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Anyone ever put a Fender Wide Range or Gibby humbucker in the bridge spot on their bass? I'm curious as to how it sounds.
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Mudbucker in the Bridge Position?
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I thought I saw a pic of a Custom shop Telebass that had 2 mudbuckers(or fender equal) some where on TB not too long ago. It was priced around 6k or some thing crazy.
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Back in the late 80's I bought a bass matching exactly that right down to the sound description! (I was young and foolish, and it was cheap and a ***Gibson***) I don't suppose you also routed under the pickguard to install a 3 way toggle and do a plastic rectangular side jack mod?
I'm curious what you might do if you had the instrument back and were interested in putting something different in the bridge position that might actually work WITH the mudbucker and make it a more desirable sounding bass?
I don't think the little EB-3 pickup will quite fill up the hole....
Well, I like a nice fat neck pickup, and a nice bright bridge - so you can chose the right sound for the right song in the right venue. For example a Gibson EB3 has a very different bridge humbucker to the neck.
I did try a two-mudbucker experiment and found that the tonal difference merely from position was not great enough - you just don't get enough tonal variation... so although it works, I just prefer to have something different....
I did try a two-mudbucker experiment and found that the tonal difference merely from position was not great enough - you just don't get enough tonal variation... so although it works, I just prefer to have something different....
Not a custom shop, but a tele bass with a bridge wide range pickup, a 'modern player' to be specific.
not a great quality photo but the bass is pretty sweet.
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not a great quality photo but the bass is pretty sweet.
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Jim Lea of Slade had an EB-3 with three mudbuckers on it! Gene Simmons of Kiss had an EB-0 with the mudbucker moved up closer to the bridge.
