MM+P Pickup Configuration

[Dawson_Lud]

Hey Yall! First time poster long time reader...

I'm looking to purchase a 5 string bass and retro fit it with new electronics and just a general beefing up. I've been researching basses that have this configuration and the one that sparks the most interest is the Sandberg California V and if you don't know already that bass is... not cheap.

I've been looking into pickups now and I would love to have some help! Nordstrand looks like a fairly reputable company in the pickup world and their Bigman series is intriguing, I was curious if that'll do what I'm looking for I'm hoping to put a 3 way toggle in for parallel/series/single and don't know which ones do that.

Now for the P pickup, do I keep it within the same company and go for something like the NP5V or similar, or do you recommend trying one of the 51P pickups, would that pair well?

I know there's tons of other companies to choose from pickups so if I'm looking in the wrong spot I'd love to be pointed in the right direction

 

[kirkdickinson]

Hey Yall! First time poster long time reader...

I'm looking to purchase a 5 string bass and retro fit it with new electronics and just a general beefing up. I've been researching basses that have this configuration and the one that sparks the most interest is the Sandberg California V and if you don't know already that bass is... not cheap.

I've been looking into pickups now and I would love to have some help! Nordstrand looks like a fairly reputable company in the pickup world and their Bigman series is intriguing, I was curious if that'll do what I'm looking for I'm hoping to put a 3 way toggle in for parallel/series/single and don't know which ones do that.

Now for the P pickup, do I keep it within the same company and go for something like the NP5V or similar, or do you recommend trying one of the 51P pickups, would that pair well?

I know there's tons of other companies to choose from pickups so if I'm looking in the wrong spot I'd love to be pointed in the right direction

Researching this same thing. I am building a new bass and this intrigues me.

There is an older thread here discussing this.
P Bass with a Musicman pickup

 

[Datsgor]

a long time ago, I built this Warmoth. I sold it. It had a John East preamp and a Carvin MM pickup with Fender '62's in the neck. I just didn't gel with it. I probably did not give it enough time, but the configuration seemed mismatched. Crowded controls and i did not like the dull MM and the shiny P. Aesthetics really is why I think I got rid of it.