thewalruswaspaul

Cool, sounds like the Ceramic might be the one

I'm not sure about this, people tend to think of vintage tone as being dark but I think this is mostly due to the flatwounds and limitations of these eras, most vintage pickups are wound fairly lightly which would suggest a brighter frequency response, not many vintage pickups had a heavy wind

Brought a Fender p bass pickup from Paul, arrived quickly, well packaged and as described, thanks

Agreed on Macca playing bass, the documentary was a bit disappointing for me but it was very cool seeing Macca playing bass in a more close up , hands on way

I watched this and was a little disappointed tbh, I'm a massive Beatles fan but I only watched the 1st part, 2 and a half hours of watching rehearsals complete with all the tedious parts was enough to convince me I didn't need to watch the 2nd part. I kind of feel like if the whole thing was edited down to a couple of hours to the absolute hilights this would be great but 7+ hours of this is too much as much as I love and respect the Beatles.

Have a listen to this, this is flats, flats come in different levels of brightness, not always dull and thumpy [YouTube]

Ok so I swapped out the pickup in a Mia P bass for an SPB-3 and ended up accidentally cooking the original pickup with the soldering iron and sadly the SPB-3 is not doing it for me, it seems to have less highs than the original pickup. Anyway I am after a P bass pickup with a vintage-ish voice and plenty of brightness, I love the brightness of new strings and so change my strings once a month and after something that will bring out that brightness Boutique pickups like Fralins are out of the picture as I cannot afford to spend a fortune on pickups so looking at £90 top whack. The pickups I am considering so far are Fender original p bass pickup, Wilkinson wpb pickup, Warman p bass pickup and Kent Armstrong hot p pickup. The Kent Armstrong is said to be bright but does it sound vintage? Will the Wilkinson be bright enough? Any suggestions welcome, thanks

[quote name='51m0n' post='559011' date='Aug 3 2009, 10:02 AM']nope, methylated spirits - the purple nice smelling foul tasting stuff is what you want. I've been doing this for well over a year and not had to buy new strings in that period (except for a new bass) - I keep a set in the meths and a set on the bass for each bass in the house and rotate as necessary. Works a treat![/quote] Cool , thanks , I was a bit scared off by the warning on the bottles Quote: "Harmful by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Harmful: possible risk of irreversible effects through inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Also i have seen methylated spirits and mineralised methylated spirits , whats the difference between the 2 , are either prefereable over the other

sorry to be bumping a dead thread , when you say meths , is there any particular type of meths? Sorry for the dumb question I just remember seeing about cleaning strings with meths and then seeing on the back of a bottle of meths warinings to avoid contact with skin etc and countless other warnings

Thanks for the replies , I have a 62 reissue with the stock pickups. Jonthebass Thanks for the suggestion of the Classic stacks , I will definately look into those .

Hi , Was hoping someone here might be able to recommend some pickups for me , I have a Jazz Bass and the stock Fender pickups just aren't doing it for me , they just dont have enough highs for my tastes , can anybody recommend some nice , bright jazz bass pickups (not active pickups though) , im after highs and high mids and I like a bright snarly, tangy, biting sound

Hi All , Was after some help , have a bass that is strung BEAD , I am after getting the B string as tight as possible , Anyone able to recommend a set of strings for me , I am using rounds at the moment but have been thinking of maybe switching to chromes to get a tighter B string. I have thought about ordering a 4 string set of strings and seperately ordering a .140 B string but id rather keep it all as one set if possible

I think the more appropriate question with regards to this thread is "Why buy MIM Fender" , obviously a Squier will not be as good as a 1k USA Fender but from what other people have said , the classic vibe series seems to be on par with the MIM Fenders