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alembic1989
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I have a fretless bass (4 string) currently fitted with bartolini soapbars. I want to replace the bridge pick up as I want a REALY GROWLY SOUND.....tuba like. I was thinking of a Music Man type pick up..but I am open to suggestions. I currently have an EMG active BQ3 circuit installed with variable mid sweep.
Can any body suggest a pickkup that will fit the bill.
Your thoughts gentlemen please??

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Purely in terms of mid range punch, the EMG DC soapbars are very growly. However they can also sound a little sterile in the treble and upper mids too, so I wouldn't recommend putting them on basses that sound quite brittle or bright. There's something to be said for Delano pickups, I've yet to meet anyone with a bad word to say about them. Very clean, sweet, punchy and warm but a lot of the results you achieve will depend on the bass. The pickups are ideally like ears, ideally they shouldn't colour the instrument.

A word of caution though, if you use different pickups then be aware that they may have different outputs and so when you switch between them you may have to adjust gain levels on your amp to compensate. If you install a u-retro by John East, the eq comes with input buffers that can be individually adjusted for gain. So it would be possible for you to have an active EMG DC soapbar in the bridge and a Bartolini soapbar in the neck positions and maintain consistent levels when you switch between them.

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I have a Delano MM in my Single cut...
And it is the Growliest Pup i have ever had.
But that could also be a combination of various things...
Bridge, Woods..etc [ i dont know if that makes any differance ]
I do know it has a very high output.
Infact i dont use any on board Eq at all. [ Agi 3 band ]
It is just run passive [ i dont have any tone control when in passive mode]

The Delano Pups Rock...! :)

Garry

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[quote name='lowdown' post='304540' date='Oct 11 2008, 07:49 PM']I have a Delano MM in my Single cut...
And it is the Growliest Pup i have ever had.
But that could also be a combination of various things...
Bridge, Woods..etc [ i dont know if that makes any differance ]
I do know it has a very high output.
Infact i dont use any on board Eq at all. [ Agi 3 band ]
It is just run passive [ i dont have any tone control when in passive mode]

The Delano Pups Rock...! :)

Garry[/quote]

Where did you buy your Delano MM from?
and how much did it cost.?
Do you remember the model number?
there seem to be a few variations which is confusing.
Thanks in advance...

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[quote name='alembic1989' post='304547' date='Oct 11 2008, 08:00 PM']Where did you buy your Delano MM from?
and how much did it cost.?
Do you remember the model number?
there seem to be a few variations which is confusing.
Thanks in advance...[/quote]

To be honest i am not sure..
But If you emailed Robbie over at Rim basses he would let you know.
[email protected]


Garry

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