PUPS 5 string with vintage bottom sound?

[rhodyzoo]

I am restoring an epiphone ebm5 and need suggestions on pups. First, would you go passive since the electronics on this model are know to be poor? Second, i dont have any experience with a 5 string so I don't have any baseline to compare against. What pups do you suggest?

Rhodyzoo
Gibson Ripper
'70's P-Bass
Gibson EB-3

 

[DaveyM69]

I have an EBM5 although it's now just my back up bass. It still has stock pick ups but I ripped out the pre when it went faulty and went passive - I wish I had done it 10 years earlier as it sounds fantastic now! The stock pick ups are fine in my opinion.

 

[rhodyzoo]

one of the pickups is dead so I am considering going passive. What did you use? Also need to change my pots. If this wasn't in pristine cosmetic condition I would scap the project.

 

[DaveyM69]

I never changed the pick ups as mine were/are both fine. They are passive pick ups - just feeding an active pre.

 

[MrMinstrel]

Getting good pickups is one of the best ways to improve the tone of any bass. I installed Delano pickups in two of my basses with excellent results. I wired them passive with volume, blend, and tone controls. Very low noise, hot passive vintage tone, and very dynamic. I also highly recommend Nordstrand pickups - I put Big Splits in my Lakland - but I don't know if they make them in P/J configuration like your EBM 5.

 

[lordraptor1]

sorry to necro this old thread but I want to see some zombies LOL


I have one of these that I just got myself and since it is in such pristine condition and since it has a low number for may 1992 ( 0803 to be exact) I want to do a full resto on my electronics ( I have no issues replacing every electronic part on the circuit board if need be cause parts are cheap although the 0602D JRC 1041g IC's are proving a pain to find or any cross reference for a replacement LOL).