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Post subject: Need some help with a replacement precision pickup please
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:32 pm
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Hello Fender friends,
I just bought a 2004 Mexi Precision bass. I want to replace the MIM pickup in it. I am considering the original 62 that Fender sells or the Duncan quarter-pound. I am a pretty big EMG fan but would really like to stay passive if at all possible. I read the reviews on the 62 pickup online at guitarcenter.com they received awesome reviews. I want a really nasty, in your face; knock your teeth down your throat kind of sound. A few friends told me to go with the 62. I just want to be sure that I have made the right decision because I won't have the money to replace them again for a long time. What are some of your opinions?

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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:10 pm
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The '62's aren't hot pickups at all. They're "period correct"...according to Ed Friedland of Guitar Magazine.


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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:18 pm
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The Fender Original '62 P-Bass pick-ups are not nasty, ballsy, or in your face whatsoever. They will give you a classic, vintage P-Bass tone, especially with flats. I have these on my Highway One P-Bass with LaBella 760FL's and they are clear, warm, thumpy, and sound great. They can get aggressive sounding but for the most part they are vintage sounding.

From the sound you have described, and the options you provided, my suggestion would be the SD Quarter Pounders. I have these as well in a Squier VM P-Bass strung with rounds and they have a much higher output. The sound is/can be grindy, ballsy, punchy, thumpy, aggressive, and gritty. IMO they are night and day different than the Fender '62s.

Another option to look into is the DiMarzio DP122.

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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:24 pm
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I would definitely recommend the 1/4 lb'ers, I have them in my MIM 04 Fender and they sound absolutely amazing, especially if you throw a badass bridge and a TUSQ nut. Very powerful low end, a lot more output than the stock pickups, plus the tone know actual sounds to do something now. As far as I'm concerned these are the pickups to get. Although since the pickups aren't shielded you will more than likely need to shield the pickups properly because unless the guy who used to own your bass did it, it hasn't been done. If your not sure what I'm talking about, go plug your P bass into an amp, turn the amp to 10, now let go of your strings and if you hear an electrical humming noise. That shouldn't happen.
I threw a set of passive EMG's (well, Select designed by EMG) in another 04 MIM P bass I bought to flip and they sound pretty good considering they were $30 @ basspartsresource.com . Lots of gain to them, tons of output, and the tone knob makes a world of difference when you turn it allowing for a lot of different tones from one bass. These pickups are sealed so I assumed they would be alright without shielding the bass/pickguard but I don't know as I had already done it to the bass and pickguard prior to the pickup change.
I have another 01 P-bass that I am probably going to try either seymour duncan SPB-1 vintage's or SPB-2 hot's, maybe DiMarzio's or the Fender '62 Vintage. All very good options, good luck with your hunt.

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bass_pickupsemg.htm


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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:35 am
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Agree on the Quarter Pounder. Very aggressive sounding pickup and very sensitive. And as was pointed out, a pickup swap is the perfect time to do a shielding/ground job.

Also, if you want even more edginess in the tone consider replacing the stock poly capacitor with any common ceramic disc .047 or one of the new Fender 0.05 ceramic disc capacitors. Ten to thirteen bucks US for copper tape & sheeting and a little wire and some solder. About any TV/Radio shop should have the ceramic cap for a dollar or less.

Also don't forget to get some pickup mounting foam, or you can carefully remove the original foam and reuse it, but it doesn't always come off intact.

Good luck!


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