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Besides Delano, does any one else make P bass pickups with the large 'musicman' 3/8" pole pieces?

Can't find any but the Delanos, which are little out of my price range for the time being.

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I don't know of any that large. Seymour Duncan makes 1/4 inch polepieces for their "quarter-pounder" P pickup, and DiMarzio makes a rails type pickup, and a couple others, but other than the Delano already mentioned above, I don't know of anyone who makes the 3/8 magnet in a P-pickup. But think about it: the reason for traditional pairs of magnet slugs for each string is to take the edge off articulation for a smoother tone, which is part of the P persona. If you use a single slug under each string, you emphasize the articulation, which provides a spikey transient, and is exactly why Leo Fender went from single pole pieces in the original P-bass 1951-1956, to the dual polepieces from 1957 to present.

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