shoulderpet Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 15:47, chris_b said: Many years ago, I replaced my original Fender Precision pickup with Bartolini. My sound went from average and anaemic to a glorious dynamic, punchy and warm sound. The Barts that came on my early Lakland 55-94 produced an equally fantastic sound. Always been curious about Bart's, one day I will get some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Entwistle forxa nice bit of bite, Warman for some real growl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: Entwistle forxa nice bit of bite, Warman for some real growl. Warman is another one I've been curious about, seeing how cheap they are I will have to get some and see how I like them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Well, in the end I have bought a Squier P with Wilkinson pickup already on here in the classifieds instead of upgrading my PJ. I am extremely happy with it, it plays the part exactly as I wanted and GAS has now subdued. At this point I will probably keep the ceramic P pickup in the PJ for differentiation (on top of flats vs rounds) and replace only the J bridge pickup which is dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Paolo85 said: Well, in the end I have bought a Squier P with Wilkinson pickup already on here in the classifieds instead of upgrading my PJ. I am extremely happy with it, it plays the part exactly as I wanted and GAS has now subdued. At this point I will probably keep the ceramic P pickup in the PJ for differentiation (on top of flats vs rounds) and replace only the J bridge pickup which is dreadful. If it is the Alnico Wilkinson that is a really good pickup that way exceeds what you would expect from such an inexpensive pickup. Good call on replacing the J pickup, if it is anything like most stock j pickups on PJ basses then it is probably only wound to 4 or 5k which usually means the tone really thins out when the j pickup is on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, shoulderpet said: If it is the Alnico Wilkinson that is a really good pickup that way exceeds what you would expect from such an inexpensive pickup. Based on my admittedly limited experience of alnico vs ceramic I believe this should be the alnico! 15 minutes ago, shoulderpet said: Good call on replacing the J pickup, if it is anything like most stock j pickups on PJ basses then it is probably only wound to 4 or 5k which usually means the tone really thins out when the j pickup is on. Thanks! Yes thin is definitely the right word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Paolo85 said: Based on my admittedly limited experience of alnico vs ceramic I believe this should be the alnico! The alnico Wilkinson is a great pickup, imo easily as good as the more expensive vintage voiced pickups out there,I use a Duncan SPB-2 nowadays because I like the midrange bark it gives but the Wilkinson is very good also 1 hour ago, Paolo85 said: Thanks! Yes thin is definitely the right word Yeah I had a lightbulb moment regarding PJ basses, a lot of the more inexpensive ones have J pickups in the 4-5k range which means that as soon as you add in the J pickup your tone really thins out, your tone will get thinner anyway with the j pickup added in due to phase cancellation so if the bridge pickup is underpowered then it will be they noticeably thinner sounding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LITTLEWING Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Toneriders all day long. Back them off a little to 3mm bass side as they’re wound very slightly hotter. Awesome for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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