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08-19-2012, 07:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: East Midlands, UK. | | | Best pickups for metal
Okay i apologize in advance for being too lazy to search this one:
But i have a Precision bass, and would like new pickups that are better suited to playing metal. I play songs by Opeth, Lamb Of God, Megadeth and the like, and im looking for pickups that give both a clear and bright tone but aren't tinny-what would you recommend? 
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08-19-2012, 07:24 AM
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08-19-2012, 07:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Burlington, VT | | | Delanos! I have jmvc. Try PMVC for p bass.
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08-19-2012, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ironderby  Okay i apologize in advance for being too lazy to search this one:
But i have a Precision bass, and would like new pickups that are better suited to playing metal. I play songs by Opeth, Lamb Of God, Megadeth and the like, and im looking for pickups that give both a clear and bright tone but aren't tinny-what would you recommend? | You are kidding.
Yes?
I agree on Delanos or pickups. They really are good.
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08-19-2012, 07:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: East Midlands, UK. | | No....im not. Just because certain people in metal bands use them doesnt mean the stock pickups are universally perfect for every metal tone 
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08-19-2012, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Vancouver BC | | I'd recommend you find some better metal 
Large exposed-pole humbuckers in the vein of MM pups are my favorite for a fat metal tone that keeps a lot of clarity in that sort of soundscape; Delano, Nordstrand and Duncan have a few each; driving root-note background rumbles and such.
edit: lol, didn't read that you had a P-Bass, skimming posts all day long
Definitely Delanos.
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08-19-2012, 09:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | All of the bands you mention rely heavily upon the bridge pickup to get their sound. Just sayin'..... |
08-19-2012, 09:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: S.W. Ohio | | When I was a guitarist, I used Bare Knuckle pups in a couple of my axes. Best pups I have ever used. Check this one out. He would also custom make you one too. https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/mai...&series=p_bass |
08-19-2012, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: State college, PA | | | Get a jazz installed in the bridge position. That'll help more than replacing the stock.
I daresay pickup position/pickups used (in regards to where they are placed) is one of the most important things that determines tone.
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08-19-2012, 09:50 AM
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08-20-2012, 12:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | I'd go with a F-350 with dualies. Make sure it has the powerstroke diesel in it.
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08-20-2012, 12:56 AM
|  | Intrepid Voyager | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Corvallis, OR | | | ^What he said. Make sure you get the skull shift knob installed, though.
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08-23-2012, 05:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Falun Sweden | | | EMG. Close thread now |
08-23-2012, 05:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | Funny how it's always for 'metal.' We never get 'best for' jazz, pop, funk etc..... Always with the metal. Odd.
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08-23-2012, 05:56 AM
| | | | I was in a similar position to you and i was using a P bass, I was trying to get an agressive growly sound that had was thick and had some brightness to it. I used a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder with a 500k Volume and Tone pot.
I can send you an Audio Sample or a link to a youtube video or something if you want?
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08-23-2012, 07:27 AM
| | | Maybe it's "always for metal" because the majority of dedicated bassists anywhere play everything not-metal, and we metallists simply can't rely on as established community and knowledge base for advice...  |
11-06-2012, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Falun Sweden | | | EMG PX. Nuff said ;-) |
11-06-2012, 09:18 PM
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Endorsing: Copetti Guitars | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Florianopolis - Brazil | | | OP's been here for longer than a year. Sure he doesn't know about all the "best for metal" threads...
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Originally Posted by Petegrinder ...the standard "Precision pickup" (the one that looks like a Tetris block) | |
11-08-2012, 07:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Napa, CA | | | DiMarzio Model P (Dp122) should give you what you are looking for.
Other option Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders.
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