First, some context. I recently bought a 1994 SR-400 (passive) which has the stock Ibanez DXP/DXJ pups. After cleaning it up and putting new strings on it, I am very happy with the sound. It has a nice defined tone (some might say "growl", but I would call it "texture") with plenty of low end and, really, more highs than I want - easily fixed by cranking the tone pot down.
Now, I have this GSR200 which I found stupidly cheap (which was why I grabbed it). I love the way it plays (they both have identical strings btw), but the stock pups are meh. I have put in a bypass switch for the preamp, and found that the sound is pretty much the same unless I crank up the Phat EQ; so I run it passive 90% of the time anyway.
So: I'm looking to find a set of pups (really the P is the only important one because I never use the J) that will approximate what I have in the '94 SR400. I mostly want that well defined tone and solid low end; the highs are not important because I usually roll off the tone pot on both basses. And yes, I want to keep the pups on the SR400 so no swapping.
Now, I have this GSR200 which I found stupidly cheap (which was why I grabbed it). I love the way it plays (they both have identical strings btw), but the stock pups are meh. I have put in a bypass switch for the preamp, and found that the sound is pretty much the same unless I crank up the Phat EQ; so I run it passive 90% of the time anyway.
So: I'm looking to find a set of pups (really the P is the only important one because I never use the J) that will approximate what I have in the '94 SR400. I mostly want that well defined tone and solid low end; the highs are not important because I usually roll off the tone pot on both basses. And yes, I want to keep the pups on the SR400 so no swapping.
