Seeing this makes me wish my explorer was routed for a PP. Because, my P-bass copy is custom painted (it's hand brushed), and I don't really want to rout out cool designs.
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Dual pickup P basses?
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I'm curious as hell as to what these kind of basses sound like with the bridge pickup soloed?
Does anyone here have any soundclips of just the bridge pickup? (And played clean, without any distortion or wild sounds effects or whatever.)
I'm curious as hell as to what these kind of basses sound like with the bridge pickup soloed?
Does anyone here have any soundclips of just the bridge pickup? (And played clean, without any distortion or wild sounds effects or whatever.)
Here are some sound clips I made a while back:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=987034&songID=8030892
If I remember right, the third time through the riff is the bridge pickup soloed with the eq flat.
I'm going to make a few more soon.
man that sound has really heavy BALLS in it!!!
althought i would prefer a more jazzy sound in the bridge... the overall sound and the bridge only sounded pretty similar
what bass did you use?
That's the bass I posted on the previous page--parts j with two p's in it. Some of the sound you're hearing has to do with the ash body and maple neck, I think, not to mention that it's recorded though a sansamp rbi, which has some mid cut to it. It's definitely not a jazzy sound in the bridge--mine is more of a rock bass. As I said, I'm going to try to get a few more samples up when I get a chance, recorded through a somewhat different rig.
Thanks for posting!
Wow, that sounds pretty thin.
I would have thought that it would still sound somewhat full, compared with a Jazz pickup at least?
thanks Jumbotron!
my only fear about instaling the P in the bridge is that the sound of the bridge only and the neck only will be very similar...
i want a rock bass but with a little diversity too!
my only fear about instaling the P in the bridge is that the sound of the bridge only and the neck only will be very similar...
i want a rock bass but with a little diversity too!
Personally, I wouldn't worry about that, I'm pretty sure that the "bridge P" will be close enough to the bridge for there to be a noticeable difference in tone, I'm sure it will sound a lot brighter and less bassy. After all, it's usually the PU position that makes the most the difference in sound and the pickup type really isn't as important.
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I know what you are talking about.. I saw one on 48th st in NYC
John Waite from the Babys played one. they were all piled up together and looked diamond shaped..
John Waite from the Babys played one. they were all piled up together and looked diamond shaped..
the last riff was with the bridge pickup only?
man, the last riff was awesome... great sound, punchy as a Tyson's hit!
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Three of the four songs on this page are with the dual P. The first song (By The Time) was the bridge pickup soloed. The next two are a blend of the two pickups. The last song was actually done with a Warwick.
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This is my '80s Electra. I spent about a week repairing the original booster/preamp. A friend panted the body in a Rat Rod finish, I made the checkerboard pickguard and levelled/dressed the frets. It puts out a TON of tonal variety, including a great, straightup P tone. The neck just about plays itself.
pretty jazzy and punchy tone in By The Time!
Thanks for the kind words guys - I love (and miss) my old band.
The Duncan quarter pounder in the bridge was key to the tone, I think. A little hotter, and more snarly than the Duncan "Hot" in the standard P position. I don't think two of the same pickups would have worked as well.
My bridge P has a very different tone to the neck, like a J bridge but with more grunt. To be fair I only really use the neck and both together option live, although for the occasional solo fill I have used the bridge soloed for a totally different tone. No clips I'm afraid
Put these up in another thread already, but figured I'd put them here too. I made some new soundclips that really bring out the difference between the two pickups. This time with a thicker tone, too (I've got my PBDDI set rather differently than I had my RBI set up). All these clips are through an EBS multicomp into the PBDDI. I thought about not using the compressor, but heck, that's my tone, so there ya go. Nothing too crazy, though.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=987034&songID=8206851
Here's the order. All clips are with the Audere EQ flat unless otherwise noted.
First four clips are all fingerstyle:
(1) both pickups on full
(2) neck soloed
(3) bridge soloed
(4) bridge soloed with low-z switch engaged on the Audere (this is one of my favorite tones).
Next three clips are with a pick:
(1) both pickups on full
(2) neck soloed
(3) bridge soloed.
And, for the heck of it, here's another picture. I'm a proud papa.
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http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=987034&songID=8206851
Here's the order. All clips are with the Audere EQ flat unless otherwise noted.
First four clips are all fingerstyle:
(1) both pickups on full
(2) neck soloed
(3) bridge soloed
(4) bridge soloed with low-z switch engaged on the Audere (this is one of my favorite tones).
Next three clips are with a pick:
(1) both pickups on full
(2) neck soloed
(3) bridge soloed.
And, for the heck of it, here's another picture. I'm a proud papa.
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Jumbotron, that was the Holy Bible of the Dual P recordings!
Now I'm pretty sure that I'm going to walk the "Dark Side" of the Dual P
by the way, what was that bass? brand? and the neck pickup?
Now I'm pretty sure that I'm going to walk the "Dark Side" of the Dual P
by the way, what was that bass? brand? and the neck pickup?
Jumbotron, that was the Holy Bible of the Dual P recordings!
Now I'm pretty sure that I'm going to walk the "Dark Side" of the Dual P
by the way, what was that bass? brand? and the neck pickup?
Thanks! (You should totally go for it.)
I put together that bass myself. It's a swamp ash warmoth body and WD neck. The neck pickup is a Fender '62, and the bridge pickup is a Dimarzio Model P. More info about the build is here if you're curious: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475387.
