Fender Original '62 Precision Bass Pickups

Split-coil P-bass pickup. Looks exactly like a p-bass pup, sounds like one, drops right in with no modifications.

Put it in a MIM Fender p-bass, probably a 2008 bass.

IF YOU HAVE ONE UPGRADE TO MAKE TO A CHEAPER P-BASS (like my MIM bass), THIS IS THE UPGRADE TO MAKE. Seriously. The difference is incredible. I just couldn't get a good sound from the original pup. Dial it to treble, it sounds thin. Dial it to bass, it sounds muddy. In the middle it just sounds weak.
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No longer! I dropped this in in around half an hour (a very easy upgrade--solder two wires, replace four screws--no mods necessary). Sounds insanely better. Thick and rich. This isn't just live, either--I compared a song we'd recorded in a studio with the original pup, and then a song we did with this one. The difference is striking. Well, well worth the dollars.

I would totally recommend this pickup to anyone. It's not aggressive--it's just thick and rich.

The '62 Origional reissue pickup is a passive precision bass replacement PUp. It's resistance (DC) is said to be around 10.5K and it's inductance is generally 6.4 Henries. The set comes with a pre soldered ground plate which proves to save time when replacing the unwanted set. It reduces the need for additional grounding materials and also stabilizes the pup for an accurate and strong intallment. This plate holds the enamel coated Alinco 5 magnets which were wound with excellent precision and care. On all three sets (two of which I personally own) that I have seen the windings were neat and secure and the solders were also well done. The humbucking presence is emitted with quick response a profound sense of clarity.

I replaced my 1990 fender American Precision bass Pup with the '62 Reissue. I run it on full volume and at its brightest tonal capability. Any one that picks up my precision bass plays this pup. I would use this pick up for any fender bass that has a p-bass configuration. I recently played a Fender with a P body and Block inlayed Jazz neck that had the '62 reissue Pup along with a fender vintage 60's (custom shop) bridge Pup and the tonal response the bass housed within itself was god like in quality. I will be purchasing a bass exactly as described here soon and I'll surely use the Origional '62.

The output is fairly hot in comparison to stock pups. It is an extreme difference in comparison to my 75 Jazz reissue with Custom Shop vintage 60's. I disagree with those that say there is great ease in switching between different makes/maodels of basses. I had a considerable amount of trouble switching up basses mid show. Unlike many people may first assume the output volume alone in comparison to other Pups make it difficult for one to retain a similar midrange especially if you like the aggressive growl tones like me. For a simple fix in terms of the volume level, of course you'd have to crank up the master a bit with many basses that have different pickups such as a jazz bass but the overall settings of the amp will need considerable tweeking. Thats why it is nice to have these pups in the first place they give you a greater ammount of control then most stock basses and a firm punchy bottum end to back your tone. The vintage jazz Pups aren't nearly as loud as the Origional '62 and they also don't have the ability to retain the thumping bottom end while simultaneously producing a colorful mid range. This is to be expected considering the placement as well as the differences in the sizes of the wire used and the number of times the Pup is wound with that guage of wire. The aggressive growel and midrange punch of a J bass is in a realm of its own. If you want that sound it is extremely difficult to pull off with a p bass. I like both basses for there individual and distinct tones. However I do want, as they say these days, " the best of both worlds". Which is why I plan to costomize a bass like I mentioned earlier.
This Pup does not completely shun those bassists that like the dirty and crunchy growel that is more recognized by the precisions younger brother. With a fresh set of strings and a good amp these Pups give a great midrange pressence and the output to drive an amp to saturation. I use an SVT 3-pro as my main rig with a 4x10 ampeg cab. Sometimes I add a 15 inch into the setup but I've never really needed it for a gig. The pups as mentioned earlier have a highly voiced output and with the combination of this feature along with new strings,and my amps tubes at saturation it creates an agressive midrange growel to a moderate extent and overall gives you the abundent bass punch and tonal capabilities that made the precision bass so popular in the music realm. I play ANYTHING that grooves or makes money. I write my own material but also play in a cover band that requires many different tonal options. We play funk (as mentioned on the factory packaging, these Pups "invented funk"),metal/rock/southern rock which the p bass is often attributed to, and country which requires a more mellow and moderate bottum end for those major scale rolling bass lines. That mellow and moderate bottum end is precisly what these pickups dilever.

I have a back up set on stand by if I were to have any problems with my p basses set. I have been playing bass for 6 years and I've played many makes and models of basses and the pickups in them. As far as Precision or the p/j combonation goes I'd use the origional's in each or any fender that has a place for them. I don't like active pups. Call me a traditionalist but you wont hear any of my basses get cut due to a dead battery and you also wont hear poor tone out of my cab/PA because I invested in these pups. Fender makes good products dispite the bad wrap some people give them. Yeah Fender basses are fairly trite and some say "they're like ********... everybody has one" it goes without saying in diverse situations they sound great.