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Musicman pickups - aftermarket options?


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I'm planning a modification build starting with an Ibanez Mezzo bass with a 32 inch scale.

My plan is to remove all the existing pickups and preamp and replace with a good Stingray type and get a nice scratchplate to cover the existing holes. 

There are 4 control holes in the bass so that could be volume and a 3 band, or it could be volume, 2 band and a mini switch depending on what pickup I go for.

 

There seem to be far more options than there used to be - now there are Seymour Duncan, Aguilar, Nordstrand, EMG etc.

Anyone have any recommendations? At one end I'm looking for a nice sort of traditional Ray sound - 'Nard Edwards / Flea etc. At the other a bit more Joe Dart (I realise he uses flats).

 

Any ideas from the hive mind?

 

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Yep, but the Delano vision (vision as you have to choose the one you like) with a Richter preamp is very good or a Mike Pope Flexcore preamp if you have extra cash.

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I hate apocopes !
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I don have any personal experience with it. but judging from the demos I wanted the Norstrand Big BladeMan, Music Man style pickup, seems like a truly great pickup.

Here's a nice demo featuring it, demonstrating both pick, finger play and slap style, as well as using different tone settings:

 

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