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Originally Posted by manmountain8  Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my SX shortscale jazz with a set Bartolini's and an Aguilar Pre. Since it's so small I'm going with the OBP2 vol/blend/bass-treble stacked. I was going to get the Bart single coils but a guy told me to get the split coil hum canceling barts instead. He said that any noise that single coils pick up from dirty power would be amplified by the preamp. I always thought the opposite was true but IDK. I have never been a fan of any noiseless pickups I have tried before. I ususally like the tone of slightly noiser pickups, but if this is going to be an issue maybe I'll get the split coils. What do you think? |
My Mike Lull J-style 5-string came stock with Duncan single coils and an Aguilar OBP-3. Unless I soloed one of it's pickups, it was dead quiet, -even in the noisiest clubs I played at.
I don't have any experience with the OBP-2, but I assume if your bass is properly sheilded, noise won't be a big issue.
I changed out my Lull's Duncans for a set of split coil Barts a few years back to get a warmer, fatter tone. I'm happy with the sound of the Barts, but I plan on going back to the Duncans to get that Fender-ish tone back.
