Pickup question for all you guys out there

[DEbassist]

I am having a custom bass built. It will be a fretless 5 string. Wenge/purple heart neck, ebony fretboard and a bocote/spalted maple body. Now then, I am looking for a very modern sound for this bass but I can't decide which pups I should put in it.

I have narrowed it down to a set of humbucking q-tuners, Norstrand Dual Coils, Sadowsky humbuckers or Ken smith Humbuckers. This bass will be wired passive with a Volume, blend and tone control.

If anybody has ever used any of these pups, your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[PilbaraBass]

Originally Posted by DEbassist

I am having a custom bass built. It will be a fretless 5 string. Wenge/purple heart neck, ebony fretboard and a bocote/spalted maple body. Now then, I am looking for a very modern sound for this bass but I can't decide which pups I should put in it.

I have narrowed it down to a set of humbucking q-tuners, Norstrand Dual Coils, Sadowsky humbuckers or Ken smith Humbuckers. This bass will be wired passive with a Volume, blend and tone control.

If anybody has ever used any of these pups, your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

sounds like you need 4 basses...all great choices, from what I've heard...

for a modern sound, they're all good...the q-tuner will give you the most transparent sound of the lot...and the nordies will flat out kick!

[Jamal Hurse]

Q-tuners, they changed my life!

here is a sound clip of my bass with BL4's, they kick butt on my active stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295ekSiFB7A

I also have a wenge neck. I looked at your gear list, from where I'm sitting I think you will love the tuners.

[DEbassist]

Thanks for tthe clip JH. Awesome awesome awesome sound. Ive got it down to the Nords and the Qs. I'm gonna go try my friend's MTD with the Nords in it and try and A/B it.

Thanks again guys