Double Ps?

[punisher911]

If 1 P pup is good, why don't we see more double P pup basses? I have personally never played one. I've seen a few basses with 2 P pickups. What is bad about them that the single P or P/J route is more popular?

 

[bigsnaketex]

God doesn't like more than one pickup on a P Bass.

 

[markkoelsch]

I have a Vantage with 2 Dimarzio P on it, and it is a really great bass. Frankly, I think it is a much better combo than a PJ...fuller tonally. I have not played more than 1 or 2 PJ basses that I liked- I always found the J to be too thin to sit well with a P.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

I suppose that two of the SAME pickup is putting the heavy emphasis on their relative placement under the strings to make them sound different from each other.

A P and a J pickup combo, for example, have the differences in placement AND the differences in how they're wound and constructed BOTH to give you a wider range of sound.

More difference, I'd say.

 

[rupture]

If one sucks two would suck twice as bad ! just kidding dont hate

 

[Bassamatic]

I am working on a Lee Sklar tribute bass with 2 reverse Ps. I added a second P to a Yammie BB400. The sound is VERY nice, but I still need to move the neck pup up another inch or 2 for more bottom and make a nice little pickguard to cover the hole.

The advantage of 2 P pups is that the bridge pup gives you a sound that is more "growly" without the bright zinginess of a J pickup.

BTW - I also believe that the reverse configuration is the better placement, as it gives more bottom to the lighter strings.

 

[brotherbassj]

Fenders have done this in the eighties and currently (double P's). I have also seen older models including Vantage as mentioned, Warwick has done a mirrored image setup of double P's and BC Rich uses double P's regularly on their basses over the years..........so they are around

 

[RadioactiveGuy4]

I think that they look kinda dumb. I know thats a bad way to judge a bass but its how i feel about it. I did play a fender black top jazz that had two P's in it and it sounded ok but it didnt really speak to me. Now two Hummbuckers on a bass is a totaly ok

 

[mark beem]

My double Ps..

 

[Staredge]

'cause then it would be a P-P, and that's just embarrassing.

 

[SherwoodGreen]

Alien Audio uses a Double P in some configurations I believe.
I've heard GOOD things about them too.

 

[wvbass]

Doesn't Fender make a double P? Blacktop Jazz, maybe?

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/fender-blacktop-jazz-bass

 

[Mastermold]

Fender Elite II P-basses from 1983. Great basses.

 

[DuShauh]

My double Ps..

That Sir, is IMO one of the best "mass produced" basses ever. BTW although a slightly different flavor, two EMG P6's sound amazing in that bass!!

Sorry for the derail. But you just don't see TL-6's everyday.

 

[topcat2069]

Fender Elite II P-basses from 1983. Great basses.

This is the one I had....

This is what it sounded like:
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[haystack55]

'cause then it would be a P-P, and that's just embarrassing.

baaaahahahahaaaa

 

[Ric5]

the reverse configuration is the better placement, as it gives more bottom to the lighter strings.

+1

 

[Ric5]

The guy with the Moody Blues has a p-bass wirh 3 p-pickups in a row ...

 

[mark beem]

That Sir, is IMO one of the best "mass produced" basses ever. BTW although a slightly different flavor, two EMG P6's sound amazing in that bass!!

Sorry for the derail. But you just don't see TL-6's everyday.

I agree, great basses!! I'm curious, are the EMGs drop-in replacements?

 

[bigsnaketex]

yes, the EMG's are direct drop in replacement as are the Seymour Duncan quarter pounders which I have in mine now.