Seymour Duncan SPB-1

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Replacement Vintage Pickup

For P bass

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Available since December 2001

Item number 151557

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

Active Pickup System No

Wiring 2-Conductor

Colour Black

Position Neck

£113

Including VAT; Excluding £10 shipping

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in Pickups for 4-String P-Bass

60 Customer ratings

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SPB-1 a dream pickup !

Tony787 03.07.2013

I have been searching for a certain sound in my head for my p-bass -
a low end grindy smooth thump

very steve harris , but with ability for all other styles , disco . funk rock even jazz

This pickup was like finding the holy grail.

bass = fender road worn 50's p bass maple neck

I tried the nordstum np4 - too flat - too controlled - no life
went back to stock fenders - but they are too raw and lacked finesse and are thin sounding

tried the spb 1 in the end

instant sound I am looking for
superb finger touch . ghost notes are a breeze
great piano like sustain and twang
lovely punchy grind and low end .

if you want to play finger style and cut thru - this is the baby for you

steve harris sound ? look no further .

Now I cant put the bass down now with these pickups in it

I'm very hard to please - these pleased me hugely

you wont regret them !

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A Surprise

Michael W. 151 28.05.2016

I bought the pickup for a PB kit. The original pup wasn't awful but I didn't realise how much it lacked until I fitted the Seymour Duncan. The 'woody thump' associated with PB's suddenly turned up - lots of it. There was also more in the harmonics and it was generally louder. In short a 99 euro kit bass is now a very decent sounding bass.

Easily fitted by anyone with even mediocre soldering skills, it's a very good pick-up for the money.

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Classic precision bass sound

Rolf2079 01.07.2014

Very happy, read the other review, and not disappointed - lovely full, rounded and typical sound. I mounted in the standard position ,but on a Harley B. jazz bass (with a bit of extra routing) to convert to a PJ and very pleased with the result - compares very nicely with my old fender! Comes with wiring diagram, screws and foam pads. Standard 2 wire output.

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Good quality low output pickups

Algirdas 21.05.2013

This is a well made pickup designed to sound like a vintage P-Bass. I don't have a vintage pickup to compare it to but the sound characteristics appear to be indistinguishable from the ones I've heard on countless recordings from the past. I have only one minor complaint. I understand that the originals were that way, too, but they could have at least improved the hook-up cables. I would have preferred if they were shielded instead of just covered with waxed cloth. Shielded cables would have prevented from interference and thus highly reduced the hum. Other than that, this is a high quality, good sounding pickup.

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