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11-14-2012, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jobo4  Just did this ^^^^. Installed BL and sold the CS's. | I tried to find fender 60's custom shop P-style and came up zero. Are they labeled different? I have 60's jazz pups on my other bass and lovem. I still have my nordys but never went back to them. There's not that much buzz. |
11-14-2012, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by RockBobby I tried to find fender 60's custom shop P-style and came up zero. Are they labeled different? I have 60's jazz pups on my other bass and lovem. I still have my nordys but never went back to them. There's not that much buzz. | The CS pups I sold were out of a 2012 American Standard. They had no morkings of any kind.
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11-14-2012, 03:31 PM
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11-15-2012, 08:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alameda, CA | | | Alright, I'm in. I've been reading this thread for a while now and I just ordered my P/J set today. I've been wanting to trick out my P-Bass for a year or so and I'm finally pulling the trigger - Bill Lawrence pickups, Badass II bridge, Hipshot... yeah.
On a different note, I had a great conversation with Becky on the phone. She was so sweet... |
11-15-2012, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by RockBobby | No matter. You're gonna love that P46. 
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11-15-2012, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dvlmusic Alright, I'm in. I've been reading this thread for a while now and I just ordered my P/J set today. I've been wanting to trick out my P-Bass for a year or so and I'm finally pulling the trigger - Bill Lawrence pickups, Badass II bridge, Hipshot... yeah.
On a different note, I had a great conversation with Becky on the phone. She was so sweet... | She is! And the P/J you will LOVE!!!
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11-16-2012, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by dvlmusic Alright, I'm in. I've been reading this thread for a while now and I just ordered my P/J set today. I've been wanting to trick out my P-Bass for a year or so and I'm finally pulling the trigger - Bill Lawrence pickups, Badass II bridge, Hipshot... yeah.
On a different note, I had a great conversation with Becky on the phone. She was so sweet... | +1
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11-21-2012, 09:11 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses & GK Amps | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lancaster, TX | | | Just an FIY... as you can see, the Warmoth route has the A string over both coils... It took a bit of adjusting to get the A string in balance with the others... but it sounds good now and I really like the sound.......
I know that the overlap is a No-No... but it still sounds good, not a diffrent tone from the A string and all it took was a little pickup height juggling.
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11-22-2012, 06:29 AM
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11-24-2012, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Fat K Just ordered mine! Can't wait to replace the Dimarzio Model P in my MIJ Fender 70s P bass! | Just wondering what the delivery time is these days. Did you get your pups yet? If so, how do you like them?
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11-24-2012, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alameda, CA | | | The pickups showed up yesterday! The question is: do I bother wiring up the split pickup, putting on the Badass bridge and the Hipshot for my gig tomorrow, or do I wait and have the shop that's routing the J pickup in do it later in the week?
I REALLY want to put the new stuff on tonight, but it's probably smarter to wait, even though it's KILLING me to sit here with all the parts.
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11-24-2012, 05:15 PM
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11-24-2012, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by dvlmusic The pickups showed up yesterday! The question is: do I bother wiring up the split pickup, putting on the Badass bridge and the Hipshot for my gig tomorrow, or do I wait and have the shop that's routing the J pickup in do it later in the week?
I REALLY want to put the new stuff on tonight, but it's probably smarter to wait, even though it's KILLING me to sit here with all the parts.
Help! | Do it. 
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11-24-2012, 06:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alameda, CA | | | Dang it... looks like I'm not going to have the time before tonight's gig, and tomorrow's is first thing in the morning. Looks like it'll have to wait at least until tomorrow afternoon. Bummer.
I'll try to remember to do some before and after clips for y'all |
11-25-2012, 01:05 AM
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Pending postal details from Wilde pickups, I hope I can get it before Christmas. After all, I live in the other side of the world.
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11-25-2012, 03:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alameda, CA | | Alright - I got impatient (what else is new) and decided to put the P pickup in. And.....
WOW! Man alive, this thing sounds SO great! Nice and deep, even with the tone wide open. The bass speaks really well now and it's not nearly as barky as it was with the original pickup in (mid-80's Japanese P-bass). I uploaded an mp3 of the bass direct with no processing. The first bit is the tone maxed, the second is the tone rolled off 1/3-ish and the third is the tone at zero. I love it 
All I need now is to adjust the pickup height and blah blah blah, but I think I'll let the pros handle the set up as I'm planning on dropping at SF Guitarworks on Tuesday to have the Hipshot put on and the J pickup routed and wired in. I can't believe that after a year or so of talking about this, I'm finally pulling the trigger and making this bass SING http://davelionelli.com/backdoor/bil...ce_pickups.mp3 |
11-25-2012, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Fat K Jobo4,
Pending postal details from Wilde pickups, I hope I can get it before Christmas. After all, I live in the other side of the world. | Yeah. Hong Kong. Guess I missed that small detail 
In any event I think you'll enjoy them very much. Hope they get there quick.
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12-15-2012, 10:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alameda, CA | | For anyone who cares (probably not too many but me...), all the work was completed and I picked up my "new" bass yesterday. Here's a quick rundown:
It's a mid-80's MIJ Precision and I had SF Guitarworks put in a set of Bill Lawrence Wilde pickups. They routed a cavity for the J in standard 60's position and I added a BadAss bridge. Here are before and after shots:  
And here's a comparison - the left speaker is the original Fender pickup, the right speaker is the new Bill Lawrence pickups. At the start, both pickups are full (right channel), I soloed the P pickup at 1:00 (2nd verse), and I soloed the J pickup at 1:35 (bridge). You can listen here: http://davelionelli.com/backdoor/sta...comparison.mp3
The bassline is from a tune I wrote and recorded a couple years ago - for those of you that are interested, you can here the original version (with the old pickup in the mix) here: https://soundcloud.com/davelionelli/stax-of-love
I'd love to hear what you think of the pickups and the track!
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12-16-2012, 07:34 AM
|  | (aka Greg Harman) | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dunbar, West Virginia | | | I have a quick question. I would like some feed-back from those of you who installed P46's as to what capacitor you are using and how much range of tone you obtain from it. While I love the tone I am getting from my P46 I am not particularly happy with the range of tone I am getting from my capacitor.
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12-16-2012, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jobo4 Yeah. Hong Kong. Guess I missed that small detail
In any event I think you'll enjoy them very much. Hope they get there quick. | Received last friday 8 Dec 2012 just 2.5 wks to Hong Kong!
Been very busy at work, only just put it in and tried it out briefly. Initial impression good balance, good clarity and much more polite than the Dimarzio Model P.
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