clips to HEAR the PUPs

mward69 · #1 06-29-2007, 09:01 AM

Sorry for re-posting this, but I am searching this thread and coming up empty. There was a post on here that had a link to hear sound clips with different pups. Does anyone have the link to this?
I know you really can't get an accurate sound because it's not YOUR gear, but I still want an "idea" of what tones I can expect. I'm picky as h*ll about my tone and still can't decide what to install on the Marcus bass, right now I am really looking hard at nordstrand.

luknfur · #2 06-30-2007, 02:30 AM

FWIW:

not into clips so not a good source but apparently the only one for the time being so: there's Basstasters, David has clips in his FAQ thread; somewhere a dude had Dimarzio/Sadowsky comparisons, there's probably a bunch scattered in Smash's FAQ thread. There's been lots of them. How you find don't know cause I've never looked. I'd probably start by going to the Nord site or punching Nordstrand into a search - if that were a primary interest.

mward69 · #3 06-30-2007, 01:19 PM

yeah I found the sites. I know it's hard to see what MY bass will sound like due to gear strings etc. but I can get an idea. I'm the type of person that would hate that I spent a few hundred bucks and NOT be happy with the tones.

luknfur · #4 06-30-2007, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mward69

...I'm the type of person that would hate that I spent a few hundred bucks and NOT be happy with the tones.

FWIW:

I've had some hundred set of pups and in my experience it's a probability shot with no gaurantees. You just try and do you're homework to increase the probability of getting something useful. It's a lot easier to rule out what you don't want from the footwork and, once you actually get the real thing, it doesn't take long to figure if it won't cut it. The keepers are a tougher to determine before and after.

See FAQ Bass Mod link in the first paragraph of Dimento's Trouble Shooting guide for the approach I used.

dagrev · #5 06-30-2007, 06:57 PM

Here are a few

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/david_wilson

http://www.vial-family.ch/bass/

http://www.basstasters.com/

These may help a little--or confuse!

DG

**bassybill** · #6 07-01-2007, 04:12 AM

Some clips of my Jazz with NJ4SE pups in post #22 of this thread if you're interested:

Birth of a new "SuperJazz"