Pow_22 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Ive been after some pups for my latest P bass project and have been offered this set. The pups have come out of a 2008 USA p bass. Would these then be the same as the Fender Originals you can buy for circa £60? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 [quote name='Pow_22' post='1360703' date='Sep 3 2011, 09:24 AM']Ive been after some pups for my latest P bass project and have been offered this set. The pups have come out of a 2008 USA p bass. Would these then be the same as the Fender Originals you can buy for circa £60?[/quote] No, the Fender Originals are the pups in the 57 & 62 Reissue. But the pups from a 2008 will be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hmmmm, im a bit stuck what to do here. My original choice was going to be a Wizard THumper. Then i considered the Fender Originals, just because of the genuine old school p bass thump. However, this USA set have been offered cheap (circa £30) but im not sure how good the new stuff is? Say in comparison to what the MIM's come loaded with how would the USA's perform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) In my opinion, the US pickups are better. I remember seeing a thread on here about the outputs of various Fender pickups, and the MIM was about 4.5, compared to the US 10.5. Now what that all means soundwise I couldn`t say, but my US Precisions have a much fuller sound that my MIM did. The MIM had more "in your face twang", whereas the US is much more balanced. This I also find with the other bassist in my band, whose bass is MIM. His is a twangy Precision, mine is a thuddy Precision. Edited September 5, 2011 by Lozz196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 [quote name='Lozz196' post='1362780' date='Sep 5 2011, 12:42 PM']In my opinion, the US pickups are better. I remember seeing a thread on here about the outputs of various Fender pickups, and the MIM was about 4.5, compared to the US 10.5. Now what that all means soundwise I couldn`t say, but my US Precisions have a much fuller sound that my MIM did. The MIM had more "in your face twang", whereas the US is much more balanced. This I also find with the other bassist in my band, whose bass is MIM. His is a twangy Precision, mine is a thuddy Precision.[/quote] Might be to do with other things. But I found my MIM was more twangy with an Original Fender pup than it was with the stock MIM with the tone rolled on - quite a bark, even with flats. Different beast with the tone rolled off (to the point of being unusable in a band setting). More bottom and more top. Great pups they are. Stock MIM was darker. I quite liked it. Output was less though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Just go for the Seymour Duncan SPB-1's if you want a really vintage tone or the SPB-3 Quarter Pounders if you want a brighter more modern tone. You really can't fault the Seymour Duncan stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 +1 for the seymour Duncans both models are great but the SPB-3 is awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 For what its worth i have both a Thumper and Fender 62RI (original) and they both sound very similar to my ears. Both very good pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Vincent Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 For £30 you can't go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316591510' post='1379953'] will you shut up about the quarters. It has me gassing for another P-bass just so I can go back to them again [/quote] QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS! Sorry dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 [quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' timestamp='1316643237' post='1380986'] QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS QUARTER POUNDERS! Sorry dude [/quote] Ha Ha Ha.... just bought some from GAK (SPB-3's) bring it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmachine2112 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Wizard thumper for me. My next one will have a Wizard stealth 51. Give Andy a call and he will give you good advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I really like DiMarzio Model P's. They have the right balance between punch and growl IMO. About £60 I think. Plus you can wire them up to a series/parallel switch for a bit of diversity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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