Raslee Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Summary: Wow, what great pickups - totally perfect - buy them now!. Bought from some bass happy chappy on a FarceBook bass group and fitted them to my VanderEnd the other day. My bass usefully has a route for either a P or a J under the scratchplate - it's messy but useful. I've been inquisitive for a while to try it as PJ rather than the JJ jazz it's been since I got it. I had scratch-it make me both a JJ & PJ plate shortly after I received the bass and it was clearly time to try out the PJ pickguard too, cue the new pick up purchase justifications. So now the EMGGB's PJ's coupled up with my Aguilar OB3 preamp (with passive tone), has made one hell of a versatile beast and I'm loving the passive sounds too. So next strap in and prepare for the worst sound description ever...hmmm, less mid honk than the typical Fender pickups, not as dark as SD Quarterpounders on a dark night and they've made me smile more than Lindy Fralin's have ever done (which I also really like lots). It does have a very smooth sound spectrum with a sweet warm and defined low end and slightly rolled off highs...it's more akin to the 'soul/Motown sound' in my opinion but clearly this Geezer chappy is a bit of a rocker so I hear....so it must be good for that music right? It's probably the most balanced pick up I've ever used across all strings. The P on it's own is defined and warm (warm is the key sound description). The bridge J is surprising, very funky and full, not brittle like some bridge pickups...it's funky, it's a fatter Jaco, Old Gregg has blessed this pickup, (funky is the key sound description). Together they're a good compliment too, smooth like chocolate, no power imbalance - they're friends, ...(Chocolate is the key sound description here!). I like em' a lot. Conclusion: Warm Funky Chocolate! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Great pups. A student installed them in one of his basses. A definite gas inducing experience 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I've just started browsing for pickups for my future PJ build... These sound pretty close to perfect for me. Thanks for taking the time to jot down your thoughts @Raslee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Bigwan said: I've just started browsing for pickups for my future PJ build... These sound pretty close to perfect for me. Thanks for taking the time to jot down your thoughts @Raslee! My apologies the write up was very red wine influenced.....reading it back I was clearly off my rocker ...that said it kind of makes some basic sense. Great pickups indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I can't make up my mind between these and the Quarter Pounders for a pj i'm putting together. I'm a big fan of qp's but tempted to try these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opticaleye Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Love my Geezer P. Considering routing my Sandberg VS4 for a PJ set . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I very nearly bought a set of these but after extensive listening to clips etc. on t'interweb I ended up with a set of DiMarzio DP126s instead (with which I am very happy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 1/20/2018 at 21:43, Raslee said: ...(Chocolate is the key sound description here!). I like em' a lot. Conclusion: Warm Funky Chocolate Hershey? Galaxy? Belvas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 20/01/2018 at 21:43, Raslee said: Summary: Wow, what great pickups - totally perfect - buy them now!. Bought from some bass happy chappy on a FarceBook bass group and fitted them to my VanderEnd the other day. My bass usefully has a route for either a P or a J under the scratchplate - it's messy but useful. I've been inquisitive for a while to try it as PJ rather than the JJ jazz it's been since I got it. I had scratch-it make me both a JJ & PJ plate shortly after I received the bass and it was clearly time to try out the PJ pickguard too, cue the new pick up purchase justifications. So now the EMGGB's PJ's coupled up with my Aguilar OB3 preamp (with passive tone), has made one hell of a versatile beast and I'm loving the passive sounds too. So next strap in and prepare for the worst sound description ever...hmmm, less mid honk than the typical Fender pickups, not as dark as SD Quarterpounders on a dark night and they've made me smile more than Lindy Fralin's have ever done (which I also really like lots). It does have a very smooth sound spectrum with a sweet warm and defined low end and slightly rolled off highs...it's more akin to the 'soul/Motown sound' in my opinion but clearly this Geezer chappy is a bit of a rocker so I hear....so it must be good for that music right? It's probably the most balanced pick up I've ever used across all strings. The P on it's own is defined and warm (warm is the key sound description). The bridge J is surprising, very funky and full, not brittle like some bridge pickups...it's funky, it's a fatter Jaco, Old Gregg has blessed this pickup, (funky is the key sound description). Together they're a good compliment too, smooth like chocolate, no power imbalance - they're friends, ...(Chocolate is the key sound description here!). I like em' a lot. Conclusion: Warm Funky Chocolate! Favourite review so far. Nicely done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 7 hours ago, chris_b said: Hershey? Galaxy? Belvas? Definitely Galaxy...common but silky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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