Replacement P-bass pickup for active bass

[Nijushiho]

There is a lot of enthusiasm around Talkbass for replacement P-bass pickups (Seymour Duncan, Bill Lawrence, Nordstrand, etc.) and I am curious to try one of these on my Fender MIA Precision Deluxe (2005). I have to admit to thinking about this when I hear about pickups that emulate a vintage (early) P-bass sound. The 2005 pickup delivers a pretty "hot" tone.

Of course, I invite anyone to advise if this is not going to make much of a difference, given the relative quality of the stock pickup. Fender customer relations couldn't tell me much in detail about the stock p-up.

But my main question is -- does the fact it is an active bass limit my choices of replacement pickup? Or can any pickup be swapped in and function without any issues?

Thanks for your input.

 

[walterw]

nope, any passive pickup will go right in; you have passive pickups in there now.

 

[uOpt]

You cannot re-use the potentiometers and the capacitor in the tone circuit.

 

[walterw]

You cannot re-use the potentiometers and the capacitor in the tone circuit.

??

not sure what you mean; the old pickup is a regular passive P, and a new one would go right in.

you certainly can "reuse" the pots with another pickup.

 

[line6man]

You cannot re-use the potentiometers and the capacitor in the tone circuit.

The existing pickups were passive, so the impedance is not changing very much.

 

[georgestrings]

??

not sure what you mean; the old pickup is a regular passive P, and a new one would go right in.

you certainly can "reuse" the pots with another pickup.

+1...



- georgestrings

 

[Nijushiho]

Thanks guys for the advice.

I am going to order the Bill Lawrence P-46 and see what happens