Wizard Thumper pickups

[clash33]

Hi all, and Merry Christmas,
I have a Squire P bass that I love the feel of but have found the pickups to be a bit lacking, I would quite like to use this bass to gig with and wonder if a new set of Seymour Duncan SPB-1 would make it a better bass or will I notice little difference to the standard pickups. I use a Yamaha 414 most of the time witch has hot pickups and makes the Squire seem quiet.
What do you think, is it worth spending £50

Edited December 27, 2008 by clash33

[Dr.Dave]

Your username and avatar give me the impression that you're not shy of a bit of punch , tone wise - so I'd think more about a Duncan quarterpounder , or the Wizard Thumper. You'll get more output from these and a less vintage sound. Yes , you'll notice a difference.

I've not had experience of the Thumper but they're raved about in these parts - the Jazz 84's I had from Wizard were fab. I do have SDQPs in my Precisions and it's they're dogs for me

Other aftermarket pickups are available

[clash33]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='363628' date='Dec 26 2008, 12:51 PM']I've not had experience of the Thumper but they're raved about in these parts - the Jazz 84's I had from Wizard were fab. I do have SDQPs in my Precisions and it's they're dogs for me

Other aftermarket pickups are available [/quote]

Anyone got Wizard Thumpers in a P bass, what are they like?

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='clash33' post='363666' date='Dec 26 2008, 01:36 PM']Anyone got Wizard Thumpers in a P bass, what are they like?[/quote]

Fat, punchy and hot as hell... no glassy highs but a load of growl and bark...

Here's my Thumper-laiden P, straight into the desk:

[Dr.Dave]

Here's a bunch of us rattling on about Wizards.
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=116&hl=wizard+thumper"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...=wizard+thumper[/url]

Mostly about Jazz pups but there are refs to Thumpers , also you can use the search function to look through previous threads.

[clash33]

Looks like I will be getting Thumped !
Thanks for the advice, will let you guys know how I get on.
Cheers

Order placed today!!

Edited December 26, 2008 by clash33

[clash33]

Have got my new pups and fitted them today. The tone is great and is nice and even across all for strings, however I do seem to be down on volume from what I had before, not sue if this could be down to my poor soldering or just how they should be ? what do you think

[wateroftyne]

Down?

My goodness... I reckon something is awry somewhere.

[clash33]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='367067' date='Dec 31 2008, 01:42 PM']Down?

My goodness... I reckon something is awry somewhere.[/quote]


That's what I thought, but it sounds nice! looks like rip down and start again

[clash33]

[quote name='clash33' post='367076' date='Dec 31 2008, 01:53 PM']That's what I thought, but it sounds nice! looks like rip down and start again [/quote]

Well re soldered all joints and reset pickup height, sounds good - great tone - even the wife said it sounded nice! So must wait for next practice to match it against my 414 for volume, fingers crosed

[BassBunny]

When I fitted my Thumper I spoke to Andy at Wizard. As it was a complete build up from a donor Bass he suggested using different Pot values and Capacitor.
May be worth having a chat and see what he says.
The Thumpers are certainly hotter than standard Fender, (and I assume Squire), pick-ups.

[clash33]

Thanks for advice, I have sent Andy an email for his thoughts.
At the moment I am still down on volume and up in humming and buzzing although the tone is nice and even.

[clash33]

[quote name='clash33' post='369713' date='Jan 4 2009, 01:36 AM']Thanks for advice, I have sent Andy an email for his thoughts.
At the moment I am still down on volume and up in humming and buzzing although the tone is nice and even.

[/quote]

Andy was great, asked me to return them for a free check out, although he could find no fault he sent out a new set. Now it could well be down to my poor fitting but this set are silent. All is good, looking forwards to next rehersal so I can give them a good blast. Thanks Andy. I recommend Wizard too.