hot pickups

[blackriverstan]

MIM fender pbass...got it used about a month ago. In good condition except for some bridge tweeking. The pickups also seem really hot. It if i pick a certain way it sounds like the speakers are clipping but the light on the amp doesnt always show clipping. I have adjusted pickup height and am still having this issue. Do I just need to keep my volume down?

 

[FunkMetalBass]

It sounds more like an amp issue to me. Are the strings hitting the pickups?

 

[Hollywars]

That happened to me on my p-bass. It's the string hitting the pick up.

 

[blackriverstan]

any quick remedy?

 

[Webtroll]

lower the pickup?

 

[blackriverstan]

i lowered them about as much as i could before the screws started getting fairly tight

 

[Webtroll]

Are these the stock MIM P pickups? They shouldn't be that hot (not weak, just not overly hot).