bassatnight Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Just taken possession of a lovely Mexican P, the pups are OK - but want something a bit growlier, any suggestions on a pup upgrade? Cheers, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 How much do you want to spend? How long is a piece of string? I got great results with an overwound GFS pickup... very inexpensive too - [url="http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-PB-Pro-PLUS-OVERWOUND-Alnico-P-Bass-style-VERY-hot_p_334.html"]http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-PB-Pro-PLUS-OVERWOUND-Alnico-P-Bass-style-VERY-hot_p_334.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Overwound pickups can sound louder but often also darker. The vintage pickups are actually pretty bright and growly, even though you might associate 'vintage' with 'muffled'. Where abouts in Cambs are you? I have a Fender Original '62 reissue and a Duncan SPB-1 sat here unused, although if you want something hotter I'd look for a Wizard Thumper or SPB-2. Some of the DiMarzio pickups are very modern sounding and growling, as are the US Fender ones before they changed them in 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Interesting, I bunged some SPB-3's in my Mex P, what would be the difference between these and the SPB-1 (or SPB-2 for that matter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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