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Really good! I had a red one like this a year ago but with the LB100 alnico pickups. As you'd expect the MFDs have more of everything and take this bass to a higher level. The neck pickup sounds similar to an SB-1, but the bridge sounds like a thicker P-toned Jazz pickup. More meat, nice mids, great growl.
Given your experience with them, here's a hypothetical for you;
I have a Fender Blacktop Jazz with a dual-P pickup placement that looks to be very close to your G&L. I, also, have a spare MFD pickup lying around in my parts bin. If one were to replace one of the two pickups, which spot would you drop it into?
For the record, the Blacktop's bridge pup also has a very Jazzy sound to begin with.
Also for the record, I recently swapped my Blacktop's neck. It's an older photo, but here's it's current incarnation. (I'll eventually drag it outside for a full and proper photo-shoot, but the recent weather has not been conducive. 
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I've had a few dual P basses now, and I like this one best so far. Regular alnico P pickups in the neck position sound fine to me, but the bridge P alnicos don't sound meaty enough for me. Overwound pickups didn't really help, they were too dark sounding.
So I would suggest trying your MFD in the bridge position. You might need to adjust pickup heights to get the relative volume balanced, I've never tried that combination. Good luck, let us know if it works out!
Thanks for letting me pick your brain. This is the only dual-P bass I've ever had, and probably ever will, so it's great to get some perspective from someone more experienced.
As for the originals, the specs list them as "Blacktop™ Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®", so I have no idea if they were the Fender Standard pups of the era (c.2011-2013) or something altogether different.
I don't know if I'll try it or not, but the idea of installing an Audere on-the-plate preamp that's also lying around my workspace has been percolating in my brain for a bit. If I go there, that could be a good excuse to try a quick pickup swap and see what happens.
Sentell B44(reverse) or B44REG (regular split)
https://www.sentellpickups.net/bass
Here's my dual P with two Dimarzio's in "double P" covers.
Here's the pickup compared to a MM pickup:
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Been reading through this thread and thought I would share mine-
Made it out of a cheap Dean bass some years ago. I was inspired by the Warwick explorer and buzzard basses, and it would be perfect except for the clear coat I applied cracked everywhere and as others have said the E A and D G strings are like two different instruments. The neck PU is in the standard P location and each one sounds great on its own, but together it just doesnt work.
Going to try two EMG 35 P pickups in my Spector 4 string next to see how that works.
Made it out of a cheap Dean bass some years ago. I was inspired by the Warwick explorer and buzzard basses, and it would be perfect except for the clear coat I applied cracked everywhere and as others have said the E A and D G strings are like two different instruments. The neck PU is in the standard P location and each one sounds great on its own, but together it just doesnt work.
Going to try two EMG 35 P pickups in my Spector 4 string next to see how that works.
Got a comparison with these two double P beauties later this month
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Specs:
Speesy passive 4 string
Scale: 35 inch
Frets: 20
Body: Swamp Ash
Top: Birdseye Maple
Neck: neck thru
Neck: Wenge and Padouk
Carbon rods: Yes
Fingerboard: White Ebony
Bridge: Kickass by Hipshot
Speesy passive 4 string
Scale: 35 inch
Frets: 20
Body: Swamp Ash
Top: Birdseye Maple
Neck: neck thru
Neck: Wenge and Padouk
Carbon rods: Yes
Fingerboard: White Ebony
Bridge: Kickass by Hipshot
I fully realize that I am not in the club yet. Couldn't help but post the start of my new project.
I'm not wild about the aesthetics of these, but I've been curious about them for a while now since they're some of the only off-the-shelf dual Ps around.
Got a comparison with these two double P beauties later this month
Did Warmoth do the routing for the bridge P? What are your plans for this one (neck, finish, pickups, electronics, etc... spill the details!)?
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Got a comparison with these two double P beauties later this month
That’s actually a really good pickup position layout in my book. Bridge pickup not right up against the bridge, neck pickup not too far from the bridge pickup and both reversed.
That’s actually a really good pickup position layout in my book. Bridge pickup not right up against the bridge, neck pickup not too far from the bridge pickup and both reversed.
That's what I love about em. Great tone from both pickups individually as well as together with this config. The bridge pickup is about in the MM position too.
Yes, Warmoth routed the bridge P pickup cavity for me. It is not one of Warmoth's dropdown options on their ordering site. You just have to specify another bridge pickup (I selected a jazz pickup) and then in the notes section specify that you want a P pickup route instead.
I am giving the body an amber color by using artists oil paint and then multiple coats of Tru oil. I am going for a satin finish.
Pickups will be 2 EMG active Ps, 2 volume, no tone control. No pickguard. There is a battery route on the back of the body.
I am opting for a low mass bridge, which goes against my typical choice of Hipshot A style.
Neck will be Warmoth roasted maple, reverse Tele headstock, no fret markers (side dots only). It will need to be either white or pearl side dots, as the black ones disappear against the roasted maple on a dark stage. Jazz neck dimensions with slim taper.
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I agree. Would look better with no pickguard.
Pardon my ignorance but what bass model it is?
It also reminded me of Neil Murray's customised Kramer 4000 (or 4001) with two reversed P-pickups back to back:
He also had a similar close-knit reverse-P config on his BC Rich:
Great Sunn Coliseum head and a rare Moog SynAmp in the background.
