Mudbucker in a P-bass

[TDR1138]

I’ve got a Model One that I bought to put in an SG Bass, but I’d have to enlarge the Gibson pickup cavity a little, and I haven’t felt like doing that, so the Model One is just waiting for me to do something with it.

I’ve got an old Squier P Bass that is a little redundant and I’m debating adding that Model One to it…

Hmm.

 

[ScarfFace]

I’ve got a Model One that I bought to put in an SG Bass, but I’d have to enlarge the Gibson pickup cavity a little, and I haven’t felt like doing that, so the Model One is just waiting for me to do something with it.

I’ve got an old Squier P Bass that is a little redundant and I’m debating adding that Model One to it…

Hmm.

Do it!

 

[pdshane]

I've got a Squier maple jazz bass with the sidewinder set up. Sounds great. The best of both worlds, as I say.

 

[godofthunder59]

I use a semi 60's spec Precision I built for my Ozzy/Sabbath tribute. It has a muddy in the neck position.

 

[DDawg]

I installed a Model One at the neck ages ago in my homemade P-bass copy, along with a jazz bridge pickup. The Model One is quite over-powering, so I replaced the threaded pole-pieces with shorter ones to reduce the output somewhat. Having series-parallel switching for the Model One coils really helped too. Parallel mode reduces the mud, and series mode brings it in really thick. The Model One also pairs very nicely with the bridge pickup.

 

[pdshane]

Any pros or cons on placing a sidewinder in the neck position versus replacing the split P in the middle position? I did the latter many years ago and got a real wood tone with a fretless rosewood neck, but lost some of the good bassy rumble, as I recall now myself thinking at that time. I'm now kind of on the fence about this.