pickup placement on project body

[cycrowave]

thinking about taking a punt on one of these for an upcoming project...

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my question to you guys is what do you think about that pickup position? looks a little far down to be in the sweet spot, though i guess that body shape would have a different one? is it dodgy, should i run for the hills?

[Ou7shined]

Yep you're right it's quite a bit off the traditional position.
Although it might not be as bad as it seems - I recently built a bass with a split P in almost the same position as theirs (plus a bucker in the trad P spot) and I'm very chuffed with it....



For me, pup positioning is all down to harmonics (admittedly hard to pin point it on a split P). Email them and ask if they had a specific reason to place theirs there.

[LawrenceH]

I'd guess that a p pickup in that position is going to sound something like a fattened jazz bass bridge soloed with perhaps a hint of Stingray on those top strings. Probably a pretty cool sound!

[cycrowave]

he got back to me and i can custom order what i want. he also has some very nice exotic woods in stock for stupid cheap price, check out his ebay shop!

im going to order a left hand telebass body, in black korina with zebra wood top like this -

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gonna go down the asat route and ask for 2 bucker routs, build thread incoming soon!

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='cycrowave' post='1236656' date='May 19 2011, 09:30 AM']he got back to me and i can custom order what i want. he also has some very nice exotic woods in stock for stupid cheap price, check out his ebay shop!

im going to order a left hand telebass body, in black korina with zebra wood top like this -

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-style-replacement-body-/250821348192?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a661e0b60"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-style-replacement-...=item3a661e0b60[/url]

gonna go down the asat route and ask for 2 bucker routs, build thread incoming soon![/quote]
Nice one.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1236518' date='May 19 2011, 12:30 AM']I'd guess that a p pickup in that position is going to sound something like a fattened jazz bass bridge soloed with perhaps a hint of Stingray on those top strings. Probably a pretty cool sound![/quote]
Yep I get a MM-esque "pinch" when I have this pup soloed.