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I feel a need for a dedicated thread for the worship of this superb pickup configuration.

I know of some "double P's", but would love to know about a few more as, at some time, I would like to own another. Here's my current one (an Aria Pro II M-series) ......

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[sup]I have a Fender Blacktop Jazz, which is a nice bass, but the best I've had to-date was this:[/sup]

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[sup]Absolutely earth-shaking thing it was, too. Sadly it was every bit as massive as it looks and made my back and neck ache in ways I never thought possible so it had to go. I never quite got over losing it sound-wise, however, so I'm currently in talks about getting a fitting replacement (also dual-P) made as a custom job for my 30th. Pictures when it comes to fruition...[/sup]

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My Thunder II - doesn't weigh as much as Luxembourg, maybe Liechenstein or Monaco after a particularly heavy meal.

[URL=http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/chaylockyer/media/ThunderII9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/chaylockyer/ThunderII9.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1371203532' post='2111096']
Can someone please tell me more about the differences in sound of the P vs J on the bridge position? Never had the pleasure os trying a double P config bass.
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On mine, it's simply meatier and more solid than a Jazz pickup in that position. Yet the P still retains all the character that a humbucker in that position loses to my ear.
The 50:50 blend is particularly more pleasing to my ear than the same on a PJ, where there is usually a significant volume drop-out going from 100% neck to the 50:50 blend.
The bridge P still does a decent "burp" jazz tone but require far less bass boosting to compensate for the inherent lack of bass frequencies in a J pickup in that position.

For the life of me I cannot fathom why the double P is not more popular.

BTW, nice double P's guys ! Chaypup, is the neck P on the Westone still in the "Fender P" sweetspot ? Or have they shifted it towards the neck a bit. From the pics it looks like it still in the traditional position, although it is difficult to tell just looking at it, due to the Westone's very different shape, layout and fretboard length etc.

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Just to add a little [i][b]zest [/b][/i]to the gallery ...

[URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1335_zps32eb0fb2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1335_zps32eb0fb2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1345_zpsdd147ce6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201984%20CURRENT/CIMG1345_zpsdd147ce6.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1371227314' post='2111482']


Im sorry mate, but thats horrible! :blush:
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lol.. thanks :-) Much better for some to love it and others to hate it than everyone to ignore it, whate'er 'it' is!

It did sound immense, though...

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[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1371203063' post='2111083']
My Thunder II - doesn't weigh as much as Luxembourg, maybe Liechenstein or Monaco after a particularly heavy meal.

[url="http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/chaylockyer/media/ThunderII9.jpg.html"][/url]
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pretty bass ;)

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[quote name='Ed_S' timestamp='1371228779' post='2111516']
lol.. thanks :-) Much better for some to love it and others to hate it than everyone to ignore it, whate'er 'it' is!

It did sound immense, though...
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I have the same model in a 4 string. To my eyes, it is the most beautiful Bass on the planet, bar none.

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A great Combination!

This is one of mine - perhaps out of everything I have, this is one of the
best basses I own - Certainly over the last couple of years, the most gigged.
Punch, power, depth, warmth and bite!!!






More about it here:
[url="http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2010_06_01_archive.html"]http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2010_06_01_archive.html[/url]

Scroll down to the bottom.



I am currently in the process of doing the same set-up on a Fender Japan,
70's re-issue.

Pics, when I get round to it.

:)

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Flateric, I asked you on another thread if you had pictures of your Oddysey but I think you must have stopped reading that one after posting.

Anyway, here it is and beautiful - I loved Oddyseys.

I have no cash just now but if you're ever selling...etc. etc.

Cheers

Ed

PS Any bigger pics of the whole bass?

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[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1371211175' post='2111232']
Snip...

BTW, nice double P's guys ! Chaypup, is the neck P on the Westone still in the "Fender P" sweetspot ? Or have they shifted it towards the neck a bit. From the pics it looks like it still in the traditional position, although it is difficult to tell just looking at it, due to the Westone's very different shape, layout and fretboard length etc.
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Having never owned a Fender I have no idea what the sdweetspot sounds like! It's pretty thumpy on the neck pickups though :)

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1371433490' post='2113916']
pretty bass ;)
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Yes! You've made me realise this is in fact the bass I sold to you and not the Thunder II I currently own - more pics needed! :D

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My Warwick offering.

[URL=http://s54.photobucket.com/user/warwickhunt/media/DSC05678.jpg.html][IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g119/warwickhunt/DSC05678.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

TBH the rear pup on this isn't quite as good as the trad Jazz pup on a standard SSI but I'm going to replace the pair of pups for MECs to establish if it is the pup brand or positioning/orientation that is to blame.

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Bit O/T but does anyone have more info on the m-series basses, there was one reviewed in bassist mag back in the late 90's (99?) and I recall it was about a grand, blue and had a basslines mm pickup/circuit in it.

Google (on my phone at least) hasn't given me any clue on a model number.

Might be looking...

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[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1371510520' post='2114965']
Bit O/T but does anyone have more info on the m-series basses, there was one reviewed in bassist mag back in the late 90's (99?) and I recall it was about a grand, blue and had a basslines mm pickup/circuit in it.

Google (on my phone at least) hasn't given me any clue on a model number.

Might be looking...
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I searched extensively and could find almost nothing. I have the M-series posted in the OP of this thread and even it does not have a model number on it. All this makes me think that the M-series basses were all custom one-offs maybe ?

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[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1371479056' post='2114322']
Yes! You've made me realise this is in fact the bass I sold to you and not the Thunder II I currently own - more pics needed! :D
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It was indeed :)

Although I no longer have it. It lives in Amsterdam now. I realised I was not a dual P type... but I really like a P at the bridge.

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[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1371211175' post='2111232']
BTW, nice double P's guys ! Chaypup, is the neck P on the Westone still in the "Fender P" sweetspot ? Or have they shifted it towards the neck a bit. From the pics it looks like it still in the traditional position, although it is difficult to tell just looking at it, due to the Westone's very different shape, layout and fretboard length etc.
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I'm not Chaypup, but as the bass in the pictured belonged to me for a while too...

The neck pickup was indeed a bit farther from the bridge than on a Precision. As such, it did not sound exactly like a P-bass, it was a bit more like a deeper P-bass, a bit darker, with less pronounced midrange.

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