New Pickup Advice

[Zangetsu]

Hello all, I'm new around these parts, love the forums. Was hoping someone could help me out with choosing new pickups for my bass.

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I play an ESP LTD B-50 through a Marshall MB4410 and was considering upgrading my bass but the ESP is just to hard to let go of so I've decided to give it a makeover. I haven't really got a clue about bass parts and pups, dunno where to start.

The music we play is a mash of muse/kyuss/klaxons so I'm looking for a huge deep room bending sound. Is there any pickups that might help me achieve that?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


Also, are there any other components on the bass I could upgrade to make it a lil better?

 

[Fretlessboy]

What's wronge with the sound of it? What do you want it to sound like?

 

[Shareef]

I would see if you can try out a few basses with different brand pickups on (EMG/Seymour Duncan etc.) and see which ones give you the exact kind of sound you want. Also I'd replace the bridge and nut, that would probably make a positive difference.

 

[fullrangebass]

IMHO strings and pickups provide a phenomenal difference comapred with the one provided by changing the nut and bridge

 

[Energy]

IMHO strings and pickups provide a phenomenal difference comapred with the one provided by changing the nut and bridge

I'm not sure about the bridge, but to swap a plastic nut for a bone nut definitely is a step forward.

concerning pickups, I second Frettlessboy's post: try to describe the sound you want.

 

[Zangetsu]

Well as I said the music we play of muse/kyuss/klaxons so anything along the lines of the huge, warm, fuzzy, defined low frequancies Chris Wolstenholme seems to pop out on every song...

The music we play is a mash of muse/kyuss/klaxons so I'm looking for a huge deep room bending sound. Is there any pickups that might help me achieve that?

Think of a tractor...

 

[Energy]

Alright. To get a bigger low end you can start by varying the pickup hight. Bring the pickup(s) closer to the strings and you will get a thicker sound. If adjusting the pickup hight doesn't help, you can think about getting new pickups. Try the S.D. Quarterpounders.