winterfire666 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Ive been dwelling over pickup options for a while for my upcoming Xylem custom 4 string fretted bass, but its getting close to making the final decisions on pickups before building starts and im still undecided so any opinions or advice would be appreciated. i have already decided its got to have a P in the neck position and a piezo bridge, but for the bridge im undecided a p or a J? (iv specced up a j seymour duncan hot stack for the bridge but i cant help but feel i'd be missing out if i didnt have 2 p's) i love the sound of seymour duncan 1/4lb pickups but im still open to suggestions on makes/models which will compliment each other. the bass is going to have a vol, passive tone, and blend for the magnetic pickups, a seperate vol for the piezo and a 3 way switch (up mag only, Middle both, Down piezo only) and a stereo jack for splitting the 2 signals which will be switched so a mono cable will carry both signals to a single amp. Any ideas or suggestions/expierences would be greatly appreciated, i wanna get this right as its a lot of cash and a long wait. i mainly play metal, prog and heavy rock if that helps [url="http://www.xylembassguitar.com/"]http://www.xylembassguitar.com/[/url] Many thanks! Edited January 26, 2013 by winterfire666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Dual P, because putting a lower output pickup in a lower output position never made any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1359213573' post='1951680'] Dual P, because putting a lower output pickup in a lower output position never made any sense. [/quote] that makes perfect sense but then why are there loads of p/j basses about and p/p's semm to be fairly rare? ill be honest i want to go for a p/p setup but im just cautious because iv only played 1 ages ago and dont really remember what the sound was like properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 [quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1359221258' post='1951850'] that makes perfect sense but then why are there loads of p/j basses about and p/p's semm to be fairly rare? [/quote] See how many people aren't satisfied with their gear, an sell it and buy more stuff, then sell it. But you don't see many s/h dual P basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRISDABASS Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Those basses look amazing!! very original! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Heres a soundclip of a Fender Blacktop Jazz with its twin p's in flat out mode! Sounds like it'll fit your style of music pretty well https://www.box.com/s/0giiip2y1612vfjh9dix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 [quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1359228747' post='1951993'] Heres a soundclip of a Fender Blacktop Jazz with its twin p's in flat out mode! Sounds like it'll fit your style of music pretty well [url="https://www.box.com/s/0giiip2y1612vfjh9dix"]https://www.box.com/...p2y1612vfjh9dix[/url] [/quote] that sounds very meaty, i like it, cheers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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