Product: Kent Armstrong Soapbar
Price Paid: pounds 40
Submitted
09/23/2004
at
01:56pm
by
noce
Features
:
Pickup features: full-length bar pole-pieces
Impedence or other specs: 14k ceramic
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: shine 5 strings
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s):
Reason for pickup change: cheap stock pus
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: drive the amp at half gain
Tone:
Sonic evaluation: supersteps labella; OBP-1, head + cab with 15inches and tweeter
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
Overall Rating
:
10
Comments: Sorry but I owe it to them. These K.A. win against G&L hambucker and Basslines active. On growl, tone, and definition, i like the slap tone too. It is true that they greatly benefit by using an onboard preamp, but is amazing that happens almost without havin to boost the controls.
I once seen them mounted on custom made bass equipped with a Ken Smith preamp and the thing sounded wicked.
They are noise free and sounded beautifully recorded from the amp into a Pionner 839 cd recorder. I believe there is a lot o potential with these and a preamp.
