5 String Split P pole config?

[Grateful]

Sorry if this has been covered, but it's tough to search for '5' and 'P' here on TB...

Anyhoo, when installing a split P pickup, where one coil has 2 poles, and the other has 3, is there a 'correct' way to do it? I see Nordstand basses with the 2 poles forward under the B and E, and I see Valentis with the 3 poles forward under the B E and A.

Yet Fender has it 3 forward on their 5 string P's, but 2 forward on their Deluxe Precisions.

Which is it, or does it even matter?

[Darkstrike]

Whichever you prefer.

[Grateful]

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

Whichever you prefer.

Oooh. My very favorite answer!

[Ric5]

You can use an 8 pole split p pickup for 5 strings.

[Grateful]

Originally Posted by Ric5

You can use an 8 pole split p pickup for 5 strings.

Great looking basses! But I already have the NP5 pickup being fropped in. I'm just trying to see if there is a preferred orientation for it. Thanks!

[Darkstrike]

The way its done on the Fender P-5 Standard, is the "classic" and generally preferred setup.

[topcat2069]

+1

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0190560700

http://www.valveampusa.com/fusion5.html

These are a reverse placement style with the B E A closer to the bridge

[dave_bass5]

I recently put a Nordy NP5 in my DJ5 at the neck position.

At first it was in so B-E were together on one half like this


but i changed them around so B-E-A were together, like this.



I cant say i heard any difference at all.
Norstrand put them the first way around and i believe Sadowsky use the second way.
This pup is different from the Fender P5 as both half's of the Nordy are the same size, with one having the pole pieces blanked out (or removed) whilst the Fender has one half longer than the other.

[Nino Valenti]

Prefer to put the p/u with 3 sets of poles on the BEA strings. I like to keep the A in he same place as a 4 string P. The other way around the A is in a different location and sounds a little different. Not better or worse, just different

[dmusic148]

Originally Posted by Nino Valenti

Prefer to put the p/u with 3 sets of poles on the BEA strings. I like to keep the A in he same place as a 4 string P.

Logical.

[Stealth]

Your ear must be attuned to those slight differences, then. Mr. Valenti. Strictly from a technical standpoint, there shouldn't be any difference as you've got two magnetic poles under each of the strings, and two equal-size coils providing equal sensing aperture for hum. But there might be something to it - I don't have a P5 here to try it out on so I'll keep my mouth shut.

Either way, testing is as simple as swapping them out.

[dave_bass5]

I can see that having the pup pick up the string where its vibrating slightly closer to the bridge will have a slight impact but i certainly couldn't hear it.

[Grateful]

Originally Posted by Nino Valenti

Prefer to put the p/u with 3 sets of poles on the BEA strings. I like to keep the A in he same place as a 4 string P. The other way around the A is in a different location and sounds a little different. Not better or worse, just different

They installed it BEA / DG. Sounds great! Thanks!