Fender P or J with Tbird pups

[nash]

Anyone done it?

I recently repaired a Gibson Tbird and it sounded awesome but it's too much of a radical shape for the band I'm in/the case is massive.

I'm thinking about getting a Squier VM P and sticking some Tbird pups in.

Also any good passive models/brands?

[NancyJohnson]

There's a thread over at The Last Bass Outpost covering some 60s spec Thunderbird pickups. $45 each.

Sticking genuine Gibsons in a bass seems a bit subjective; allegedly these produce a very close facsimile of the 60s tone.

[AndyTravis]

Mike Lull seems to sell a few of his p types with thunderbird pickups.

And there is, somewhere, a beautiful Paisley reissue fender someone has put thunderbird pickups in; looks the mutts nuts.

[EssentialTension]

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Anyone done it?

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Pino Palladino has a Precision with two Thunderbird pickups (and a Gibson mudbucker at the neck).

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265066-pinos-bass-at-glasto"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265066-pinos-bass-at-glasto[/url]

Edited January 24, 2016 by EssentialTension

[EssentialTension]

That's before the third pickup was added. Edited January 24, 2016 by EssentialTension

[slab66]

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[JamesBass]

Mike Lull without a doubt!

[Joebethell]

Used to have a Mike lull PT5 which was a pbass with his tbird pickups.

Stunning to play sounded huge.

[Bigwan]

One of my long term GAS plans is a limelight P, black and maple, black pickguard and a pair of thunderbuckers...

[Bigwan]

One of my long term GAS plans is a limelight P, black and maple, black pickguard and a pair of thunderbuckers...

[AndyTravis]

The EMG HZ TB pickups are nice, fitted a couple of pairs to epi thunderbirds.

They're not chrome though and not sure how close they come to the old Gibson pickups if at all...

Edited January 24, 2016 by AndyTravis