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Post by Strider on Jan 29, 2016 23:55:55 GMT
That's it, a California VM Supreme. |
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Post by will33 on Feb 8, 2016 22:58:47 GMT
You saying "splitcoil" as in a P-bass type pickup or splitcoil as in a "stacked" humbucker?
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Post by OOD on Feb 8, 2016 23:58:51 GMT
You saying "splitcoil" as in a P-bass type pickup or splitcoil as in a "stacked" humbucker? As in a J bass pickup that is split in two and wired in series. |
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Post by will33 on Feb 9, 2016 15:03:06 GMT
Aha. I don't know that I've ever played one.
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Post by OOD on Feb 9, 2016 15:39:26 GMT
Aha. I don't know that I've ever played one. I feel like it would be very similar to a p bass pickup, but I could be wrong. |
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Post by will33 on Feb 9, 2016 18:39:59 GMT
Aha. I don't know that I've ever played one. I feel like it would be very similar to a p bass pickup, but I could be wrong. Somewhat, though it'd be positioned straight across the strings. And closer to the bridge. I'd basically have to hear one myself to be of much help. |
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Post by Strider on Feb 13, 2016 9:06:16 GMT
They're similar, but not identical since the coils are slimmer and taller than P's low fat coils.
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Post by OOD on Feb 13, 2016 14:52:40 GMT
They're similar, but not identical since the coils are slimmer and taller than P's low fat coils. That makes sense. Good to know. |
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Post by will33 on Feb 15, 2016 19:13:42 GMT
They're similar, but not identical since the coils are slimmer and taller than P's low fat coils. Would I be correct in assuming one would help fatten up bridge pup tone? |
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Post by Nukes on Feb 15, 2016 21:03:12 GMT
They're similar, but not identical since the coils are slimmer and taller than P's low fat coils. Would I be correct in assuming one would help fatten up bridge pup tone? Im so jealous of jazz bass players who can solo the bridge pup and make it growl and scream. Earlier i was attempting this on "I Wish". I WISH i could sound like Stevie Wonders bassist! |
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Post by will33 on Feb 15, 2016 22:23:25 GMT
Would I be correct in assuming one would help fatten up bridge pup tone? Im so jealous of jazz bass players who can solo the bridge pup and make it growl and scream. Earlier i was attempting this on "I Wish". I WISH i could sound like Stevie Wonders bassist! Maybe I'm just weird, or used to hearing things a certain way.....probably weird.....but I always feel like 2-pup single coil basses like a J, or my Carvin...the 2 pups almost always do too much of one thing really well but lack at the other, and need each other to end up with something I like. Blend too much in favor of the bridge and it gets too thin and twangy. Blend too much toward the neck and it's too muddy/woofy and lacks any bite or definition. Each pickup needs the other one to fill in what it lacks. I rarely stray further away than a 60/40 blend. Maybe 65/35 in extreme cases. Usually tiny knob tweaks mage huge differences to my ear. Conversely, a simple one-pup bass, like a P or a Stingray, with one good splitcoil/humbucker somewhere in that middle area under the strings lacks nothing. It's all there in one piece and I can still get a huge variety of sounds just from doing different things with my plucking hand. Don't feel like anything is missing or needs to be made up for by another pickup. I do dig PJ's, though the P is always full on, with the J being dialed in to add some bite/growl.....or not. It seems it comes down to where the pickup is positioned under the strings. Two of them at the extreme ends doesn't seem to work as well for me as one in the "right spot" does. |
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Post by Strider on Feb 20, 2016 10:25:11 GMT
They're similar, but not identical since the coils are slimmer and taller than P's low fat coils. Would I be correct in assuming one would help fatten up bridge pup tone? Yup! Depends on models too though, some of them are wound as lightly as possible to keep closer to a regular J sound. Nordstrand will overwind them for you if you ask, IIRC to get them nice and chunky. |
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