FS: Seymour Duncan Basslines SMB-4D

[MikeyB]

MM style pickup, ceramic magnet:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/product...b4d_5d_cerami/

(real pics coming soon...)

Almost mint... installed it in a test bass, played it for a day or two in the man-cave, and removed it.

EDIT: Price Drop: $65 shipped CONUS!

Thanks!

-Mike

[livinglow]

any trades? pics? why did you take it out?

[MikeyB]

Not looking for trades right now, thanks.

-Mike

[livinglow]

Ok... why did you take it out?

Is the price negotiable? They're only $85 new shipped.

[MikeyB]

...and some pics:

[gm2_in_co]

So what are the tonal qualities like compared to whatever you traded it out with?

[MikeyB]

Honestly, hard to say. I have a hard enough time reading TB descriptions of tone ("aggressive", "growly", "grind", etc) and comparing to what I actually hear when I play gear.

But here's the pickups I experimented with:

Basslines SMB-4D
Nordstrand MM4.2
G&L MFD pickup

...and they were all in the same tone family for sure as you might expect. In the end, I went with an original MusicMan Sterling pickup I found.

I own a Sterling and like the tone, and not surprisingly the Sterling pickup came closest to that.

Sorry, I know that's probably not much help... but I couldn't get a good feel for how these would sound beforehand either. That's why I bought the whole bunch of 'em to try out.

To my ears, and for my tone goals, the Sterling worked best followed by:

Nordstrand MM4.2 (even though it's alnico)
Basslines SMB-4D
G&L MFD.

I already sold the G&L, and will be posting the Nordie soon.

-Mike

[MikeyB]

Price Drop! $65 Shipped CONUS!!

[Tommygunn]

"IIRC mark white of the spin doctors uses this pup." bump

[Gord_oh]

we may end up doing business again mikey...

[MikeyB]

Cool! Hope you like the other parts (guess they're not arrived quite yet?)

let me know about the basslines...

-M

[Gord_oh]

PM'd

[MikeyB]

aaaaannndddd SOLD.