P-Strat.

[Thunderscreech]

I have a squire P-bass that was given to me by a friend and is my current resotoration/mutilation project. I also have a bridge pickup from my old Strat (RIP ). I am considering putting the Strat pickup on the P-bass.

I will be putting the Strat pickup in the bridge, because that is easier and more cheaper to do. I'll also be wiring them to the same volume pot, and maybe a switch on the start pickup. This is a quick and greasy job.

I'll leave this up to ya'lls opinion as to how it will sound, cause I kinda feel the need to get that before I do anything drastic and irreversible.

 

[lavmonga]

I'm no Einstein, but I have a feeling a 6-pole single coil guitar pickup is not exactly going to give you a great bass sound.

 

[Thunderscreech]

I'm no Einstein, but I have a feeling a 6-pole single coil guitar pickup is not exactly going to give you a great bass sound.

it might not, but I have seen it done.

supposedly, the Single Coil Bass Pickup from the early P's and Tele's was a relative of the strat pickup...but I don't know.

 

[T40Chump]

Probably a silly suggestion, but why not take another Strat pup (assuming you have one) and wire them in series. Basically, you'll have another split coil. Just a thought.

Bo

 

[Thump Jr.]

Why not just get a single-coil early P-bass pickup and have a good bass pickup?

 

[jarrod cunningham]

werent the early carvin bass pickups guitar pickups ?

 

[Thunderscreech]

Why not just get a single-coil early P-bass pickup and have a good bass pickup?

Because that costs money. I'm trying to spend as little as possible on this, total this'll probably run me, like, 30 bucks.

Also: It's gonna be a P in the neck and a Strat in the Bridge. P-Strat

 

[Ric5]

Rickenbacker uses the same pickups for guitar and bass.

 

[Darkstrike]

I'm no Einstein, but I have a feeling a 6-pole single coil guitar pickup is not exactly going to give you a great bass sound.

Well, the Mustang has a Strat pickup in it, just under a cover.... EDIT: Or Bronco, not sure of the model name.

Poles aren't all that important, the pickup creates a magnetic field. I've used basses with five strings, with pickups made for four strings with zero trouble before.

werent the early carvin bass pickups guitar pickups ?

Yes they were.

Oh, I use a guitar pickup in my P bass, a DiMarzio X2N-7, but it has blades, and huge low end.


Thunder, if it were me, I'd probably put it a bit closer to the neck than the P is at, like a neck J, even a little more, may just give a 50's P'ish tone.