musicman replacment pickup

[Marchisgonebass]

hey im new to the forum so im not sure if theres been a thread about this yet
but i was curious what is the best replacement pickup for a musicman bass? im not trying to replace a musicman pickup im jus trying to find one that sounds just as good that i can put in my friends old pbass
i know that bartolini makes one but iv heard that it doesnt sound anything like the real thing, is this true?

 

[MrMusashi]

i think you will have better luck with asking this question on a forum that deals with pickups from replacement suppliers or a general forum (eg talkbass et al)

MrM

 

[Marchisgonebass]

so ernie ball doesnt make replacment pickups?

 

[bovinehost]

Nope. Original equipment only.

Try Talkbass.

 

[Hellboy]

hey im new to the forum so im not sure if theres been a thread about this yet
but i was curious what is the best replacement pickup for a musicman bass? im not trying to replace a musicman pickup im jus trying to find one that sounds just as good that i can put in my friends old pbass
i know that bartolini makes one but iv heard that it doesnt sound anything like the real thing, is this true?

I have the Bartolini PU on two basses, a fretted and a fretless, and it doesn´t sound anywhere near the real thing. I´m no good when it comes to replacement PU´s so I can´t help you unfortunately but I wouldn´t go with the Bartolini. It´s a fine PU indeed but nowhere close to the original. I too would recommend you to search on other bass related forums regarding this matter since it´s rather likely that you´ll find greater knowledge else where. We kind of like the original PU and electronics.....

Sincerely//Jan

 

[Marchisgonebass]

thanks for your help HellBoy. and i love the original PU and electronics too but im
not about to pull them out of my stingray to put in some pbass. thats why im trying to find something similar.

 

[the unrepentant]

best you can do it keep checking ebay, they come up occasionally. I've also achieved a similar sound from a seymour duncan basslines pickup, nordstrand are supposed to be fairly similar too i think?

 

[Subscript]

Even if you were to use a real MusicMan pickup in another bass, it's unlikely that it will approach the real sound without pairing it with the proper preamp, which is also made by Music Man.

 

[Dasgre0g]

there are some guys on this forum that have like 20 ernie ball basses....steal a pickup from one of them....they wont even know its gone! Ok ok dont listen to me

 

[funkychicken]

I'm a big fan of bartollinis. it's certainly different than the musicman pickups, but they do have a great sound. I think EMG makes some good replacement pickups too.

 

[bovinehost]

I knew if I left it up long enough, I'd have to regret leaving it up long enough.

*sigh*