PJ tone for a dual active-soapbar bass?

[IMENATOR]

I am a guitar player that has been exploring bass for the last few months for home recording. I have been using a 4 string PJ Ibanez I borrowed from a friend and I really like this configuration a lot, P bass pickup is punchy and I use it for rock and metal while I can use the J bass pickup for a more mellow clean sound, I was tempted to buy it from my friend but I was still undecided because maybe I should use a 5 string bass to nail some down tuning metal.

Then yesterday I visited a panwshop store and saw a Schecter Diamond Series 5 string bass (I think it is an Omen Extreme 5) in great conditions, it plays super nice and the prices is very tempting so maybe I could buy it and upgrade the stock pickups later to try to get the PJ sound out of it but the tricky part would be it has soapbar pickups.

So for example I know I could buy a Duncan NYC for the bridge and in split mode I should get a Jazz bridge tone. However I have not been able to figure out which pickup I can use for the neck position that can give me that P bass tone I like so much in a soapbar size, any suggestions?.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: PJ tone for a dual active-soapbar bass?

EMG. 40j, EMG 40p

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: PJ tone for a dual active-soapbar bass?

EMG. 40j, EMG 40p

No option from SD? I can get EMGs around here but SDs are easier to get for me.

 

[Mincer]

Re: PJ tone for a dual active-soapbar bass?

Soapbars, to me, certainly have a more modern sound. A P-Bass pickup generally has more mids than any soapbar (although any active soapbar can help with this). I'd recommend an active system with a mid control, something like the STC-3A preamp. Another option is to keep the stock pickups, and add an active preamp to them, like the STC-3P. The big difference to me, between a P-bass sound and the active, modern sound is the mids. Active EQ can certainly get close, although you might have more output.