hellow fellow bassists growler571 here. I am wondering what pickups come standard in the 2004 American standard precision basses? If I replace the standard pickups with a 57 or 62 vintage reissue pickup will it be more powerful and have a better tone than the American standard precision pickup that comes stock standard in the bass? Any info greatly appreciated.
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Fender American standard precision pickup questions.
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This is topic for the Pickups and Electronics area of the forum.
That being said, I don't think you'll notice a difference with the 62 pickups because I think those are in your bass currently. Ive used 58s and 62s and I can hear small differences, but neither is "more powerful and with better tone".
My opinion, if you're looking for a noticeably different response, get some Lindy Fralins.
That being said, I don't think you'll notice a difference with the 62 pickups because I think those are in your bass currently. Ive used 58s and 62s and I can hear small differences, but neither is "more powerful and with better tone".
My opinion, if you're looking for a noticeably different response, get some Lindy Fralins.
Salamenster has an awesome vid on youtube with these Pickups, shoot him a PM he will send you the link
Thanks for the info everyone. I have a Hot Rod precision bass with the hotter wound pickups in it and when I go back to my regular american fender precision bass it sounds significantly thinner and less in volume that the hot ridden p bass. I would like to perhaps put some Duncan's or frolics in my american standard to increase the output and have a fuller tone without changing the initial fender sound too much.
I'm not sure that any vintage pickups are the right move if what you really want is hotter output. My non scientific opinion is that to be true to the era in which they were born most vintage pickups have lower output than modern pickups.
Also understand a pickup thats overwound or "hotter" will be louder, but it does change the tone. It certainly is a degree of importance for your ears to decide.
I have a P with a very "hot" pickup, and it is loud. My other P has the "Original" precision pickups. It is not as loud, but the tone is much richer to me, more mid-present and less scooped.
The Fralins mentioned are a grest pickup as well. YouTube a ton before buying anything
I have a P with a very "hot" pickup, and it is loud. My other P has the "Original" precision pickups. It is not as loud, but the tone is much richer to me, more mid-present and less scooped.
The Fralins mentioned are a grest pickup as well. YouTube a ton before buying anything
The 62's will be a huge improvement over the 2004 American pickups. Completely different. The pickups in the Std/Series basses up to 2012 were pretty much throw aways, wound a bit too hot on plastic bobbins and slug poles. For a cheaper but definite improvement, there is the Duncan SPB-1, followed by the Fender "Original", then the current (rebranded, sans beveled poles, same exact spec as the "original") CS "62". Then there's the "63" and "58" which have slightly different specs. On the boutique side, you have Fralin, Novak and Lollar which are all great pickups that are a notch above the rest, IMO.
The majority of production (Fender, Duncan) P-style pickups are wound on very high tech machines built in Japan. They basically get someone to wind one pickup very, very well and this machine duplicates the exact winding pattern that that person used and is programmed into its system. Every pickup is an exact clone of the original. Where guys like Fralin and Lollar come in is that they still hand wind, so the result is somewhat less predictable (a little more high mid here, a little more low mid there) but they still retain the overall character of the design within a specific parameter.
The majority of production (Fender, Duncan) P-style pickups are wound on very high tech machines built in Japan. They basically get someone to wind one pickup very, very well and this machine duplicates the exact winding pattern that that person used and is programmed into its system. Every pickup is an exact clone of the original. Where guys like Fralin and Lollar come in is that they still hand wind, so the result is somewhat less predictable (a little more high mid here, a little more low mid there) but they still retain the overall character of the design within a specific parameter.
