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03-24-2013, 03:23 PM
| | | | P bass P/U for flats?
Well, first and foremost, sorry about another 'what's the best P pickup' thread. This one might be slightly different.
I am finishing up a MIM P-Bass project. This will be a special purpose bass. A P with Sadowsky Black Label Flats. I have it apart to shield it and replace all the electronics. After my new pickguard arrives I'll be done IF I keep the '99-'00 MIM pickup. I want to use this bass in two weeks for a Motown/Oldies fill-in gig I'm doing, and I keep staring at that MIM pickup (with a puzzled look).
Question then, for a P Bass with flats, does anyone have a good suggestion for a pickup to go with this? I know the flats will give me some thump, but I want some mids-high mids too.
Again, I apologize for this 'beating a dead horse' thread, but most P/U threads on here seem to talk about basses with rounds.
Am I correct to assume flats/versus rounds could sway a P/U decision one way or another? X pickup for rounds, Y pickup for flats?
Thank you.
P.S. I can get a '62 Original for a steal.
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03-24-2013, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Smyrna, Tennessee. | | | Do it. Excellent choice for flats. |
03-24-2013, 03:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Massachusetts, USA | | | Fender P pickup was designed for flats. No need to swap it out, IMHO.
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03-24-2013, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bumperbass  P.S. I can get a '62 Original for a steal. | You've just answered the question right there and you won't be disappointed.
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03-24-2013, 04:06 PM
| | | | I have seymour duncan spb3s with daddario chromes. Its not everyones cup of tea and you definatley need to fiddle with eq a lil to get the right sound. Traditional pickup height will make this sound like **** Imo. You need to have the pups fairly far away to get the beefy sound |
03-24-2013, 04:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Miami, FL | | | My '08 Am. Std. P has a Seymour Duncan Antiquity in it. I use flats exclusively on that bass and it thumps harder than any P I've ever heard. |
03-24-2013, 04:30 PM
|  | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | | '62 Original, without a doubt. I've had many of the others, but this is in my bass to stay. Great string choice, btw. |
03-24-2013, 04:57 PM
| | | | I appreciate the comments. I was just gonna go with the MIM pickup that was in it, but to tell you the truth, while it's apart I just want to be done with it. I thought maybe the MIM might be a good match for the flats, but wasn't sure. I have a '62 Original in my main gigging Pbass, and I like it a lot, but that's a different beast...rock w/ D'Addarrio XL165's.
Thanks a bunch. I guess I'll open me wallet, AGAIN! We're never really DONE, are we?
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03-24-2013, 05:16 PM
| | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | | No, we're really not. Unfortunately, the MIM pup is a completely different beast than the '62 Original. You may like it, though. IME, the MIM has a slower attack, and a less rounded bottom end; and the '62 sounds more like a '62 (think Jamerson, Kaye, Dunn, et al. They all played on essentially the same pup)... |
03-24-2013, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Mushroo Fender P pickup was designed for flats. No need to swap it out, IMHO. | That's one of the things that puzzle me, Mushroo. In 1999-2000, almost NOBODY was using flats when this MIM bass was made. Rounds were standard so I wonder if over the years, these pickups may have been voiced more for the 'modern' (post 1970's) switch to roundwounds.
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03-24-2013, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tekdiver500ft No, we're really not. Unfortunately, the MIM pup is a completely different beast than the '62 Original. You may like it, though. IME, the MIM has a slower attack, and a less rounded bottom end; and the '62 sounds more like a '62 (think Jamerson, Kaye, Dunn, et al. They all played on essentially the same pup)... | One of the reasons I'm confused.....Less rounded bottom end on a MIM, BUT was thinking the flats might offset that. Plus, I think the MIM has a higher output. I measured it and it's 10.3K. I know that's not all there is to the sound, but 10.3K is on the high side, no?
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03-24-2013, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bumperbass That's one of the things that puzzle me, Mushroo. In 1999-2000, almost NOBODY was using flats when this MIM bass was made. Rounds were standard so I wonder if over the years, these pickups may have been voiced more for the 'modern' (post 1970's) switch to roundwounds. | I suppose that's possible. I use flats on all my p-type basses.
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