Pickup comparison 60cs vs 62 in P bass

[GlennB]

I recently bought a simple 2012 Fender USA P bass. From appearance the pickups look like they are the 60 custom shop. It sounds "OK". I have set of 62 custom shop pickups I bought for past projects. Can anyone offer thoughts on the difference I might see if I switch them. Will the improvement be significant enough to do the swap ?

Thanks
Glenn

 

[GlennB]

I know this is an old topic, but on this board there seems to several differing claims about these pickups. Several users have said that post 2012 the pickups are 62CS , while most say 60CS. Both maybe ?

Anyway the best bet for me is just to swap them and see.

But this also makes me wonder what Fender means by Custom Shop. Really... mass produced 2012 and newer basses all having "custom shop" pickups ?

 

[Yahboy]

I only have opinion on CS60p vs Original 62p pickups.

C's60p has bit scooped sounding, thick tone on E and sound a bit thin G.Yes, she has higher output than Ori 62.

Ori 62p is bright sounding pickup, lack some bottom and more Hi mid voice present. On roundwound string, she sound uneven which the E has no ball. But on traditional Flatwound string, the balless E get well result with thuddy E string.

 

[Frenchy-Lefty]

I only have opinion on CS60p vs Original 62p pickups.

C's60p has bit scooped sounding, thick tone on E and sound a bit thin G.Yes, she has higher output than Ori 62.

Ori 62p is bright sounding pickup, lack some bottom and more Hi mid voice present. On roundwound string, she sound uneven which the E has no ball. But on traditional Flatwound string, the balless E get well result with thuddy E string.

+1 Same here and same assessment.

 

[GlennB]

Interesting comments. Makes me think I should just leave it as is. I have other projects for the 62CS.

Thanks gents

 

[Tubehed]

The Fender Original P-Bass pickups sound really nice and are a bargain at about half the price of the CS62 pups.