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Different P-Bass Pup Shape?

EMG, Bartolini, and some OEM pickups are soapbar shaped, but 'P' or Reverse 'P' inside, some active, and others passive.
Don't know how close they sound to a (what is a?) typical 'P', because of the wide/ shallow coils in the first 'P's.