bass with pickup close to bridge

[shwashwa]

just looking for some names, maybe a list of basses that have the bridge pickup really close to the bridge. im finding that i think i like this tone. the ones off the top of my head: Carl Thompson seems to have the pickup right up against the bridge on some of his 70's models. ken smith seems to have it really close too. i think the standard spector PJ has the J pretty close to the bridge. and Wal also. any others?

 

[bkbirge]

Any cheap P can be routed for a J humping the bridge. It is a cool sound but I think why so few do it is because the output level drops off pretty drastically there. Love the burp though.

 

[mark beem]

The old Peavey Palaedium had the pickup very close to the bridge.

 

[shwashwa]

surfing the internet it kind of looks like the warwick thumb had it pretty close to the bridge too, is that right?

 

[motorhall]

The old Peavey Palaedium had the pickup very close to the bridge.

Or its successor, the Dean Jeff Berlin model. You want the old one made in the Czech Republic, if you can find one.

 

[msact]

Here is my 1981 Washburn B-40. This has a J pup very close to the bridge and the P pup very close to the neck. A really nice sounding bass. Not easy to find these days.

 

[ThudThudThud]

^----Beat me to it!
I was going to mention that Washburn did a number of P/J configurations with the bridge pickup WAYYY back.

 

[spiritbass]

Lakland Jerry Scheff?

 

[KJung]

just looking for some names, maybe a list of basses that have the bridge pickup really close to the bridge. im finding that i think i like this tone. the ones off the top of my head: Carl Thompson seems to have the pickup right up against the bridge on some of his 70's models. ken smith seems to have it really close too. i think the standard spector PJ has the J pretty close to the bridge. and Wal also. any others?

As you mentioned, Ken Smith. Roscoe, Sadowsky Modern, Peavey Cirrus. Also, of course, custom builders like Skjold can do that for you.

Really digging the Bartolini loaded Century Roscoe model. Burpy and tight and bappy, but BIG sounding at the same time. 35" scale, 18.3mm spacing. The Sadowsky Metro Modern will also get you there in a 34" scale with full 19mm spacing. Both 'top notch'. The Roscoe Century Standard + is by far the best deal out there for a 'boutique' quality instrument at a reasonable price IMO. They come up used in the classified often.

 

[mmbongo]

I've always wanted to play one of these Warriors with this pickup config:

 

[amimbari]

wow pickups really close to the edge of the bridge on some of these basses.... "close" being the keyword.

but how about touching it?

.

 

[iiipopes]

Rickenbacker 4005

 

[stonewall]

Musicman Stingray and Sterling

 

[shwashwa]

i think steinberger would qualify here too, but not the new single pickup version

 

[Dluxe]

The early Kramer Pioneer Imperial basses had the single, and then double, J pickups really close to the bridge

 

[elgecko]

Modulus Quantum "Turbo"

 

[Staccato]

How close is close? LTD B-204FM

 

[bassmanrocke]

Peavey foundations have the rear pickup right next to the bridge.

 

[sloppy_phil]

pretty sure a Ric 4002 had it right up close to the bridge

 

[msact]

Here is another of my old washburn basses with the pickup close to the bridge. My 1981 B-20-8.