Basslines vs Bartolini vs what better MidEQ Pickups?

I'm a fan of Basslines although I have not spent time with EMG or Bartolini pickups. (I have a Bartolini preamp which is very nice, so I'm willing to bet anything they touch is great). I have spent time with a cruddy 1980's Fender pickup and the Seymour Duncans blew it away.

One thing you might consider is a good eq pedal (Boss GEB-7 or MXR 10band). This way you can really tweak your tone and not be at the mercy of only the pickup. Getting a nasal sound is easy this way too.

Not sure why you want passives but the eq pedal route will make your signal path active if that is an issue for you.

 

I'm really happy with the Dimarzio Split P that I put on a fretless P bass of mine.
They do have a fairly high output, but they give me a great clean sound. They aren't that expensive, either.....

 

I cant say I've played the others apart EMGs but that wasn't on a fender like bass. Basslines are sweet though, bought a neck one to stick into my ATK without thinking it's probably better with some kind of soapbar and gave it to a mate who has a jazz, the one on it's own made a massive difference, really nice deep midrange sound, not massive subby bass just really fat sounding but with plenty of definition. Plus there's Mark hoppus's bass tone which is awesome (even though he's a bit of a bellend) and he uses basslines. Generally really good and not too clean midrange sound with some depth.