Pickup replacement for Bart soapbar bridge pickup ??

[jibreel]

I have this Cort fretless bass with real Bartolini soapbars and pre-amp. Not the MK-1 series. Very nice.

Here is the bass:




Wanting to see if there is a bridge pickup that would give me a fuller sound than this existing pickup. I stronly lean toward "acoustic" as opposed to " metalic" tonal qualities.

Or should I move this pickup closer to the neck pickup? Additional routing is not a problem.




Wondering about the Delano MC-FE:




I am wanting as fat and as warm a sound as I can get. I know that this is limited by being close to the bridge.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[pasco jacorius]

I have the same configuration but fretted...well it's already a nice bridge pickup..but without being extreme..maybe just putting another neck pickup but in the bridge position could do something original.. but ..I don't know if it's possible

[tubby.twins]

If you want something warm and fat, consider the Carvin "Icon" soapbar pickups. They're made in the standard Bartolini P2 size (108mm x 32mm) so they should fit in the MK1 pickup cavity with a small gap remaining.

The bridge pickup (model SP-B) is one of the hottest and warmest that I have tried. It doesn't have as much brightness as most other pickups, but the position of your bass's bridge pickup should be able to counteract that and give you a really fat, rich tone.

The neck pickup (model SP-N) is wound to complement the bridge pickup at a standard position, so you should be able to get a nice tone out of both together or individually.

Some people have reported that these pickups sound too "nasal" or "dark" but I think these qualities will be a good match for this bass without sounding metallic or thin.