Members Billystrat Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 So I have an OLP Musicman. The bass sustains well, I put a project J-bass neck on it, so it's turned into a killer playing practice bass. I love P-basses and thought why not route a P-bass pickup in the neck and add a 3-way toggle switch to pair with the humbucker in the bridge. My questions: How do I decide where I want to route the pickup without running into any phase problems? The bass is currently stock with 3 knobs v/v/t, how would I wire up the p-bass properly? When I'm done, I'll def. post pics and sound clips. Also if anyone has a cheap P-bass pickup they want to let go feel free to PM me details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fingeringam Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 id suggest a emg select from Stew mac - there like $23 and i hear pretty good i dont know anything about wiring but i ahd this idea on my sketch pad for a long time so tell he how it goes/how you did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Aren't olp humbuckers placed in the P position? I know mine basically is. If the P pup is towards the neck too far, you wont get a real P sound out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billystrat Posted October 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 id suggest a emg select from Stew mac - there like $23 and i hear pretty goodi dont know anything about wiring but i ahd this idea on my sketch pad for a long time so tell he how it goes/how you did it Thanks, That's a great price on the EMGs, if this bass pans out I'll post the end result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billystrat Posted October 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 Aren't olp humbuckers placed in the P position? I know mine basically is. If the P pup is towards the neck too far, you wont get a real P sound out of it. That's correct. The P-bass pickup will be a little higher than normal. I'm thinking I could route the body, try it out and if I hate it, just rip out the pickup and put the pickguard back on to cover up that bad idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted October 5, 2008 Members Share Posted October 5, 2008 That's correct. The P-bass pickup will be a little higher than normal. I'm thinking I could route the body, try it out and if I hate it, just rip out the pickup and put the pickguard back on to cover up that bad idea If it's an olp humbucker, I honestly think you'll be fairly fine in terms of output, but I don't know a whole lot about that. Guttermouth just might be a good guy to consult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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