TPTroll Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hi I'm looking for some vintage hot style p-bass pickups. Basically nothing too modern sounding, and with growl when pushed and a nice chunky sound. Something that could handle motown with the tone and volume rolled off, but Live at Leeds when up full. I've already got some SD QPBs in another bass, so they're out. I was considering the Bareknuckle '58 pickups as they seem to have a decent output, but haven't read glowing reviews of them. The other options are the Kent Armstrong hot vintage pickups, but their output seems fairly low for a hot pickup. The Aguilar hot P-bass set seem to be leading the way at the moment. Anyone got any experience or advice? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdavid Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not much too add other than avoid the Seymour Duncan SPB-2 Hot pickups, I tried them in my p bass and it was like the mids control on my amp was permanently on full , it was not useful mids either , no grind or burp and not low/bass mids just a wall of very smooth mids kind of like listening to bass through a very cheap radio speaker, to make things worse all the low bass was rolled off with this pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The Entwistle Neos get a lot of likes. Not too dear and easy to movevonif you don't like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPTroll Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Have pulled the trigger on some Aguilar Hot Ps. Fingers crossed they're everything I hope for and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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