What's everybody's opinion on delano pickups? I recently bought a maruszczyk with the jc5 and mm pu and love the sound of them in fact I would go as far as to say they are the best sounding pickups I've heard in my years of playing
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In my limited experience with them, they seem to make a really good product. Both their pickups and preamps are big on clarity and a wide sonic range. In other words, what many people would refer to as a “modern” tone. I wouldn’t hesitate to use their products if that was the tone I was looking for. They have a great reputation.
Even though I'm running them passively, the combination of the JMVC4 FE/M2 and the MC4 FE are pretty damn cool…so much so I'm planning on moving them over to a J/MM/J Projekt I have on the backburner.
I have their FE/M2 AS in a 5 string Sire P and it sounds fantastic.
I have SBC HE/S-4 soapbars with passive tone circuit on my two Lignum uke basses. They both sound great with surprisingly massive low B and a very loud high C on the six.
I love Delano pickups!
The first time I met them, it was on a Marleaux Consat, one of the finest basses I ever laid my hands on. And I immediately realized that a big part of the sound was in the pickups.
Now I have them in my Sandberg Classic 6 and of course these are the pickups I spec’ed for my Maruszczyk build.
For me, simply the best pickups.
The first time I met them, it was on a Marleaux Consat, one of the finest basses I ever laid my hands on. And I immediately realized that a big part of the sound was in the pickups.
Now I have them in my Sandberg Classic 6 and of course these are the pickups I spec’ed for my Maruszczyk build.
For me, simply the best pickups.
Their JMVC4 FE/M2 are great. I have them in my #1 and #2 basses, and have a spare set on the shelf. Deep without being muddy, great mids and non-brittle highs. Fairly high output. Even tone/volume string to string. You cannot go wrong with these.
I have, they were awesome. Played them in the Sandberg Anniversary bass. They sounded great in all configs.
I had a Delano Sonar preamp in another bass and thought it was an excellent preamp as well.
I played a J/MM set in another bass and didn't like them, but may have been another issue, who knows.
I also have a pair of JMVC4 FE/M2 and I really like them. In my top 3 for jazz bass.
Delano Xtenders with Sonar 3/S preamp and pickup configuration switches on my Maruszczyk. As you can see from the Warwick Corvette $$ with MEC pickups beside it, I like the pickup configuration option. The Spectra Pro has Nordstrom pickups with a mid boost center switch and passive switch, and it's very bright compared to the other two (but adding bass at the instrument tames the brightness).
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Cool.
I think they look great.
Id love to drop them in a jazz bass, or better yet, a Maruszcyk build.
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I hope i enjoy the delano jazz pickups with giant pole pieces - my next build is a set of those with a bart TCT preamp in a short scale bass. Crossing my fingers it sounds pretty bright with stainless steel strings in spite of the scale length
Well, Maruszczyk offers even more advanced preamps than I have, though a bass/mid/treble is enough for my needs, I'm not sure that I'd even use the extra functionality that a mid-frequency selection switch would give me, but ... maybe? I use it on the Spectra but rarely change it... sometimes on the BDDI just because it sounds a bit too "deep" in my usual switch preference.
Anyway, these Xtenders are some of the best sounding pickups I have ever heard, without question. They're warm, have lots of range and the preamp has excellent capability. Not only is this true, but in passive mode, the treble acts as a tone knob and with the controls set to neutral I cannot tell the difference between the preamp sound and the passive sound - there is no noise and there is no inherent boost going on without you adding it with the controls. That's a first for me with an active bass, usually there is a slightly hotter signal coming out of the active preamp even with the controls set to neutral.
Incidentally, the 3/S model of the Sonar preamp is a stacked knob for mid + bass. However, I don't see it explicitly listed on their web site.
DELANO ACTIVE ELECTRONICS
Scaling new heights in perfecting the tonal capabilities of magnetic pickups, the Delano Xpure and Sonar electronics are designed for just one purpose: Making a good tone even better.
I have them in a 6 string, 2 quad coil and enough switching to make use of their features. Lot of option. They are pretty clean and high-fi
I am waiting for the Delano Precision -Alnico and also a Noll bass and treble active EQ with a passive tone and bypass option ( it was not cheap)
I am waiting for the Delano Precision -Alnico and also a Noll bass and treble active EQ with a passive tone and bypass option ( it was not cheap)
I have them in a US Jazz Deluxe, now wired passive. JMVC4 FE/M2 I think is the model. All done by the previous owner. I think they're great. I expected them to be more HiFi or aggressive but they are best described as Fat IMO. Partially due to the humcancelling design perhaps, plenty of top end and bottom end on tap, but not in an aggressive way.
I think people overstate the effect scale length has on the tone, I have 4 short scale basses and only one of them could be described as dark and that is the one that is made out of mahogany.
I'm with Ian Allison, they sound kind of "tubby" to me. Mid focused and deep all the way up the neck. There's almost a chorus sound on D/G strings on frets above 10 with the two short-scales that I play regularly. It's not wrong, it's just different.
The chorus thing is normally because your pickup height is off. I think it's too close to the strjngs if I remember correctly.
