Which P Pickup for TI Flats, '59 Style?

Geezer P should be on your shortlist. It's actually a clone of the stock pickup in Bobby Vega's 1960 Precision.

 

You’ve got your answer! I’m with JimmyM on this. Geezers.

I have TI flats and Geezers on both my P Basses. Many compliments from other musicians.

 

A stealth bargain is the Wilde (Bill Lawrence) P46. ($60)

Bass Pickups

 

Well worth your while, I think.

 

The clear E and full sound G string of TiJFF344 really shine up the nice Fender PV 63P pup ( with .1uf cap in 50% ~ 70% tone range).

 

I have a Wilde pj set in a maple necked Fretless and is currently my best sounding bass.

 

I’d start with your Fralin P, I enjoyed the TIs on my Glaub.

 

The Klein 59' is on my short list...

 

I'd just like to follow-up on my Fralin recommendation - a large part of why I said Fralin was because you already have it. I find it best to have a baseline - a pickup you use as a reference point. And then, if that pickup has a specific weakness you'd like to overcome, start looking at other pickups that can overcome that weakness. Otherwise you can start chasing an imaginary goal.

And before you move on to the next pickup, I strongly encourage you to dial in the setup and try different techniques. Don't try to assess it all in a day, I find it that these things take time and tweaking. Last, it may also be easier (and cheaper) to find the right flats for your basses, rather than the best pickup for the TIs.

 

There is some good logic in your statements, although I don't like changing strings to suit the bass. I like to use the strings I like to use and I'm not interested in changing them out. But yeah, with a Lollar and a Fralin, I certainly wouldn't be too eager to change them out. Never tried either one, but from what I've heard, they both make great pickups.