Show us your 3 pickup basses!

[RBZ]

No I didn't but thanks. I've been looking at that.

 

[ctmullins]

Three pickups in series? Sounds like a recipe for mud to me. No thanks.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Just this one:

 

[RBZ]

So it turns out my friend who I'm building this for came to his senses and going to 2 pickups and simplifying the electronics. Thanks for the input.

 

[AB Nate]

Three pickups in series? Sounds like a recipe for mud to me. No thanks.

done correctly it works amazing.

Bridge/middle parallel in series with neck

 

[John Swartz]

My Godin Shifter, before and after some turquoise modifications (and I made a mock ad for it - like I was some famous player endorsing a product...)

 

[ctmullins]

done correctly it works amazing.

Bridge/middle parallel in series with neck

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Yep. That’s not what I was talking about.

 

[SteveCS]

@Doner Designs
Hi Steve. I was just looking at this Player video from 1978 and something caught my eye which made me think of you...
Double 'P' plus some type of humbucker at the end of the fingerboard (and a few extra knobs)...

Here's a link to the complete video...

 

[ctmullins]

Just finished this one up today. Based on the Gibson G3.

 

[Ric5]

3 pickups SG bass .... 5 strings 32" scale

 

[ctmullins]

3 pickups SG bass .... 5 strings 32" scale

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Neat! How is it wired?

 

[Ric5]

Neat! How is it wired?

volume, volume, volume, tone, all 500k ohm pots

The bridge pickup is the distorted brupy, low mid Jack Bruce tone, The middle pickup is more T-bird sounding, and the neck pickup is totally EB0

 

[Doner Designs]

I’m going to add a stick-on piezo to this so I can post more pictures on this my favorite thread on Talkbass.

 

[Doner Designs]

Installed piezo in my Ptcoustic. Now it’s a triple. Full picture set coming later

 

[2saddleslab]

Love your work, Steve!

 

[KohanMike]

Awhile ago I posted one of my solid body Hadean bass ukes on which I added three pickup covers to look like it had three pickups when it actually had an under saddle piezo bridge pickup. I was using the fat poly strings, but recently decided to replace the wood bridge and piezo pickup with an all metal fully adjustable piezo bridge using flatwound strings, like I had done with a couple of other of my bass ukes. But those bridges only come in chrome and black, not gold, the motif I did for this one.

So knowing that I could find a regular gold bridge, I decided to replace the wood bridge, piezo pickup and electronics with 3 real magnetic pickups and pot system. The work was done by my go to guy, Eric's guitar in Van Nuys, CA, he does excellent work.

Piezo saddle pickup system with pickup covers:

Real magnetic pickups with fuly adjustable bridge:

 

[Doner Designs]

Now that there’s a piezo on board it’s a legitimate triple so here’s a more complete photo set. The twin in some of the pics is the first Ptcoustic and it only has a P pickup. Thinking about adding a J and piezo to that one as well.

 

[godofthunder59]

Here's my 1976 Ibanez Destroyer in '79 Dimarzio P, Model One, EB3 bridge pickup. I still have the bass but now it is equipped with a Gibson mudbucker and Thunderbird pickup.

 

[boogie8008]

Hey everyone. I saw this Low End Lobster strat bass video and it got me thinking about three pickup basses. I've always liked the idea of a pickup right at the neck but know it would be kind of limiting and I wouldn't play it much. Adding one in the middle position adds a little versatility, but its still pretty bottom heavy. But, add a third at the bridge and now there are options!

I only found a few threads about three pickup basses, mostly about wiring questions, and am curious to see what is out there. So, show us your three pickup basses!! What do you like about them, what don't you like? Thanks!

 

[michael_t]

Show us your 3 pickup basses!