new pickups for p-bass?

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jethro waldron

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i have a Legend Precision Bass and it sucks farts out of human colons. the pickups sound like i'm underwater, except the water is actually diarrhoea. i play punk music, what should i get to replace? (on the cheapo please)
 
#2
I like neophyte pickups.. clean and clear.. then just put a volume 250k CTS Plot on it. if you want some good mods let me know I'll give you a list.. and you can do one at a time.. til you get a beast of a bass.
 
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it's active but sounds like a vintage 60's bass pickup.. or try the Seymour Quarter pounder like roger waters bass has.. kent armstrong. that's a hot pickup
 
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jethro waldron said:
i have a Legend Precision Bass and it sucks farts out of human colons. the pickups sound like i'm underwater, except the water is actually diarrhoea. i play punk music, what should i get to replace? (on the cheapo please)
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If you want cheap and decent I'd suggest GuitarFetish :

Vintage P 10.6k (standard P tone) 32 bucks :

GFS PB Pro P Bass style pickups- Sweet Alnico Vintage Tone!

Hot P 16k (more mid-range and output) 32 bucks :

GFS PB Pro PLUS- OVERWOUND Alnico P Bass style- VERY hot!

However I'll echo JimmyM and say the Geezer is one heck of a pickup. It's somewhere in-between "hot" and "vintage" and it has a nice punchy midrange boost. I think it's wound to about 13k.

If you can come up with 61 dollars you can get a custom wound pickup from Prima. They're nice, and you're not stuck with that red color in the auction I linked to. You can order white, black, etc. You can also order 1/4" magnets, or the standard size. I'd suggest asking for a wind between 12-14k. I think that will work well to get a more hard driving bass sound for punk. If you want more treble with that ask for the 1/4" magnets.

Seymour Duncan is always a good choice as well. They're actually pretty mid-range in terms of price but you're looking at 60-80 bucks. They do produce a four different P pickups though, from vintage to hot, to scooped.
 
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The GFS is the Cheapest one. Prima look ok. if have a sound in Mind and want a custom pickup at a good rate I go to James Reed of Reed James Engineering.. call him see what he suggest.. he makes pickups here in america. it's custom so it does take a bit to get it. But totally worth it. But honestly putting custom pickup on a cheap bass is kinda goofy.
 
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Adienn7 said:
The GFS is the Cheapest one. Prima look ok. if have a sound in Mind and want a custom pickup at a good rate I go to James Reed of Reed James Engineering.. call him see what he suggest.. he makes pickups here in america. it's custom so it does take a bit to get it. But totally worth it. But honestly putting custom pickup on a cheap bass is kinda goofy.
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Prima is a USA shop too. I believe they're out of Maryland. The quality is basically similar to Fralin or Lollar's vintage replicas. They're just not as well known so they don't get to demand premium prices.
 
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ofajen said:
The stock pickup on my SX P works just great when properly set up.
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You know, other than the polepieces sticking way up, I've had two SX P's along the way that I bought just because I wanted to see what a $100 bass got you, and the pickup was the best thing about them.
 
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