In-line P pickup?

[Bassy]

Why has an in-line P pickup never been made? I know that Nordstrand make the Big Split, but that is an overwound split coil jazz pickup. Great sounding pickup, but not a precision sound? Nordstrand also make a Big Rig - 2 offset 50's style P pickups in a single casing... but still not an in-line P.

I can't think of another manufacturer who makes anything that comes close?

I read that the precision coils are too fat, so that you cannot put them side by side? But that sounds like Internet logic 🤔 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

The pairs of pole pieces are only about 5mm apart. There's no way to fit two full precision coils into a 5mm gap.

[Obrienp]

I had a ‘51 P pickup that comprised two coils side by side. It was made by a guy in Spain: Jess Loureiro. You could wire them in series, or parallel on a DPDT switch, which I tried. It was pretty pointless TBH. It sounded thin and horrible in parallel IMO but great in series.

 

P.S. Now I think about it; not totally pointless because it was pretty hum free.

Edited 1 hour ago by Obrienp

[Stub Mandrel]

26 minutes ago, Obrienp said:

I had a ‘51 P pickup that comprised tow coils side by side. It was made by a guy in Spain: Jess Loureiro. You could wire them in series, or parallel on a DPDT switch, which I tried. It was pretty pointless TBH. It sounded thin and horrible in parallel IMO but great in series.

 

P.S. Now I think about it; not totally pointless because it was pretty hum free.

 

Only one pole piece per string = more space!

[Bassy]

Yep, looking at the p pickups closely, the casings do cross over. 

[ezbass]

The pickups on my Maruszczyk J type are Delano JSBC 4 HE/M2 (catchy name), split coil humbuckers and the neck pickup sounds just like my P Bass. 

[itu]

EMG makes P pickups in a DC (dual coil) case. I also remember that Ibanez and few other manufacturers in the 80's had P pickups in a humbucker case. I think @Bassassin could list all of them. 

 

(EMG widths, as everybody knows, are 3.5" - 4.5".) 

Edited 3 hours ago by itu

[Bassassin]

2 hours ago, itu said:

EMG makes P pickups in a DC (dual coil) case. I also remember that Ibanez and few other manufacturers in the 80's had P pickups in a humbucker case. I think @Bassassin could list all of them. 

 

(EMG widths, as everybody knows, are 3.5" - 4.5".) 

 

Probably not all of them! I do know Aria's MB range of pickups used in the SB, RSB, TSB etc basses did include P-style coils in a soapbar case. Some even had exposed poles.