Seymour Duncan SSCPB-3 BLK Passive Quarter Pound Single Coil P-Bass

I have an interesting story.So I have a mid 80s Peavey Patriot bass. It was gifted to me as a Christmas gift in the late 90s. The bass, Jeremy as I like to call her, is built like a tank. American made, and really sounds great. At the time, in my mid teens, I was playing a lot of bass guitar and it was a great little "Precision" flavored axe to play on. Over the years, I switched back to playing guitar full time, though still play bass on recordings. Actually, it was always my favorite part of a recording session to record the bassline with a piece of my childhood.Cut to more recently and this great little bass needed a bit of a makeover. I hated to change things around on it to much, but I felt like it needed an upgrade to keep up with the direction I was going. I also have a great friend who does a lot of my work so I knew we could really bring her into today. The pickup that came on the Peavey is a ferrite soap bar model. Not a bad sound by any means, though I do prefer, at least typically, an alnico magnet. I did some research and read some great reviews about the Duncan Quarter-Pound stuff so I went all in. I also bought a custom pickguard from pickguard.com (seriously). They were unsure about spacing though, essentially I had them make a pickguard that'd fit a regular telecaster (guitar) route. I also had them not cut an input jack into the pickguard as I planned on having the jack added into the wood (the only smart way). I also found a heavy duty, all brass "bad-ass" style bridge on clearance for cheap to round out the upgrade.Long story short, this pickup change is a BIG change from the old ferrite soap bar - it's LOUDER, a ton of output, and BIGGER sounding. Still, it's pretty versatile. I have the pickup itself down pretty low to the guard to try and tame a bit of the output. Also, as mentioned by another reviewer, you may have to have some custom "legs" put onto this if it's being mounted to a pickguard. I kept all the original parts of the old bass in case I didn't like it, though I think it was the smart move to go this way. If you're a rocker or play heavy music, you can keep the pickup closer to the strings to get a punchier sound. If you want a flatter sound, you can pull the pickup back a bit and it sounds nice and mellow. It still retains a nice "old school" tele bass sound - kind of makes me think of the Fender basses Sting plays from the mid 50s which is why I bought the pickup in the first place.This is a good buy and for the price, you can't go wrong.

J ai modifié le micro d origine de ma Squier PB51 Classic Vibes pa celui-ci. Le micro d origine n est pas mauvais, mais le son a gagné nettement en clarté et niveau de sortie. Match parfait!!!

A great product from Seymour Duncan, well made with quality materials. Importantly this has improved the tone of my bass a lot.

I recently bought a Squier Bronco Bass and although it was my first bass, I was just a little disappointed in the sound. I did a search for replacement pickups and found a great video showing how one guy replaced the stock pick up with this one. It was the first guitar mod I have done myself and it was well worth it! The sound is SO much better now and I am going to enjoy that Bronco Bass even more!

Una piccola spinta in più nella frequenza medio-bassa che volevo saturare.Servizio eccellente.