AllParts $40 MM pickup... crap?

[JohnnyLiBass]

Looking to see if anyone has thrown one of these cheap, or should i say inexpensive, pickups into one of their basses. $40 isnt a lot of money to piss away, but i'd rather not just flush away all my beer money on a total hunk of crap.

Thanks!
John

 

[mmbongo]

You can pick up a used Duncan or Bartolini in that price range, I'd to that route.

 

[BassLife77]

If there is no description or reviews I wouldn't trust it. Probably a made in china junk pickup. If you only wanna spend $40 for a pickup then get a GFS http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Plus-Alnico-Music-Man-style-pickup-INCREDIBLE-tone_p_323.html The ceramic magnet version is only $30 http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Music-Man-size-pickup-MAXIMUM-string-response_p_322.html

 

[Andy_D]

I've been wondering how the Kent Armstrong MM pickups stack up. The KA HBMN1 can be had for ~ $50 on ebay.

 

[gjbassist]

If there is no description or reviews I wouldn't trust it. Probably a made in china junk pickup. If you only wanna spend $40 for a pickup then get a GFS http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Plus-Alnico-Music-Man-style-pickup-INCREDIBLE-tone_p_323.html The ceramic magnet version is only $30 http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Music-Man-size-pickup-MAXIMUM-string-response_p_322.html

+1
I have used a couple of these in different basses. Great pickup for the money!

 

[JohnnyLiBass]

If there is no description or reviews I wouldn't trust it. Probably a made in china junk pickup. If you only wanna spend $40 for a pickup then get a GFS http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Plus-Alnico-Music-Man-style-pickup-INCREDIBLE-tone_p_323.html The ceramic magnet version is only $30 http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Music-Man-size-pickup-MAXIMUM-string-response_p_322.html

That is crazy cheap. $30? wow. I'm certainly not tied to buying a pickup for $30-40, but more curious about the quality/ sound. I've heard really good things about the Carvin MM that you can get through their store for $79, so I was thinking about going that route... But with nice things being said about the GFS pickup, I might just have to make this bass a $$ for the same price as a single MM!

 

[kjpollo]

You can pick up a used Duncan or Bartolini in that price range, I'd to that route.

I have a Duncan MM in my Clement custom and its an excellent pickup. Plenty of punch and cuts through 2 guitars pretty well.

 

[Rip Topaz]

If there is no description or reviews I wouldn't trust it. Probably a made in china junk pickup. If you only wanna spend $40 for a pickup then get a GFS http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Plus-Alnico-Music-Man-style-pickup-INCREDIBLE-tone_p_323.html The ceramic magnet version is only $30 http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-MM-Pro-Music-Man-size-pickup-MAXIMUM-string-response_p_322.html

I've had good luck with GFS pickups. Haven't tried their MM, but their P pickups and the lipstick tube humbuckers are good.

 

[JimmyM]

No experience with that pickup, but other than the polepieces sticking up too high, I think the stock pickups in my SX bass are quite good. So I wouldn't go strictly by price.

 

[SGD Lutherie]

I think the stock pickups in my SX bass are quite good. So I wouldn't go strictly by price.

They are surprisingly good for what they are. I had an SX Tele here to change the pickups and some hardware, and the sounded quite good. The replacements sounded a bit better, but it wasn't Earth shattering. But boy they were funky looking!

 

[TheMightyWoot1]

Another +1 for GFS. I have the MM on this crazy "suitcase bass" a local guy put together. He put a terrible guitar pickup on it, but I replaced it with the GFS, and it made a whole world of difference

 

[BassLife77]

I've had good luck with GFS pickups. Haven't tried their MM, but their P pickups and the lipstick tube humbuckers are good.

I popped a GFS alnico P in my SVF bass and I get great growly clear mids. You can't beat the quality for the price. They are prone to sell out but I see they have them in stock again. http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-PB-Pro-P-Bass-style-pickups-Sweet-Alnico-Vintage-Tone_p_333.html

 

[joeyl]

I had a Duncan Designed in a parts bass that I bought, and it sounded terrible IMO. I tossed it out and replaced it with a real MM pickup

 

[scoote3639]

I have two of the all parts MM 40 pickups in a reworked KEN SMITH PROTO-J with an AGILAR OBP-3 andtheres no sound I cant get!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome especially for the money!