Buying New Pickups For A Bass

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Buying New Pickups For A Bass

Unread post by GSR » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:29 pm

So, i bought my new bass. I'm still working on getting pics up. But anyway, it has (presumably) crappy ibanez pickups in it. I was wondering what goes into buying new pickups, i.e.:

Is it worth it?
How much are we talking about?
What kind should I get?
Is it a lot of work?
What will this do for my bass/sound?


Thanks for the advice.
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Unread post by bassman462 » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:32 pm

well if its real good nice wood look into passives, but if its pretty crappy wood and wont give u good tone use actives, try some EMG's i really like mine.

EDIT-what did u get?
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:56 am

Ibanez BTB1000
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:28 am

GSRLessard14 wrote:Ibanez BTB1000
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ah, so u did get that one after all niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:47 am

It's quite funky.
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:50 am

GSRLessard14 wrote:It's quite funky.
is it possible for you to record some stuff?
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:06 am

bassman462 wrote:
GSRLessard14 wrote:It's quite funky.
is it possible for you to record some stuff?
once i get my mike up and stuff.
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:33 pm

well what are you looking for? like a bright vic wooten tone? or a less bright and more groovy tony levin tone? or a vintage tone?
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Unread post by GSR » Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:15 am

i like tictacs wrote:well what are you looking for? like a bright vic wooten tone? or a less bright and more groovy tony levin tone? or a vintage tone?
isn't there something i can "find any tone" with? i like how les' bass sounds... :oops: :)
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:47 am

what kind of pickups does he use?
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Unread post by GSR » Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:30 pm

I'm not sure what Carl puts on his basses... they might be customs. or emgs i dunno.
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