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Well, it took me a good long while . . . but I've found a solution to my problem.
Seymour Duncan Apollo pickups:
These do exactly what I was looking for . . . similar to the original pickups I had but they add a little bit more beef without getting boomy and a bit more output. With both pickups full up it gets the same kinda mid-scoopy sound that I've always liked from this bass. But now there's a whole hum-free palette of sounds. Before I could never use the bridge pickup on solo'd - way too bright. With the Apollo pickups it's growly but still with some decent low end. Neck solo'd is dark, but with definition and gets P-bassish enough for me. String to string balance seems better too . . . I felt like no matter what I did with the pickup mounting screws the high E on the neck and the low E on the bridge were both sometimes jumping out a little too much with the Duncan Designed stuff.
The bridge is great for slapping, and all positions sound better while playing with a pick now. And it's really nice to be able to mess with either volume without incurring the dreaded wrath of the hum - these are dead silent pickups.
Not exactly a huge departure from what was there, but this fixes all the problems I was running into. They're pretty nice pickups.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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Originally posted by Securb View PostI am in the rout it for a P-bass pickup camp. It will take 5 minutes to get it done.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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I was thinking of getting a set of Apollos for my Squier Jazz. Nice to hear that they were perfect for you!Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by eclecticsynergy View PostJoin me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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This is very interesting and informative.Here's a demo of a bass I modded with 5 pickups, to test how different pickup positions and combinations (series / parallel) affect tone.In each of the sound...The opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the poster and are to be considered suspect at best.
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Originally posted by Beer$ View PostThis is very interesting and informative.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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