Pbass Project!

I need some opinions, here. I plan on making a Pbass eventually with another pickup at the bridge, but I can't decide which one to get.

I'll be using a Status Graphite P-replacement neck on a Warmoth Dinky-P body made of swamp ash. I plan on top routing it, the whole thing being passive (to play nice with my effects). I'm thinking about giving each pickup a set of stacked tone/vol knobs, and using a switch for series/parallel.

Now what I'm looking for in a second pickup is something that will compliment the P pickup. I like bright sounding basses, and I guess I'm looking for what a P lacks, some mids and some treble (but I still want a solid low end). I plan on playing this bass in a lot of different musical situations, for example I'm playing with a metal band right now while working on another indie rock project. My current Pbass is SUPER hot, and I guess I've gotten used to that; my rig is built around that in some ways. So I guess I want something that I can use for a solo or a lead sound. I actually do a lot of soloing and leading in many of my projects...

I love the P sound, and I was planning on using Nordstrand NP4's for hte P pickup. Of the other pickups, I was thinking about using a Nordstrand Fatstack, a Nordstrand MM4._ pickup, or a G&L MFD humbucker. Remember, this bass is all passive, so the MM pickup won't have a preamp.


Feel free to suggest any other pickup, too.

 

Man, I made all kinds of typos in the Poll! I meant Fatstack and G&L.

 

Can anyone clarify as to why they've chosen their answer?

 

Seriously, what makes the Fatstack or MM better than the G&L?

And will the MM sound ok without a preamp?

 

Ah. Good point.

The only one I've tried was the G&L, and I liked it a lot. I seem to be leading in that direction, but if I can hear some discussion about them, I'd really appreciate it.