DiMarzio's P-bass Blade Pickups

[bassburnout]

If you have ever tried blade-style magnets, you know they have some strange design, but also have significant advantage, in my opinion. In my Fender P, I installed blade pickups and they made a humbucker out of the split design. I hear quite often that the Musicman Stingray is the evolution of the P-Bass, which makes the P with blade pups a great mutation. So, in summary, the entire point of this thread is to let you know that if you are thinking about getting new P-bass pups(or j pups, i've just never used em), you may want to consider Dimarzio's blade pickups. Big advantage!

Specs:

Wiring: 4 Conductor
Ceramic: Magnet
Output: 250
DC Resistence: 19.16

[bassburnout]

This be what it looks like installed:

[Liten]

Looks super nice in that white pickguard..
Id definetly check the Pu if I ever get my hands on an ol P

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Whats the big advantage?

Or have i missed something, i know that blade pickups will give you a more balanced sound for each string, but ive never had that problem with regular pole-d pickups.

What does that pup sound like? Ive got a DiMarzio Model P, P pickup, and i have to say, its awesome

[62bass]

I haven't tried that model yet. But I've never had a hum problem with the regular split P pickup. The two halves used together are humbucking.

I imagine those DiMarzios would sound different.

[Taurus]

I had that model in a Mexi P-Bass I owned about 7 years ago. It was a definite improvement over the stock pup but I was a beginner at the time and really couldn't put it to much good use. It was a very quiet pup (low noise) as I recall. Had to sell the bass to pay the rent.

[bassburnout]

The big advantage is output. I fiend for active pups but only had room for the single coil. That is where the blades came in.

[joeyl]

output has nothing to do with blade or polepieces but rather winding count and material used. Looks like a cool pickup but I don't see your point

[PilbaraBass]

Originally Posted by GlennW

Stronger magnets will also increase output.

Those probably have a little HB bar magnet between the bottoms of the blades.

yep, there's probably a bar magnet between the blades, but what difference is that to a lot of P-pickups that have a bar magnet at the bottom of the individual pole pieces.

The difference is that the sound is more "fat" and a tad bit less clear than that of a classic P-pickup design.

Yes, they'd be super quiet. But I've never had problems with noise on any P-pickup I've ever owned...(have had 5 in 4 different basses past and present)

[bassburnout]

they would definatly make a squier worthy.

[HELLonWheels187]

I made this song a while ago. I use those same pups. So its a tid bit i guess


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/song...songID=4318250