Most Vintage Sounding Hum-Cancelling Soapbar Pickups

[PraiseBassing]

What are my options? What will sound the most vintage AND have no hum, in the P2 shape? I want the vintage tone when on board eq is set flat, not something to tweak to get it out of. Just looking for what will get me closest. These will go in a 55-01 Deluxe. I appreciate your help TalkBass!

 

[PraiseBassing]

We'll see how the Honey Badger Heavy Hitters fit the bill. Currently waiting on a set from @Rodent

 

[ctmullins]

What does “vintage” sound like?

 

[PraiseBassing]

What does “vintage” sound like?

Maybe that is why no one responded...

I was hoping to just get many recommendations thrown at me from other peoples ears as to what they would consider a vintage bass guitar tone.

 

[ctmullins]

I’ve never known what people mean by “vintage”, which is why I asked. Maybe I can learn something here too!

 

[PraiseBassing]

Maybe it is as simple as single coils and offset split coils? Maybe my question should have been, "Which hum-cancelling pickups that sound the most like single coils?" Not sure.

 

[4StringTheorist]

I've never owned them, but several people on this forum have described the Nordstrand Big Splits in terms that I think you'd like. Like big sounding J pickups, but with a bit of P character to them, if I'm properly remembering a description from Mo here at TB. (or maybe it was Carey on a YouTube vid?)

 

[PraiseBassing]

I've never owned them, but several people on this forum have described the Nordstrand Big Splits in terms that I think you'd like. Like big sounding J pickups, but with a bit of P character to them, if I'm properly remembering a description from Mo here at TB. (or maybe it was Carey on a YouTube vid?)

That was what Nordstrand responded to my question with as well. Since I found very few clips of the Big Splits, I went with the Honey Badger Heavy Hitters based on the clips I could find. Their is the one from @Spfairchild as well as a few from @Brady Muckelroy on Facebook. In the end it was the Muckelroy videos on FB that swayed me.