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10-20-2009, 09:56 AM
| | | | what sounds righteous in mahogany?
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Hello,
are there any bass pickups (of any type, set-up, or brand) that sound good in mahogany bodies?
I play 80s speed metal and use a heavy pick on Rotosounds. I prefer a passive set-up.
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10-20-2009, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | All depends what kind of sound you personally think sounds righteous... everyone's tastes are different.
Sound or video examples usually help immensely to get suggestions. |
10-20-2009, 12:18 PM
| | | | okay, what do you think sounds righteous in mahogany?
that good enough, cap'n? |
10-20-2009, 12:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: kansas city, mo | | | any gibson pickup.
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10-20-2009, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Mahogany is a very dark sounding wood - I've had a few basses of this sort, and I have to say that I didn't like the sound. The wood seems to suck out the high-mids. I guess any p'up that was designed to compensate for that, perhaps like those used in old T-birds.
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10-20-2009, 09:17 PM
|  | Junkyard Scout | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dominican Republic | | bartolini js. Ive got a one piece mahogany body jazz with a graphite neck that fingerstyle just cuts thru anything. Its got a good bark. try them out.
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10-20-2009, 10:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan | | | I have no experience with passive pickups in mahogany, but (despite their numerous detractors) the EMG-35HZs in my Schecter C-4 Elite sound FANTASTIC for clear, clean, aggressive modern sound with their associated 2-band pre. |
10-20-2009, 11:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | My Ritter Roya is all mahogany and the Ritter triple buckers sound awesome in it.
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10-21-2009, 10:29 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland Basses | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hemet Calif. | | | The passive EMGs in my Dean Rhapsody BB sound killer (active EQ tho)
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10-21-2009, 10:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway | | | The reason imo why some thinks that mahogany basses sound dark and dull is because of short scale basses like Gibson sg. I have a P-bass made of mahogany and its not dull sounding at all. I actually bet that you would not be able to tell the difference between that bass and one made of alder. Body wood has very little inpact on your sound. If anything at all. |
10-21-2009, 01:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland OR | | | I've got a single Nordstrand Big Split in my USACG/Warmoth J bass build and it sounds great. Very gutsy, super detailed, plenty of output. The Warmoth body is mahogany with a zebra wood top. The Big Split is a humbucker; it's low noise would be a good asset for high-gain tones.
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