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P pickup wanted for good overdriven tone

Discussion in 'Pickups & Electronics [BG]' started by djaxup, Jul 10, 2013.

  1. Jul 10, 2013 #1
    djaxup

    djaxup

    Jul 22, 2011
    Ruhrgebiet, Germany
    I want to get my Squier CV P-Bass (the sonic blue one) a new pickup. I play that bass mostly with a pick and overdriven, since i have tons of space in the song arrangements. I have two pedals for overdrive/distortion: the Darkglass B3K and a Sansamp Leeeds.

    The Stock PU is ok, but quite weak in output, i find i need to use my Empress EQ to considerably boost its signal before going into the overdrive pedal. I prefer to put the Empress last in chain, just before the amp, so I'd prefer a hotter output.

    Any suggestions? Tone should be punky, not too trebly but i can always dial that down with the tone pot...
     
  2. Jul 10, 2013 #2
    Wolffgang

    Wolffgang

    Jan 1, 2012
    Newcastle, Australia
    I stuck a '62 RI in in my mexican P, and I've been loving it. The treble is a little harsh with stainless strings (we use DR neons as a gimmick), but this can be easily countered with nickel/flats/tone pot/eq/carrots.

    I've been finding it an amazing swiss army knife pickup/bass, it doesn't everything I want it to. I use a Darkglass B3K and Vintage for dirt, and they both sing with it.

    The only thing is I didn't like as much without my Streamliner; it still sounded good into my CTM-300, but not *quite* the same magic. It could still get plenty old-school, but it had a harder time getting a little more modern. Specifically, it couldn't quite cop the tone from Nickelback's Animals (don't shoot me, it's a good song :D), whereas it could with the STL. It's probably just an amp thing, but I thought I'd point it out just in case.
     
  3. Jul 10, 2013 #3
    Dave W

    Dave W

    Mar 1, 2007
    Westchester, NY
    DiMarzio Model P
     
  4. Jul 10, 2013 #4
    djaxup

    djaxup

    Jul 22, 2011
    Ruhrgebiet, Germany
    That 122?
     
  5. Jul 10, 2013 #5
    SolarMan

    SolarMan

    Aug 2, 2011
    Marlborough, MA
    I'm a fan of the Delano PMVC 4Fe/M2

    Massive output from a passive pup - and full sound.

    Here it is on a P-bass through a Bassman 20 with volume set at 6½ - and no pedals or effects - played agressive pickstyle:

    https://soundcloud.com/solarman-1/bassman20atsixpointfive

    edit:

    And here it is thru JamUp (iOS) into the Super Bassman - again only using a bit more gain for the distortion, no effect pedal. Recording into GarageBand.

    Pickstyle but this time roundwound strings (the previous recording was flats)

    https://soundcloud.com/solarman-1/fried-cake

    Hope this helps

    And, as always, check out the Bill Lawrence P-46. For $60 it may be impossible to beat.