dudewheresmybass Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Hiya My EMG GZR pups that I bought on here over a year back have died. There's a strange issue where the e and a side have no output, and the d and g side are hollow sounding. After a lengthy email conversation with a very helpful fella at EMG, they tell me they think there's an intermittent short in the pup. However their guarantee won't cover second hand pickups, and I'm now left needing an alternative pickup with a similar sound.( Whilst I love the sound created by the pup, I'm not tied to the price lol) I was very struck with the pickup that was mounted in the Tony Butler Vintage sig model that he did, but was wondering whether there are any other options that fellow BCers might know of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Well, the EMG Geezer Butler P pickup is modled after an original 60's era Fender P pickup, so at least some vintage 60's voiced P pickup with Alnico V pole pieces, and with an approximately matching DCR value of 11.20 kOhm, like the Geezer P, would be a good place to start. Other than that I can't really help. I too am a big EMG GZR P fan though. Edited April 6, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 In my pursuit of a Geezer’esque tone I was luck enough to snag an early Lakland Skyline P bass that came with a Lindy Fralin P pickup. I’ve certainly had plenty of compliments about how that bass sounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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