Members bassthumpintwin Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm just curious about the myriad of different p/u configurations offered to bassists today.... i mean, you have classic jazz, split coil (p-bass) p/j combo, soapbar, dual soapbar, MM humbucker, dual MM, MM/J, piezzo... etc... The sky is the limit.... and then there's placement.... ie, single bridge, vs neck, vs dual (bridge and neck)..... What are some general benefits of 2 different humbuckers, and what do you guys prefer? MM/J versus dual MM? comments? opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ivanthetrble Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm starting to think that possibly the best pick-up configuration is the split coil P pick-up in the neck position and a single coil J pick-up in the bridge position. You get the big booty of the P bass with the growl and burp on the J pick-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I love dual pup configs, but, ideally, my "perfect set up" would be four pickups of any sort, preferably J or standard humbuckers. One at the bridge, one a bit in front of it, one in the mid position after that, and one one at the neck position. I could live with three pickups equally spaced in a similarly set up arrangement. As for standard, I love single coil sounds. I love my Jazz. I've also found love for my Foundation fiver's dual buckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Difficult to beat the classic P/J setup...active or passive. My favorite might be J/MM tho. Dual soapbars & humbuckers get too much in the way when I apply varying fingerstyle technique. [...looks at basses] I need to get me some new instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sludgebass69 Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Playing live in a rock band, I really like the single bridge MM in my MTD Kingston 5'er. It can get a little mid-rangy played by itself, but in a band it cuts thru great. I also always enjoy the classic P-bass sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted January 3, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2008 P/J all the way!! I generally use the P, but I like the ability to throw in a bit more brightness/attack occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robin Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm starting to think that possibly the best pick-up configuration is the split coil P pick-up in the neck position and a single coil J pick-up in the bridge position. You get the big booty of the P bass with the growl and burp on the J pick-up. This is what I started playing bass with so I don't know about the other configs except what I've heard others use but, I gotta agree with you on the growl/burp & thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I wanna get a nice P/J soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bnyswonger Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 P/J all the way!! I generally use the P, but I like the ability to throw in a bit more brightness/attack occasionally. Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mytola Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 My perfect setup is 2x G&L MFD pickups (The humbucker ones used in the L2000), with G&L electronics on a G&L bass. Those things are really special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'd like a nice passive P/J set-up...but with a way to subtly increase the volume of the bridge single-coil with either it's own volume or a "mix" knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roger in the sky Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 my ideal arrangement would be MM at the bridge and J at the neck with the option of running the mm as a single j. give her a 3 way toggle: mm solo - mm/j - j/j knobs: master volume - blend - stacked bass/treb and what the hell, give her an active/passive switch too, just in case the battery dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members el_duderino676 Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 My favorite arrangement so far is the dual humbucker setup on my T-40s with the single P setup a close second. Because Guttermouth gave me the idea, as soon as I get the pickups that I bought on ebay, I'm going to probably swap the pickups in the T-40 FL with the earlier T-40 style and put one of the pickups from the fretless into my P bass at the bridge position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members no-logic Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 PJ is also my favorite. I love the sound of the P, and the added versatility the bridge J adds is why that config wins for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 Lots of P/J love up in here, and I gotta agree. Love mine, and have another in the works. Just make the J noiseless thank you. Also have to say that the my fretless with dual split coil J's sounds gorgeous. MUCH more refined than the P/J, and really shines in other area's where the P/J may be a little too raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basste Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 one more P/J here. in passive please; and with Barts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members georgestrings Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 I dig the P/J tone also, but lately I'm getting better results ina band mix with a pair of Ultra Jazzes wired in series... - georgestrings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Optimus Prime Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 I want to try something with a MM pickup and a J bridge tight up next to it. J pickups in the middle usually get turned down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 Dual soapbars! Great because you can mix the sounds from each, the bridge is brighter and the neck is deeper. My bro's friend has a bass with active EMG soaps that allow him to "split" the pickups and get jazz pickup sounds. Very versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 Dual soapbars! +1 in the bartolini variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted January 4, 2008 Members Share Posted January 4, 2008 What are some general benefits of 2 different humbuckers, and what do you guys prefer?MM/J versus dual MM?comments? opinions? dual pups give 'air' to the tone and combine the effects of the nodal variations...boo! if you have 2 humbuckers they should be wired one or the other or together...but the big advantage is to switch them from parallel to single coil/phantom coil so getting the tone of the tradional jazz without having to use stacked or split coil design personally i favour the combined single coil pup in the sweet spot wired s/p/single coil its called MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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