EMG DC, CS, P5 comparison soundclips

[UBU]

I'm thinking as plain/flat as can be, in order to best represent the character of the P'ups. As far as your playing style, any assertive fingerstyle would be perfect for what I'm looking for.

[steve_rolfeca]

Direct.

[ritterbass]

Hey just wanted to show some EMG pick-up love via a little music video that my band and I recently shot. My Spector Euro 5 LX is wired with the 40DC neck and 40CS bridge combo with the EMG BQC control(not full system, my Ibanez sr series bass has the P/J BQC system combo), wired for 18v operations. I gotta say I love EMG pick-ups and the BQC system controls, what an achievement and as many have mentioned for the price and combined into a Spector bass, its a match made in heaven! Everything I have done with this project so far has been with EMG pups in my bass, so cheers to EMG active pups, fine work indeed, without which I just wouldn't be getting the tone I crave! So sit back and let them EMG's take you for a wild ride! enjoy the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rysB4DfOWdM

http://www.facebook.com/ParadigmDivideBand

[Tractorr]

ritterbass I dig the video and the tune.

One minor critique, you may want to add a bit of mid range into your bass tone. I was listening on lab top speakers and could not really hear you. I understand I won't get crushing bass on laptop speakers but it would be nice to be able to hear the notes.

Hope you guys make it down to Philly sometime I would love to check it out live!

[ritterbass]

Thanks man for the honest review of it! Yeah there were definitely a few minor things I would have changed that way, I'm guessing we could have added a bit more mid range..lol I wish I could have used my full rig in the recording process and had our producer bring me up a bit more in some areas. We were on a bit of a time constraint and had to get everything done fast with it. I probably have my low mids on the LMK II down a whole bunch or something. I actually do love the mid range in my tone, wherever it's at and I don't tend to dip it down. I like to have it just a little past half way. Anyways I got two shows coming up back to back so I'll see about bringing those mids up just a bit more. Thanks again for the feedback and we hope to make it down to Philly someday, ironically our drummer is from Philly as well, so hopefully.

[tuBass]

I want to let you know I have a nice sound clip made playing both basses back to back. same song, same settings.

I'll put them on a video so I can label which bass is which, and post it hopefully by the morning

[tuBass]

here it is. Be kind about the crappy technique. you don't realize just how much things can and should be cleaned up until you isolate your part by itself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUDQK...ature=youtu.be

[zeusij]

I'd love to hear these different pickup variations but the files can't be found anymore does anyone still have them where they could be uploaded again?

[jacobrownoly]

Originally Posted by zeusij

I'd love to hear these different pickup variations but the files can't be found anymore does anyone still have them where they could be uploaded again?

Yeah would be great to hear this

[baltarock85]

The links are broken, do you still have the files? can you email them to me or reupload them? please I'm in this "dilemma" right now, and another cuestion, are the TW's exactly the same as the CS's and CSJ's?

[steve_rolfeca]

Originally Posted by baltarock85

...another cuestion, are the TW's exactly the same as the CS's and CSJ's?

No, but very close.

[5StringPocket]

Originally Posted by stflbn

And... here's what I ended up going with in my 2 Rebops.

Rebop #1 w/ Tonepump = 2 EMG 40P5's
(Meaty, precision'ish type vibe but with a more modern punch and clarity than a straight precision)

Rebop #2 w/ EMG BQC 3-band = EMG 40DC neck & 40CS bridge
(The CS in the bridge tones down a bit of the brittleness that a DC bridge has... a bit warmer on the highs, but still Spector active EMG tone that I want to keep on one of the Rebops)

I think I'll keep 1 DC around so I have the option of a DC/P5 combination, or a DC/DC combination depending on how I swap things around.

So that means after I return the 3 pickups I borrowed for this test I'll have a pair of DC's and a pair of 40J's to sell.

