Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Fender P-Bass Pickup
Does anyone have any experience with the SD Qtr Pound P-bass pick-up? I have ordered one to put in a MIM Fender P. Does to require any routing of the cavity or pickguard?

Congo,

No modification is necessary! They pop right in. I dropped a set into a Squire P-bass body. Very high output p'ups! Good choice. You won't need to crank your volume, and you can get some great sounds by rolling back the tone control.

I appreciate the info.

I am thinking about putting those into my squier...
I'd really like to have an example of how they sound...

It is my un derstanding that the bass Player form Blink 182 uses one.

thanks , but you almost don't hear the bass in those blink 182 songs.

listen to a blink song from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. The "bass solo" :rolleyes: in Anthem Part 2 sounds very quarter pounder-ish. I have this pickup and it sounds excellent. You dont really need a demo because it sounds great, but listen to that song because you can hear the clicky punchy tone of the quarter pounder pretty well during that solo.

On another subject, does anyone have a problem with this pickup buzzing loudly when you touch a pole piece? Does that happen with all p basses, or is it just this pickup because its so hot?

Yes, you can eliminate that by not touching it..... Just joking. You can get some clear fingernail polish and very gently brush it on the post and let dry. You can get your chick to blow it dry.

Yes, you can eliminate that by not touching it..... Just joking. You can get some clear fingernail polish and very gently brush it on the post and let dry. You can get your chick to blow it dry.

that happens with many single coil pickups

The Quarter Pounder is a humbucker. I must admit though that I have not touched the pole pieces...to busy touching the strings!

sure it's a humbucker??

They're available in humbucking and single coil versions. Very good pickup btw.

The P-bass pickup is a split humbucker. The Quarter Pounder is a direct replacement. The difference is that it is overwound and has huge pole pieces.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/bassesdescr.html#QuarterPound153forPBassreg

Originally posted by KPJ
The P-bass pickup is a split humbucker. The Quarter Pounder is a direct replacement. The difference is that it is overwound and has huge pole pieces.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/bassesdescr.html#QuarterPound153forPBassreg


...so is that why it buzzes when I put my thumb on it?

You are probably completing a ground loop by touching the pole piece. It shouldn't matter though, I don't think that you're going to spend alot of time touching the pole pieces.

...because you are supposed to touch the strings not the pole pieces ! ;)

It was a defining moment in my development as a bass player when I realized that...:D :D :D

I was wondering if putting 1/4 pounders in a Precision Deluxe would 'drown out' the bridge pup... or if it would work tone-wise.

The Quarter Pounder is a humbucker. I must admit though that I have not touched the pole pieces...to busy touching the strings!

This pickup is not a humbucker. The original P-bass had a single coil pup. Then they decided to try to eliminate hum by cutting the coil in half and wiring the two coils out of phase with eachother. Hense the modern day split-coil P-bass. This does effectively reduce hum, but it is by no means a humbucker.


I was wondering if putting 1/4 pounders in a Precision Deluxe would 'drown out' the bridge pup... or if it would work tone-wise.

This will not work. You'll have to change both pickups to Quarter Pounders (Duncan does make a Jazz qtr pounder). The reason is that the pickups will be out of phase with eachhother and you will hear some funky things. But tonally, it will not drown out a bridge pickup. Even though it is hot and bright, it doesn't have the snap of a jazz bridge pickup and the two have distinctly different tones. Just be sure you blend it right. On the Deluxe P-Basses I've played, the neck pup does overpower the bridge and the sound needs to be balanced.

Originally posted by cubeenz


This pickup is not a humbucker. The original P-bass had a single coil pup. Then they decided to try to eliminate hum by cutting the coil in half and wiring the two coils out of phase with eachother. Hense the modern day split-coil P-bass. This does effectively reduce hum, but it is by no means a humbucker.



I think you have defined what a humbucker is . The P pickup is commonly referred to as a "split humbucker", because that's what it is. Try this link: http://www.fender.com/spa/pickups.html . I figure if Fender can call it a "split-coil humbucking pickup," so can the rest of us.

No offense, hopefully, I just think you've got your terminology a little mixed up.

If I want to add a 1/4 lbr to a pbass and have the option to add the jazz at the neck position which version of the 1/4 lbr should I go for between the single coil and the other? The reason I ask is that one is significantly cheaper. See link:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=020806075534024217002182584880/g=bass/search/c=4558

One is 69.99 and the one on the next page is $49.99.

The 49.99 pickup is for single coil p-basses, for example the Sting sig bass. These will not work in a Standard P Bass.