Fender "Original '62 reissue" precision pickups?

Fender "Original" 62 pickups are more of a vintage tone, with some say have slight emphasis in upper mids (useful with flatwound strings).

Fender Original Precision Bass Pickups | Fender

SD Quarter Pounder would probably be on the other side of the spectrum, with more edgy extended tones available.

Quarter Pound P-Bass

 

Last week I sold a fender mim p bass with an original 62 pup installed. Great pickup if you're going for a much more old school, round, thumpy tone. If you're wanting that more modern "punk", grindy, metallic tone, the quarter pounder would be a great place to start. Do have someone in mind you're trying to emulate tone wise?

 

My clear preference is F Original '62's over the SD Quarter Pounders. However, choosing is a subjective matter.

 

The Basslines version is the same as the SD version, just with a different logo, btw. The QP has a lot more output, and more qrowly lows and low mids. Great for punk, and those will sometimes even distort tube preamps (which is a good thing). Keep in mind, though, that classic punk was probably made with whatever pickups were in the bass at the time, which means the stock pickups.

 

This is my friends brother. He does some decent reviews on stuff and did one on the quarter pounder.

Now watch this one with the same bass but stock pickups

 

No prob!

 

The Quarter Pounder would def be a good pick for punk type tones for sure over the '62 Pickup.

Also check out the EMG Geezer P bass pickup. I liked it better than 1/4 pounder More mids & more versatile can go from old school to classic rock to aggressive modern rock / punk type tones.

 

Those are some great videos!

 

The best pickup for old-school punk is the Fender '75 (which is in the stock MiM).

 

Jay Bentley of Bad Religion uses Dimarzio Model P DP122 pickups. I favor it for faster old school punk rock over the SD Quarter Pounder (which is the prototypical modern pop punk pickup).

 

Listen to the intro of The Damneds, Love Song..thats a late 70's P with original PU's.....grind and clang heaven.

 

If someone called the SPB3-QP "thin" then those HAD to be damaged or something. These pickups will put your p-bass sound into the "modern" side of the spectrum. If you like punk music then I suppose you use a pick quite a lot, the extended magnets plus the bite of the pick will give a very aggressive sound, want it more "metallic" ? dime the tone up.

Listen to Fallen Angel - Iron Maiden , that's the sound I get from my MIM Fender P with the QP (finger style) but without the "clank" of strings hitting the frets that steve harris uses, I prefer a higher string action.

 

Yeah, I have heard the SPB-3 called a lot of things, but never, ever thin. Usually it is the sound description you hear when using QPs for awhile, and then go back to a bass with a vintage pickup...as in 'this bass sounds so thin to me now!'

 

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