Replacing P-Bass p/u' s

[uptowndirt]

looking to upgrade to noiseless P-bass p/u with big bottom some mid's and good highs.

 

[Meandmy74]

Nordstrand or Fralin worth checking out. This place is full of opinions though...

 

[Fender32]

You'll find a lot of threads on this in the "Pickups & Electrical" (I think it's called) section of the forum .

Big bottom and clear highs .... Seymour Duncan Bassline series, perhaps !?

 

[uptowndirt]

Not much help in the p/u section ( past posts ) i am thinking of the lindys as what i want is a quiet pup that will retain vintage p-bass sound i will be placing these in my 69-P......just so you know my #1 is an alembic epic.

 

[funkytoe]

I put a Lindy Fralin P pickup in my 1976 P-Bass and it was PERFECT. Great lows, singing mids -- just a really strong vintage sounding pickup -- and dead quiet too. I have played Basslines, Quarter Pounders, Rio Grandes and EMG's in my old P basses. But the Lindy was by far the best vintage sounding replacement to my ear.

Good luck

 

[Baird6869]

Big bottom and clear highs .... Seymour Duncan Bassline series, perhaps !?

Kinda agree. More with the big bottom though.

I put a SD Basslines in a MIM P and it made a TON of difference.

 

[EricF]

Aren't all split-coil P pups "noiseless" by design?

I have always found Fralins pups to be quite excellent (P, J, and even a Telecaster gee-tar).

 

[Ric5]

Aren't all split-coil P pups "noiseless" by design?

YES

 

[WoodyG3]

For the "noiseless" part, you probably just need to shield the control cavity.