Thanks for posting this! I'm the pleased owner of a Rebop 5 DLX I just picked up from a fellow TBer. Tried to listen to the different sound clips but got a 404 (page not found) error. I love the thick, meaty, punchy, solid lows of the Rebop through my Genz Benz Streamliner 900 and sealed 610 cab. Outstanding! The lows and low mids are perfect but I will upgrade the stock EMG HZ pickups with one of the two options listed above. I'm looking to reduce the brittleness of the highs and get a bit more mid content - a little smoother up top and not quite as scooped but leave the lows and low mids as they are. Either option looks like it would get the job done nicely. The 40P5's seem to keep the punch, add some mids and growl, take some edge off the highs, and cost less because it keeps the tone pump. Do they maintain that killer solid low end? I've seen other favorable reviews on the EMG BQC 3-band with 40DC neck & 40CS bridge so that also looks like a win. It costs more but probably has more mid shaping ability with the BQC. I'd appreciate any feedback on which one might be better to achieve the tone goals described.

[1bassleft]

Another vote for the OP to reactivate the links. Thanks to TUbass for the Yootoob comparison. I have this Jim Reed bass

which is very nice but the two Kramer-sourced pups are very "samey".

I've just received 2x40DC and 1x40P5 passive custom clones by Aaron Armstrong. I was assuming that DC bridge and P5 neck would be the best combo (and listening to SGD Luth's clip + TUbass, I still think so) but the unheard-by-me samples of the opposite way round are intriguing. If there's no re-load, does any previous poster have any op based on what they heard?
(this bass has V, Bl, active B+T)

[steve_rolfeca]

Originally Posted by 1bassleft

...I've just received 2x40DC and 1x40P5 passive custom clones by Aaron Armstrong. I was assuming that DC bridge and P5 neck would be the best combo (and listening to SGD Luth's clip + TUbass, I still think so) but the unheard-by-me samples of the opposite way round are intriguing. If there's no re-load, does any previous poster have any op based on what they heard?
(this bass has V, Bl, active B+T)

I hate to make your decision harder, but P5/P5 was the big game-changer for me.

[5StringPocket]

Would a pair of EMG 40P5's with the Tone Pump still have that "Spector sound" compared to a pair of 40DC's or 40 HZ's or does it significantly change the voicing into something else?

[1bassleft]

Originally Posted by steve_rolfeca

I hate to make your decision harder, but P5/P5 was the big game-changer for me.

Not a worry . The problem with my bass is that I'm not getting much tone difference from moving the blend (I've even grown to like the stock pups). Two of the same type, even with an improved sound, isn't what I'm after. I just assumed that a DC, maybe with coil-tap, would make sense nearer the bridge and the P5 closer to the neck but quite a number posted in that they liked the reverse positioning .

I like the DC near the bridge that SGD uploaded, I don't think a P5 up the neck has stayed accessible on this thread.

[steve_rolfeca]

Thread resurrection: I've been feeling that my P5/P5 set up was sounding a bit "constipated" compared to some of the project basses I've been fiddling with lately. Great tonal balance, sounds terrific solo'd, but the nice round low end gets a bit lost in dense mixes, and I found myself wanting to hear a bit more "air" up top.

I was toying with the idea of blowing the big bucks on a custom set of EMG-sized Nordy Big Splits and going passive.

Still, I had a spare 40CS in the parts bin, so I thought I'd trade it for one last look at a 40J. Just dropped the J into the neck position tonight, and it's pretty interesting. Much more open and natural-sounding up top. The low end is a bit shy, just the way I remembered it. Still, it seems to take EQ quite nicely, and seems like it might sit in a mix a little better, more like a passive Fender.

Going to hang onto the P5 just in case, but I think this might get me where I was headed, without all the headaches of a full re-wire and losing the benefits of an active bass.

[steve_rolfeca]

Did an acoustic duo with a pianist last night.

The neck-position 40J worked a treat, sat very nicely with the piano. I dialed in a little of the bridge-position 40P5 on a couple of up-tempo tunes.

I've got a 4-hour gig with a 7-piece band on Friday night, and a big conference Saturday/Sunday, so I'll know better after that.

[Jamie_Funk]

Originally Posted by steve_rolfeca

Did an acoustic duo with a pianist last night.

The neck-position 40J worked a treat, sat very nicely with the piano. I dialed in a little of the bridge-position 40P5 on a couple of up-tempo tunes.

I've got a 4-hour gig with a 7-piece band on Friday night, and a big conference Saturday/Sunday, so I'll know better after that.

Cool! I prefer the J in the neck over a P5...but you already know that

J

[imtiaz3]

here's a bump to having the samples reposted, i really wanna hear how each of these sound with each other, most of the sample i find are with 2 of the same pickup