Humbucker in a P style bass?

[Rubbersoul]

I have an old Westone Concorde with a p pickup in it. I was just wondering if it was practical to ditch the existing pup and stick a hummer in instead? Would you put it in the same place? Back towards the bridge? No Idea if this will happen, just curious at this point.

[Boodang]

Stick one of the new Sims pickup in and you'll have a choice of P, single coil and humbucker at your disposal. Could be interesting. 

[Rubbersoul]

Bit pricey and overkill for what I need.

 

 I have a Squier P with EMG Geezer in it. Have an Ibanez PJ for versatility (cheap and cheerful). I just thought I’d maybe give the old Westone a new lease of life. On the cheap lol!

[Quatschmacher]

The Sandberg VM2 has a humbucker in the normal P position. 

[Happy Jack]

Puzzled ... surely the pickup in a P-style bass IS a humbucker? What am I missing here?

 

And don't call me Shirley.

 

 

[Alien]

58 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Puzzled ... surely the pickup in a P-style bass IS a humbucker? What am I missing here?

 

And don't call me Shirley.

 

 

Completely correct.  This is one of the reasons for a P pup is in 2 pieces - they're wound in opposite directions.

 

[Quatschmacher]

On 14/03/2022 at 11:20, Alien said:

Completely correct.  This is one of the reasons for a P pup is in 2 pieces - they're wound in opposite directions.

 

True. Think the OP was referring to a Musicman soap bar humbucker, or at least that was the conclusion I drew. 

[Rubbersoul]

On 19/03/2022 at 00:29, Quatschmacher said:

True. Think the OP was referring to a Musicman soap bar humbucker, or at least that was the conclusion I drew. 

Yes, that was my thought.

[Quatschmacher]

3 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Yes, that was my thought.

There’s actually a bass on the UK bass player’ marketplace group on Facebook which had the Sims pickup fitted which can do MM, P and J configurations. 

[Maude]

You can wire a four wire (or five, makes no difference) humbucker in to give you bridge side single coil, both coils in series, both coils in parallel and neck side single coil with a four position rotary switch, or push/pull volume and tone controls. 

I did this on a Stingray copy.