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Least favorite P pickup?

#41
maturanesa said:
Bartolonis are ceramic 😐
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🤷🏻 I’d rather have a $15 Chinese ebay Alnico 5, but that’s just me.

The degree of deliberate engineering Bartolini puts into making their ceramic magnet pickups not sound harsh like typical ceramic magnet pickups makes them the exception that proves the rule, imho. Not a fan regardless but to each their own!
 
#44
I first fell into spb3s and thought they were the greatest thing. But after gigging them a couple of times, I fell out of love with them. I replaced the ones that I had with gzr and spb2 and now am much more happy with my in mix sound with both basses
 
#46
skycruiser said:
I really didn't like the DP127 Split P pickup. Dark and lifeless to my ear.
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I thought so two in every demo i've seen. The inly exception is in Adam Neelys old p-bass, where it's clear and very unique sounding. I always guessed, that it's wired in parallel in his bass as both halves are in series by themselves. Asked him online, but never got an answer...
 
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Duncan SPB-2 Hot, & SPB-3 QP. Both of which i've tried in a multitude of my pbasses of different woods (Ash, Alder, Basswood. Maple or rosewood boards). SPB-2 was just way overwound, & with all the mids it claims to have, it's seriously compressed & doesn't have any classic Pbass tone. SPB-3 i enjoyed a little more than the 2, however it's great on its own, but in my power trio band, god the bass got lost quick & there was a void which wasn't filled by its scooped nature.

My squier affinity ceramic pickups sound way better in comparison.
 

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