New, active pickup for my Stingray. Suggestions?

[Bass Control]

There's so much more that goes into a bass than the magnets of a pickup. You have to consider woods, the wiring and direct specs of the preamp being used, and for the pickups, you have to take into consideration windings, size of the magnets, etc. There is a lot more working together "under the hood" than the pickup.

If you change the pickup, that's only one part of the equation, and even then you won't have the Bongo sound.

[tkarter]

Most of what I consider goes into a bass is what i can play on it. LOL Some times I just can't get it done and it ain't the bongo's fault.


tk

[Wowbagger]

If you know what you want go for it. If you are asking for what you want don't expect much help here.


It is your bass do with it what ever your heart desires.

tk

I know, I plan on it. I was just wondering if anybody had any suggestions for the pickup; EMG, Seymour Duncan, etc.

[INMT]

I know, I plan on it. I was just wondering if anybody had any suggestions for the pickup; EMG, Seymour Duncan, etc.

All my guitars still get the Seymour Duncan treatment.
I used to swear by EMG's for my basses but have found that so far the stock pickups in my SR and B6 have the oomph I desire.
Bartolini's have some kind of odd cut in the 90 to 120hz area that has never translated to an amp well for me. In my old main basses that is.
If you put them in lets say a bass with an agathis body they perform very well. I think because the resonance of the wood and the pickup's eq curve compliment each other.
Schaller makes some good bass pickups actually, very even response across the board. Which I like because of my needs.
That is all from personal experience and opinion.


I digress....
Give this a go,
move your amp head ( if it's not a combo) and yourself about 15 feet in front of your cab, put the amp to your side so you can adjust it easily, sit down, take your amp eq (and bass eq) back to flat and turn that sucker up to normal practice/stage volume.
Ok, from that tone listen to what you would like more and less of.Make some notes, then go to the pickup manufactures sites and check the specs. Most of them have info on eq curve/response.
So if you need more highs or whatever you can get a pickup that will do just that.

[Kristopher]

I had my Stingray wired in series once. Sounded great. It's back to normal now though.

[Wowbagger]

All my guitars still get the Seymour Duncan treatment.
I used to swear by EMG's for my basses but have found that so far the stock pickups in my SR and B6 have the oomph I desire.
Bartolini's have some kind of odd cut in the 90 to 120hz area that has never translated to an amp well for me. In my old main basses that is.
If you put them in lets say a bass with an agathis they perform very well. I think because the resonance of the wood and the pickup's eq curve compliment each other.
Schaller makes some good bass pickups actually, very even response across the board. Which I like because of my needs.
That is all from personal experience and opinion.


I digress....
Give this a go,
move your amp head ( if it's not a combo) and yourself about 15 feet in front of your cab, put the amp to your side so you can adjust it easily, sit down, take your amp eq (and bass eq) back to flat and turn that sucker up to normal practice/stage volume.
Ok, from that tone listen to what you would like more and less of.Make some notes, then go to the pickup manufactures sites and check the specs. Most of them have info on eq curve/response.
So if you need more highs or whatever you can get a pickup that will do just that.

Awesome, thanks. I'll do just that.

[CocoChanels]

Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Makes you wonder if the Bongo's electronics could be retrofitted to a Stingray...