only one pup?

[Entwistle]

i believe it is also a gauge of how much of a man you are.

and how many lives you have taken from members of enemy gangs.

 

[Hot Rats]

Sarcasm is a lost art, I believe.

You ain't just whistling dixie, brother.

 

[seamonkey]

Somewhere I say a single pickup on rails that you could slide up and down the body. Can't remember where.

 

[line6man]

Somewhere I say a single pickup on rails that you could slide up and down the body. Can't remember where.

Well, there is this "wiper" style pickup:
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[Dan B]

Somewhere I say a single pickup on rails that you could slide up and down the body. Can't remember where.

- Westone Rail
- Gibson Grabber
- Spalt vViper (Is it Wiper or Viper)?

 

[line6man]

- Spalt vViper (Is it Wiper or Viper)?

V-Viper.

 

[walterw]

ok, smartassery aside, i think it's a matter of diminishing returns: two pickups results in a big increase in sound options over one pickup, and those options are usually all legitimately "good" sounds if the pickups are put in the right places.

three pickups can result in many more options, but a large percentage of those options are likely to not be so useful.

four pickups is just stupid.

 

[GODSBASSMAN]

I am so glad I started this one. Never laughed so hard. Please, don't stop. Some priceless material here.

 

[line6man]

four pickups is just stupid.

But with five pickups, you get an excuse to put a soap dispenser on your bass. If anyone asks you why, you tell them your Bootsy Collins licks are so funky that they are going to need a shower afterward, so there is the soap dispenser...

 

[mongo2]

One works fine for me. On a J style bass I only use the neck pickup. Which is why...

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[Floridabwoy]

That wiper thingy is actually pretty neat.

 

[Twocan]

It's like a 2nd parachute - they put in two pickups in case one of them blows up. I usually keep a few more in my pockets just in case.

 

[line6man]

One works fine for me. On a J style bass I only use the neck pickup. Which is why...

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My two basses above are the opposite.

 

[mongo2]

My two basses above are the opposite.

I noticed. If it works, it works.