Lets see some mm style humbuckers with other pickups

[Deleted member 365158]

Here are a couple of mine.

 

[Deleted member 365158]

And another one

 

[fourstr00]

 

[scubaduba]

 

[Hot Rats]

I built this maybe 15 years ago and sold the body because I was not gelling with it.

 

[FearNoEvil65]

My Lakland 44-02

 

[Jugghaid]

 

[Hank Scorpio]

 

[Naigewron]

My old Sandberg VM5


And my current Lakland 55-02

 

[SulzerType2]

I've struggled with these sorts of basses. A neck single coil or P pickup encourages one sort of playing and tends to be shunted closer to the neck so is a bit darker than a stock Fender-type bass. A MM pickup tends to have more output and a taut, compressed tone and attitude. Having both on one instrument was too confusing for me, toggling between a loud bright tone and a far less snappy, quieter and darker tone.

 

[Naigewron]

I've struggled with these sorts of basses. A neck single coil or P pickup encourages one sort of playing and tends to be shunted closer to the neck so is a bit darker than a stock Fender-type bass. A MM pickup tends to have more output and a taut, compressed tone and attitude. Having both on one instrument was too confusing for me, toggling between a loud bright tone and a far less snappy, quieter and darker tone.

To me the magic often comes from blending the two pickups. I also love having the flexibility of picking different pickups for different settings. 100% neck pickup for vintage-y tones, etc.

Also, in a properly designed bass like this, the two pickups are positioned and selected to compliment eachother, so it's not really like a mix of a bass with only a neck pickup and a bass with only a bridge pickup.

 

[MaxSpinrun]

Another Lakland 44-02. I’m thinking of getting another pickguard that matches the concept in the picture that reaches up into the lower horn.

 

[SulzerType2]

To me the magic often comes from blending the two pickups. I also love having the flexibility of picking different pickups for different settings. 100% neck pickup for vintage-y tones, etc.

Also, in a properly designed bass like this, the two pickups are positioned and selected to compliment eachother, so it's not really like a mix of a bass with only a neck pickup and a bass with only a bridge pickup.

That makes a lot of sense. To be honest the three MM+J basses I had were quite cheap. The ritziest one was a Cort GB74 with a preamp. I should have been blending the pickups a bit more.

 

[jd56hawk]

Doesn't get much better than this!

 

[Fernando Costa]

Sandbergs!

 

[beatdatthang]

Warmoth Dinky P body. Peavey milestone neck (which, by the way, are the best deal on the internet - you can buy one for $99 and it’s better than any Fender neck). Put a tone monster preamp in it and series/parallel/single switch for the humbucker. Sounds really good. Weighs just under 8 lbs.

 

[Deleted member 365158]

To me the magic often comes from blending the two pickups. I also love having the flexibility of picking different pickups for different settings. 100% neck pickup for vintage-y tones, etc.

Also, in a properly designed bass like this, the two pickups are positioned and selected to compliment eachother, so it's not really like a mix of a bass with only a neck pickup and a bass with only a bridge pickup.

Yup, use both pickups together
To me, the mm has to be in the correct area… centered 3 1/2” from the g saddle.
Any closer to the bridge and you might as well use a J style pickup.

 

[bassclef112]

Warmoth Mahogany carved top Dinky P, Macassar Ebony neck/FB.
Fralin P, SD CS mm, OBP-3@18v. It's my #1.

 

[tonym]

Here are a couple of mine.View attachment 4949373

I'd love to hear more about the OLP with the angled jazz pickup. I've though of modding a Stingray short scale to a similar configuration, but I've never seen anything like this.

 

[Deleted member 365158]

I'd love to hear more about the OLP with the angled jazz pickup. I've though of modding a Stingray short scale to a similar configuration, but I've never seen anything like this.

Im very impressed with it. It still has the stock humbucker and its passive. Adding the J the way I did was after testing it on another bass i have for testing pickup configurations. I can move them around in a huge cavity I routed out. I was surprised that angle for the J was the way to go (its a bridge Wilkinson that I had lying around). I thought it was going to be the other way.
The added J thickened up the humbucker like I hoped it would. I added a series/parallel switch for the humbucker, it sounds great both ways…. Otherwise it’s volume volume tone for the pots.
I dig it, im thinking of doing a Harley Benton music man knockoff that I have and adding an Audere pre amp, that should be pretty cool!