lankyman20000 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I'm in need of some advice, i'm playing in drop B with it and tempted to change the pickups out for something non-stock, has anyone got any ideas as to which/what replacements would work? Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiipopes Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) It's not the pickups. You're pickups are fine. The neck pickup is too close to the neck to get enough overtones for the B string to have definition. The bridge pickup is too close to the bridge to have any fundamental. The "ideal" position for pickups on low-tuning (whether dropped, 5-string, etc.) basses is to have the "neck" pickup in the same proportion for scale length as to where the D-G segment of a standard P-bass pickup is located, or maybe slightly closer to the bridge, and for the "bridge" pickup, to have it located in the same proportion to the string length as where a '60's Jazz bass bridge pickup is located. Edited October 15, 2012 by iiipopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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