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I stumbled across this while doing some research into bass guitars and pickups. Some very good reading in here if you guys haven't seen it already.
The Best Pickups for Bass Guitars
The Best Pickups for Bass Guitars
Not sure what a PF is, but I own the set, had both in a P-J bass, took them out and have just the P in my USA P Bass now, it alone is also outstanding.@keto I have heard so much praise about the Geezer Butler set that I want a PF just to try them out!
Lincoln, no disrespect meant to you, but I confess that the lousy editing and just plain wrong info in the article turned me off:I stumbled across this while doing some research into bass guitars and pickups. Some very good reading in here if you guys haven't seen it already.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I felt the same way. Seemed like the article was written by a beginner who was researching bass pickups and mis-interpreting a lot of the information he'd been discovering.Lincoln, no disrespect meant to you, but I confess that the lousy editing and just plain wrong info in the article turned me off:
At that point, I gave up the enumeration.
- there's no mention of why a jazz pickup or precision pickup is called that
- J pickups are not placed *ON* the bridge or the neck but near
- the neck J pickup is NOT wider; it's usually narrower, sometimes the same size
- the description of a blend control indicates that it's required on a bass using J pickups
- a P pickup *is* a dual-coil humbucker setup by default
- the bit on bladed pickups says that they are both good for you if you bend strings and not really needed since you'll buy a higher output pickup anyhow
- 9V batteries don't create an electrical field
- what makes a pickup "active" is the preamp
- not all single coil pickups have one magnet under each string
- "single coil pickups...are better for single-string plucking"? Really?
- "It will sound brighter if you play the guitar near the neck, while it will sound darker if you play down toward the base"? Uh, no.
- "the Nordstrand Big Split...is available in either the EMG or Bartolini designs"? Uh, I think you mean sizes?
- I wonder what the writer meant by saying "The Lace Sensor USAB...Produces a buzzing or feedback sound" under Cons
A quick look at other articles on the website show the same lack of attention and plain carelessness. They have an article on the "best upright bass guitar" for example, an article that describes an unpowered stage monitor as powered, and an article on strings says one should buy strings that are "cut to the right length" for your instrument. Yeesh.
(Full disclosure -- I worked as a technical writer and editor for many years. Stuff like this just reinforces my thought that everybody needs an editor. And that all generalizations are wrong.)
Hahahaha, I mistyped this! It was a PJ, of course!Not sure what a PF is, but I own the set, had both in a P-J bass, took them out and have just the P in my USA P Bass now, it alone is also outstanding.