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TheBMC Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 628 Location: Altoona
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If you were to recommend an average set of P Bass Pickups... meaning - Decent sound not to expensive... sort of a balance of the two..
What would you recommend?
I'm seeing a lot of BC Rich, Duncans and EMG's out there for a relativly decent price. But i really don't know much about the quality of each nor would I be able to compare them to something top of the line so I'm just looking for a little advise and maybe some reasoning why you would pick a particular pickup. _________________ The BMC
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MeYatch Diamond Member
Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 1586
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Used Fender USA on ebay. If you don't want to go that route, I like Seymour Duncan stuff. Other manufacturers like Dimarzio, etc seem to get farther away from the "classic" tone.
I hear GFS guitar pickups are good, but I've never tried their bass pickups, if you want to go super cheap. _________________ Stand back, I like to rock out. |
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TheBMC Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 628 Location: Altoona
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Ok, I may go with the fender pickups. seem to be around 40-65 bucks on ebay. I just didn't want to end up around 200 bucks for pickups or something for my first project bass... lol.
maybe down the road when I know a lil more about what I'm doing. Thanks for the info!
Ryan _________________ The BMC
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kayla Platinum Member
Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 615 Location: Central PA
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TheBMC wrote: | Ok, I may go with the fender pickups. seem to be around 40-65 bucks on ebay. |
i'd snag those up. i dont recommend GFS, i have two sets of their guitar pickups and never was satisfied with them. installing new pickups is pretty simple, as long as you can solder and read directions, your golden!
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TheBMC Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 628 Location: Altoona
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kayla wrote: | TheBMC wrote: | Ok, I may go with the fender pickups. seem to be around 40-65 bucks on ebay. |
i'd snag those up. i dont recommend GFS, i have two sets of their guitar pickups and never was satisfied with them. installing new pickups is pretty simple, as long as you can solder and read directions, your golden!
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Kayla - I'm a guy.. i'm hoping for good pictures .. lol.
haha.. Actually i have a couple vintage fender pickups i'm watching... cost a hair more but I think the tone will be better. _________________ The BMC
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StumbleFingers Gold Member
Joined: 26 Apr 2012 Posts: 311 Location: Altoona
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Pickups are kind of a crapshoot anyway. A set that sounds great in one guitar might be meh in another guitar. If you buy used you should at least be able to sell them without much of a loss if they don't work out. _________________ Back in black, I need a snack... |
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TheBMC Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 628 Location: Altoona
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I read something about needing to be aware of the volume/tone pots that you use... some being 250k, 500k or 1m. From what I understand if you have the wrong volume/tone pot it can make a good set of pickups sound like complete ass.
Anyone able to expand on that or tell me if that's a true statement.... _________________ The BMC
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lonewolf Diamond Member
Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 6249 Location: Anywhere, Earth
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TheBMC wrote: | I read something about needing to be aware of the volume/tone pots that you use... some being 250k, 500k or 1m. From what I understand if you have the wrong volume/tone pot it can make a good set of pickups sound like complete ass.
Anyone able to expand on that or tell me if that's a true statement.... |
The lower you go with resistance on pots, the more the highs are bled off to ground. 250K is generally used on single-coils to tame the brightness and 500K & up are used on humbuckers. If you want maximum brightness, use 1M. _________________ ...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time... |
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MeYatch Diamond Member
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Its not really a mind blowing difference on bass. Almost all basses use 250K pots. _________________ Stand back, I like to rock out. |
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TheBMC Platinum Member
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Thanks for the help everyone!
Hopefully be posting a pic of a finished product in the next month.... i'm sure i'll have more questions in the meantime. lol _________________ The BMC
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bassist_25 Senior Member
Joined: 09 Dec 2002 Posts: 6815 Location: Indiana
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Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pounder should get you where you need to be if you can't find used Fender. Barts are a very dark-sounding pickup, so don't go that route if that's not what you're after (I personally like the dark sound, so I'm a Bartolini fan). _________________ "He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film. |
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