Delano SBC (dual coil) -> Barts MK4CBC

Cant find a suitable pickup for my Ibanez GVB-36. It came with MK1 Barts, I put Delanos there instead, but it's still super bright and not enough bottom. Would MK4 help? Or maybe something darker with more bottom and low-mids?

P.S. Have to be soapbars.

 

Series. Parallel will be even brighter, no?

 

Yup. Just swapped pups with my Carvin Icon fretless. Now Icon sounds awesome with Delanos but Ibby sounds very muffled. Those standard Carvin pups almost have a built in LPF. So, in theory, something less bright than Delanos but brighter than Carvin's soapbars should be ok.

 

Mine is SBC 5 Driver HE/S Driver. Carvins have small string spacing, so even though Delano lists this as a 5 string pickup, I'm using it on a 6-er. Sound wise should be identical. I like it on this bass (mahogany body, maple neck, neckthrough) - it actually makes Carvin alive, works wonders here, most likely because the bass has a dark overall tone. On a fretted GVB36 (bolt-on, alder body, fretted) it was way too harsh for me. Overall, these Delanos sound bright, but very organic at the same time. If I would compare them, to, say EMG DC40, I would say that they're both bright, however EMG sound more compressed and "artificial", whereas Delanos sound more transparent and glassy (in a good way). Then again, it's a matter of taste, so I can see how some might find Delanos somewhat cold and clinical as opposed to, say, Bartolini Classic Bass Series.

 

Blades, otherwise I would have problems with putting a 5 string pickup on a 6 string bass and I hear no issues - all strings sound the same (level wise).