fretmeister Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) I've picked up a lovely shortscale P. The existing pickup has very high poles and as I like to use the pickup top as a ramp that doesn't really work. In most basses I stick EMGs in but I'd like to keep this bass passive. Can anyone recommend a good covered P bass pickup, or at least one with visible poles that are flush with the plastic? Not looking to spend loads, the bass was under £150 so I don't want to put £150 pickup in it! Any ideas? Edited April 8, 2022 by fretmeister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntohang Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 You should be able to swap the covers out for closed ones if you like that pickup. If not then Alegree do cheaper ones where the poles are flush, and Warman do covered passives. https://www.alegree.co.uk/collections/old-timer-pickups/products/old-timer-quake-precision-bass-pickup https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/p-bass-stealth-pickup-8-01kohm-and-4-86-henries/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 Perfect! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 not sure if you could do your ramp thing with it but i just put black gaffer tape over the pole pieces to stop my sweat rusting the pole pieces that might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 08/04/2022 at 14:03, fretmeister said: I've picked up a lovely shortscale P. The existing pickup has very high poles and as I like to use the pickup top as a ramp that doesn't really work. In most basses I stick EMGs in but I'd like to keep this bass passive. Can anyone recommend a good covered P bass pickup, or at least one with visible poles that are flush with the plastic? Not looking to spend loads, the bass was under £150 so I don't want to put £150 pickup in it! Any ideas? EMG's PHZ is a passive P pickup with covers. I think I have a set somewhere but I have earmarked the Geezer set for an incoming project. >>> https://www.emgpickups.com/bass/phz.html <<<< Look at the Dimarzio Will Power P pickups too. They have tons of mid range and sound pretty good too. For something a little sexy looking and passive, Billy Sheehan's new Dimarzio Relentless pickups with curved ramped tops. https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/standard-bass/relentless-middle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Thanks chaps. As it happens I searched my trunk of parts and found an Aguilar that has poles that are flat with the surface of the plastic. So I'm going to try that. Maybe with a bit of tape on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 (edited) Just for future reference, I've solved this problem in the past by putting some bluetack under the covers at each of it's corners, between the cover and the pickup. Raise the height of the cover until it's flush with the top of the pole pieces. Then raise or lower the pickup to taste. Job's a good 'un 👍 Edited May 5, 2022 by miles'tone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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