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Pickup for a fretless P bass.

#2
A humcker version would be a nice pickup for a fretless bass. Flat wounds are the way to go. The fender pickup is a good pickup for your needs, bet I've had good luck with Dimarzios. You might wat to try a good tube amp, as they will produce a nice rich fat sound for your needs. Bass processors are always an option too. I've been using Digitech BP8 for years, and it has lots of different tone versions that might suit your needs.
 
#4
My vote goes to Villex pickups. They have full balanced organic sound, with huge lows. With the use of the mid-control (not a mere mid-cut) and the tone control fully couner-clockwise, the pickup can get close to the tone of the "upright". In fact I have ordered pickups from Villex to retrofit with Villex pickups a great fretless of mine

www.villex.com
 
#5
elwaupo said:
A humcker version would be a nice pickup for a fretless bass. Flat wounds are the way to go. The fender pickup is a good pickup for your needs, bet I've had good luck with Dimarzios. You might wat to try a good tube amp, as they will produce a nice rich fat sound for your needs. Bass processors are always an option too. I've been using Digitech BP8 for years, and it has lots of different tone versions that might suit your needs.
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Hi!
Yeah, I've tried the Fender '57 Reissue and is a great, full sounding pickup...
And about DiMarzio I had one DP146 Will Power intalled on a MiA Fender and...wow! what a sound!
 
#7
fullrangebass said:
My vote goes to Villex pickups. They have full balanced organic sound, with huge lows. With the use of the mid-control (not a mere mid-cut) and the tone control fully couner-clockwise, the pickup can get close to the tone of the "upright". In fact I have ordered pickups from Villex to retrofit with Villex pickups a great fretless of mine

www.villex.com
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I didn't know this brand...
Mid-control on a passive bass?
 
#8
Lunatic_Pandora said:
I didn't know this brand...
Mid-control on a passive bass?
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Yes, it is passive. The Villex mid-control is an integral part of the circuit and it "morphs" the tone of the pickup, unlike cutting mids or highs, allowing for a palette of tones out of the pickup. Every other pickup has one tone. Villex pickup(s) have a multitude of tones out of one pickup (or combination of Villex pickups)
 
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fullrangebass said:
Yes, it is passive. The Villex mid-control is an integral part of the circuit and it "morphs" the tone of the pickup, unlike cutting mids or highs, allowing for a palette of tones out of the pickup. Every other pickup has one tone. Villex pickup(s) have a multitude of tones out of one pickup (or combination of Villex pickups)
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That's trully interesting.
It means that if I close (counter-clockwise) the tone trying to find the upright sound I still can find different sounds with that mid-control?
 

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