright so shouldn't be too much of a prob...if I can find a deal to replace both I will though, thank you both for your advice.

1bassleft · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject:

Tim, I'd suggest searching "bass pickup" (Fleeb will automatically search for the plural) and select a worldwide search. Pups (especially used pups) are much cheaper to get from FleebUS than FleebUK. Postage is very cheap. I use (ask the seller) the Global Priority Mail envelope which is stiff card and protects the pup if padding is used.

I usually pay for the $9 version, although very sassy sellers have easily got away with the smaller, $5 version. Either way, I don't mind and it gets here in about 5 days or less. Most recently, I managed to get the Dunkmore Semen version of the Rickenbacker bridge pup for a tiny amount of money. It's meant for a little project of mine that's always more complicated with each purchase I make.

pegleg · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:48 am Post subject:

Hey Ibass, are you talking about Fleebay ?? I can't seem to find any bass stuff. Let me know. Cool

Tim · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject:

Thanks 1BL, I've seen the 1/4 pounder new for £60...obviously a Fleeb auction would be a good thing, more money for wine! Or an amp of course, that'd be good, one day.

Thanks,

1bassleft · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:35 am Post subject:

Just a simple search like this for FleebUK
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=bass+pickup

turns up some interesting parts including a Bartolini P pup (bound to rise as the days go) and the US equivalent
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=bass+pickup

gets a whole load more. Refreshingly, the US search for "bass pickup" didn't return a whole load of fishermen's trucks Smile

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