Which pickups for Precision bass?

[dave74200]

Hi all, I have a squier JV Precision which is awesome but doesn't give me the same growly ferocious tone my old USA Precision did. For this reason, I want to change the pickups and am looking for advice as to which ones people would recommend? I've been looking at some Seymour Duncan ones but there's lots of choice. I use an SVT 2 Pro amp.

Any advice would be appreciated, cheers.

[Lozz196]

Loads of different ones but my faves are the current Fender Custom Shop 62s. Growl nicely when pushed.

[disgrace of bass]

I've just had a P style bass built for me using Bare Knuckle '58 pickups. Played through an Ashdown BTA200 tube amp they have a very nice creamy growl.

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=bass&sub=vintage&pickup=58_split_coil&series=p_bass

Might be worth a look.

[acidbass]

Absolutely agree with Lozz above - the Fender Custom Shop 62 pickups are immense.

[bobbytodd]

yeah the fender cs pickups are cool

[Muppet]

I've just spent a whole weekend swapping out pickups in four of my Precisions. in order, my preference is Wizard Thumper, Fender Custom Shop 62s, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders and Fender Original P bass. Thumpers as they were are not made any more but are now Hot Rod Pickups....

[Slipperydick]

I put Kent Armstrong Vintage Hot P Alnico pickups on my bitsa.

Sounds great to me, without breaking the bank.

[Bassman Steve]

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1444068205' post='2880049']
I put Kent Armstrong Vintage Hot P Alnico pickups on my bitsa.

Sounds great to me, without breaking the bank.
[/quote]

Excellent pick ups and a (near) secret weapon. Great pick ups at a very reasonable price.

[Sibob]

DiMarzio Model P should always be a contender, solid tone!
I've also been very impressed with sound clips of Haussel pickups, looking forward to hearing them properly in an upcoming Maruszczyk build

Si

[DarkHeart]

Entwistle neo's, punch way above their cost.

[Luulox]

Bill lawrence does a nice p bass pickup but they are hard/impossible to find in UK. They have a website run by his wife and daughter, who also make the pups. Good prices for handwound pups too.

Edited October 6, 2015 by Luulox

[dannybuoy]

EMG Geezer Butler sigs get a lot of love, and they come with a solderless harness so you can transplant without soldering and potentially harming the resale value of a vintage instrument!

[ikay]

How about one of these (the split coil one) - [url="http://g-l-online-store.myshopify.com/collections/pickups/products/mfd-sb-2-bass-pickups"]http://g-l-online-st...-2-bass-pickups[/url]

I'm just about to put a G&L MFD humbucker in a P as a sort of homage to the L-1000 but wish I'd bought an MFD split-coil at the same time to try that as well.

I can feel another visit to the G&L shop coming on ...

Edited October 6, 2015 by ikay

[fretmeister]

Quarter Pounders for me.

Nice and chunky.

[Geek99]

Selling a classic 50s model in the market place

[inthedoghouse]

Another vote for the old Wizard Thumper here. Had it for years and love it :-)

[Conan]

Although I like GFS pickups (from the States, and [i][b]really[/b][/i] cheap!), and EMGs; if you want the sound of a Fender I would probably go for Fender pickups

Edited October 7, 2015 by Conan