Seymour Duncan Antiquity II P-Bass

Split coil passive humbucker, etc.....

1982 JV Squier P Bass, replacing the stock pickup.

After the sound of a real 1962 P Bass.

Output is slightly hotter that the JV, a very well balanced and full sound with the right amount of depth that only 40 year old pups have.

Mainly used for meat and potatoes rock n roll. A perfect match for that style and a near perfect for the original 1962 P Bass sound.

If it aint broke dont fix it! It would have to be replaced with the same unit.

Most of you already know this to be an attempt to reproduce a vintage 60s P bass PU so that said the brass grounding plate rusted screws and all are good touches.

Fender American Standard P Bass
Relaceing stock American Standard Pickup
Objective to obtain a more "vintage" tone

output level is about standard maybe a bit mellower but there is sufficeint signal for almost all aplications

using fender bassman 300 pro and ampex bxt cabs

tone is very warm round and deep the frequency spectrum is not as wide making it have that vintage sound, the stock american standard pickups are good but sound like a modern bass. That is to say they reproduce a good and wide variety of frequencies at all times making them sutable for a spectrum of tones ( fender wants to give modern players more options and a wider pallet of sounds ) This pickup will put you into a "vintage" corner and it will take some extra eq and tone shapeing equipment to get out of it. But if that is where you want to be no other PU will get you there as well.

I realy enjoy this PU I have some very modern basses ( 18 volt active and all that jazz ) and have put the American Standard PUs in another P Bass so I still have that sound around. However nothing realy does get that vintage sound like these in a P Bass do. Sure you can EQ till your head spins off but you will have a hard time getting there and a harder time getting back everytime. SOooo if this is what you are looking for then look no further but be ware the bass will become a dedicated vintage tone machine.

Pickup features: P-Bass (split humbucking in series)
Impedence or other specs: yes.

Model of guitar or bass: Warmoth P-Bass
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: Basslines Hot for P-Bass
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s):
Reason for pickup change: The Hot for P-Bass just wasn't right. Too "big", but at the same time, not enough presence.

Perceived output level: Enough
Tone: perfect
Sonic evaluation: I usually end up just going into a tube preamp and playing back through studio monitors. I have an old point-to-point wired 40 watt tube amp that it sounds nice through, too. Lastly, an Amplified Music Products BH-420 into a Carvin 2x10. The amp sounds great, the cab, not so much.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Rootsier stuff, soul through punk. Nothing hi-fi

Comments: This really is a good pickup. There might be other good choices out there that do a good job of reproducing that vintage sound. I haven't tried them. I bought this pickup because it was highly recommended on a bass forum. It was a little more expensive, but in the long run it was cheaper than buying/selling/buying ad nauseum.
I'd buy it again. There probably are other pickups that would work as well (Lindy Fralin comes to mind), but I _KNOW_ I get along with these, so why switch?
Been playing for over 10 years, not all that seriously, but I've owned 10 or 11 basses over that time, so I do know a little about tone and what I like. These work well.