I've been reading reviews to compare these two pickups, but I'm still undecided. The stock pups are horrible: no highs, muddy, and a loud buzz when the tone is turned to mid or high. Anything would be an improvement, but I'd like a more comparative review of these two pickups. It's heartbreaking there are no samples on the Seymour Duncan site. Has anyone directly compared these two? Or, based on the schematics, can anyone tell what kind of sound to expect?
For Sting P-Bass, SCPB-2 or SCPB-3?
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Re: For Sting P-Bass, SCPB-2 or SCPB-3?
welcome to the forum!!
i like the tone of the qp sc p bass pup, big bottom and a punchy tone. the hot model seems to have more mids but less bottom than the qp.
the buzz is because its a single coil pup. you can shield the bass to lower the noise but it is very hard to completely get rid of if you are using single coils. the duncan custom shop makes a single coil p bass quarter pound stack which is a fantastic sounding pup with no noise but it isnt cheap and might require you deepen the pup rout in the body as the pup is a little deeper than the stock model
welcome to the forum!!
i like the tone of the qp sc p bass pup, big bottom and a punchy tone. the hot model seems to have more mids but less bottom than the qp.
the buzz is because its a single coil pup. you can shield the bass to lower the noise but it is very hard to completely get rid of if you are using single coils. the duncan custom shop makes a single coil p bass quarter pound stack which is a fantastic sounding pup with no noise but it isnt cheap and might require you deepen the pup rout in the body as the pup is a little deeper than the stock model
John Wymore
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Re: For Sting P-Bass, SCPB-2 or SCPB-3?
I think both are good pickups, it just depends on what you want. I seem to sell about the same quantity of each model FWIW. What Jeremy said is pretty much right on. The QP is just a bigger tone all around to my ears if that's what you are after. The Hot is warmer and more lower mid focused.
I built a bass with the Custom shop stacked pickup for a customer and it also sounds good. Very quiet and a bit less aggressive than the single coil version. I liked it a lot!!
I think both are good pickups, it just depends on what you want. I seem to sell about the same quantity of each model FWIW. What Jeremy said is pretty much right on. The QP is just a bigger tone all around to my ears if that's what you are after. The Hot is warmer and more lower mid focused.
I built a bass with the Custom shop stacked pickup for a customer and it also sounds good. Very quiet and a bit less aggressive than the single coil version. I liked it a lot!!
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