Project P

[northernbright]

This is my first post; I've read for a couple of weeks and decided to get into the mix.

I'm currently building a P from parts I’ve traded for, bought etc. and I've gotten everything I need short of the pups.
The body is maple and the neck is maple. I'm afraid that the sound will be too bright for my tastes. I'm not a rocker; I play a little jazz, R&B and some Christian praise music.

If you can recommend some pups that would suite my style I would be very grateful. My budget is around 80 dollars.

I was looking at bassline quarter pounders, dimarzio split p's and fender '62 reissues. I'm open to any suggestions, just looking for someone who can point me in the right direction.

 

[Ívar Þórólfsson]

Have you checked this thread out?

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127322

 

[wcmatn01]

I have QPs in a bright, ash body P. Like you, I use this bass in a praise band setting. These work for me, but it's taken a lot of tweaking on my part (stubborness, I guess). They tend to have sort of a scooped sound, emphasizing treble and bass. They can be downright harsh sounding with roundwounds. I use mine with flats, and I've wired a 1M resistor onto the volume pot to take the some of the highs right off the top. Myself I do like the scooped mids and deep bass on my P, which is why I guess I've stuck with them so far.

I've read here that the Bart 8s tends to be warm without being boomy, which may be a good counter to the maple body. However, the scuttlebutt tends to be that the output of the 8s and most Barts is too low to use without a preamp. Another pup to check out might be Seymour Duncan SPB-2. Haven't used this one personally, but the general take seems to be that they have tons of bass, but very high output as well.

 

[northernbright]

Ivar, I did read that thread, but my question relates more towards getting the right sound out of a bass with both maple neck and body. That has not been directly discussed in dimento's thread.

Thank you MC, i was thinking about the SPB-3's, but i was afraid of exactly what you're talking about... it seems like i would be getting the lows that i wanted while sacrificing everything else...