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03-06-2013, 07:52 PM
| | | | Recommend some ceramic P-Bass pickups
Can anyone name some aftermarket ceramic P-Bass pickups? I'm looking for ceramic because I like SX pickups (don't laugh) for their loudness, raw midrange and fat bottom, and I need something like that for a particular bass. I am NOT looking for sweet, vintage alnico tone!  (I definitely want that in other situations, but not for this bass.)
Also, speaking of high output, I have tried Quarter Pounders in the past, and they were lacking in mids for me. I want pickups with nasty "honk" here.
Any ideas?
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03-06-2013, 07:55 PM
| | | | buy an sx pickup?
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03-06-2013, 08:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA | | GFS has some for cheap. These are very likely to be THE SX pickup. GFS was supplying SX pickups at one point. http://www.guitarfetish.com/P-Bass-P...s-_p_5817.html
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03-06-2013, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | | DiMarzio Model P 122. I swear by them, and I have the best taste in everything. No, really, they are great in exactly the way you've described.
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03-07-2013, 06:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowbrow  DiMarzio Model P 122. I swear by them, and I have the best taste in everything. No, really, they are great in exactly the way you've described. | +1
Dimarzio P is what you are describing. |
03-07-2013, 06:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Philadelphia | | | Call your friendly neighborhood G&L dealer, and order an MFD split-coil. It is a monster. The DiMarzio Model P is similar and cheaper, and you won't go wrong there, but I prefer the MFD.
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03-07-2013, 07:24 AM
| | | | Thanks, everyone!
Groovy G. <--- Good suggestion, but SX pickups rarely seem to show up on Ebay
Diesel <--- Also a good suggestion, and I'll consider these. One thing: a reviewer (on Musicians Friend, I think) said that they can be quite noisy.
Lowbrow & Lefty <--- DiMarzios are great, and I didn't realize they made P pickups with these characteristics. I read a bit about them, and they may be what I want.
Nedmundo <--- I had a 1981 G&L L2000 for awhile, and while the MFDs were loud, they were a bit more refined and smooth than what I'm looking for.
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03-07-2013, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winnipeg | | | Another vote for the Dimarzio Model P. |
03-09-2013, 01:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Napa, CA | | | yes the Dimarzio Model P is spectacular. It is a great value and perfect to "wake up" a bass that is a little laid back and woolly.
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03-09-2013, 01:25 PM
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Endorsing Artist :Alleva-Coppolo Basses |Genz-Benz |REDDI|Westone IEM | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin,TX- New York,NY | | | I put a Dimarzio Billy Sheehan P pickup in one of my basses. Holy Molly it is HOT output... Great mids in my opinion... allows the growl to come through.. plenty of highs too.. not mid scooped in the least
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03-09-2013, 02:43 PM
| | | | Dimarzio, or if you want what you're describing but not dimarzio, schaller, because its basically the same. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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