Favourite pickup configuration?

[Mikeg]

All in the title.
Whats your personal favourite pickups?

[AndyTravis]

Played a Windmill Spitfire once in MM bridge, P neck - worked really well.

P/J seems to cover most things though.

What is it you're doing; having a bass made?

Depends on your musical style, MM/MM is a big old sound, had a Bongo for a good few years, still wish i'd not sold it.

Trav

[Chris2112]

Two Humbuckers does the trick for me. As long as there is something at the bridge to give the bass some cut and some honk then I'm happy!

[paul h]

pj

[Mikeg]

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='966042' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:27 PM']Played a Windmill Spitfire once in MM bridge, P neck - worked really well.

P/J seems to cover most things though.

What is it you're doing; having a bass made?

Depends on your musical style, MM/MM is a big old sound, had a Bongo for a good few years, still wish i'd not sold it.

Trav[/quote]
Yeah im looking at getting somthing from warmoth, i dont have any places nearby that have a wide selection of bass's to try out.
im looking for a more funky style sound.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Precision in the traditional place with a passive tone/volume.

[Chris2112]

I always thought the configuration on some Warrior basses was pretty good. A big MM style humbucker with a jazz bar at the bridge beneath it. As a Warrior owner once said to me "just think, when do you ever solo the neck pickup on a jazz bass?".

Made perfect sense to me and I'm surprised more people don't use this configuration!

[Tait]

Precision pickup in the middle, MM in the bridge position for me!

[quote name='Chris2112' post='966064' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:41 PM']I always thought the configuration on some Warrior basses was pretty good. A big MM style humbucker with a jazz bar at the bridge beneath it. As a Warrior owner once said to me "just think, when do you ever solo the neck pickup on a jazz bass?".

Made perfect sense to me and I'm surprised more people don't use this configuration![/quote]

Whenever I play a jazz with a pick? Ok, technically not entirely solo'd, as I'll put a little of the bridge pickup in, but mostly neck pickup.

[Ian Savage]

For out-and-out rock, passive P or MM; for anything needing a bit more versatility, P/J.

[waynepunkdude]

J/P/J

[rOB]

mm for me (at the moment )

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='966062' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:39 PM']Precision in the traditional place with a passive tone/volume.[/quote]
Me too.

[AttitudeCastle]

If its got two pickups, and one of them is a neck humbucker, its fine by me!

Though i'd rather not one of those Gibson like ones!

Either Neck Hum + P pickup (yes like the Sheehan!) or two humbuckers/ soap bars depends on the bass really, though usually the chunky Musiman ones

[LawrenceH]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='966064' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:41 PM']"just think, when do you ever solo the neck pickup on a jazz bass?".[/quote]

Funnily enough, that's one of my favourite tones but only on more 'substantial'-feeling jazzes. The neck pup on a chunky jazz bass like my ash CIJ 75 is firkin' lush!

[warwickhunt]

P/J or P/P

[mcnach]

single MM by the bridge...

or a twin J-bass type... mostly to use the bridge alone, and sometimes both together.

[ahpook]

jazz i think - i could get away without a bridge one, so maybe j/mm

[spinynorman]

Passive P. That way no difficult decisions are required. Just plug in and play.

[thodrik]

Its always the one I don't have. At the moment Jazz/Musicman or P/MM configuration. Or MM/MM!

[BigRedX]

4 Gus tubes wired as two humbuckers with coil taps.

[E sharp]

MM . Sweet spot position either the same as MM or slightly forward , but not back .

Don't need 2 pick ups . Just move your right hand forward or back when plucking . Most of the sounds can be had out of one PU (IMO) .

[BottomEndian]

Piezo.

:ph34r:

[Muzz]

P

[Lozz196]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='966062' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:39 PM']Precision in the traditional place with a passive tone/volume.[/quote]
Gets my vote as well.

[Jamesemt]

Precision in the middle, active 2 band EQ for me