SteveXFR Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I need a new soapbar style pickup for a 4 string peavey but the only pickups I can find the same size are listed as 5 string pickups. Does it make any difference whether they're 4 or 5 string if they're the right size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I may be wrong (happened once before) but I think that you can safely use a 5 string pup as they will still create the EM field that you need. IIRC there was a 4 string bass on here with 5er pups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kodiakblair Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 2 hours ago, SteveXFR said: I need a new soapbar style pickup for a 4 string peavey but the only pickups I can find the same size are listed as 5 string pickups. Does it make any difference whether they're 4 or 5 string if they're the right size? Getting pickups to fit Peavey Grinds or Zephyrs can be a hassle. Both 4 and 5 strings models shared the same pickups and the nearest in size are EMGs. I went with Warman Jazzbars in my Zephyr 5. They had a different style shell so I popped them out and used wooden covers. Course this was before I discovered folk selling empty Peavey shells on eBay. If I was repeating the swap I'd place the new pickups in empty shells 👍 It's as @TheGreek says there's no reason why you can't use 5 string soapbars . 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Thanks. It's an old Peavey International so Im wondering whether its worth the cost of EMG pickups. I thought about putting EMGs in my Zephyr and the Zephyr pickups in the International but to be honest I really like the Zephyr as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kodiakblair Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 50 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: Thanks. It's an old Peavey International so Im wondering whether its worth the cost of EMG pickups. I thought about putting EMGs in my Zephyr and the Zephyr pickups in the International but to be honest I really like the Zephyr as it is. For some reason I always forget about those Internationals or "Peavey DynaBass . International Series" if addressing it by its Sunday name 😀 Pickups in Zephyrs and International are the same size with the same colour coding and are 4 wire humbuckers in series, dare say they are same part . Empty shells are available for them, I've one in front of me just now👍 Instead of going the EMG road, you could grab a couple of empties and post them to one of the pickup folk for a custom build. It's surprising how affordable that can be 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineweasel Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 14 hours ago, TheGreek said: IIRC there was a 4 string bass on here with 5er pups. There's also the original Fender Musicmaster bass, which had a 6 pole guitar pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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