Wowbagger
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Looks like the Q-tuner route is a no-go, so I'm open to any and all suggestions for a new pickup. I'm set on active. Budget around $150 - $300.
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oli@bass
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So you want to bypass the preamp?
Randracula
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Is the stock pickup still functioning ? Just wondering, I don't have any experience with aftermarket Stingray pickups but i've read about other people trying them and coming to the conclusion that the stock pick up sounded best........
bassmonkeee
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My suggestion: Pick up the $150-$300 and put it in your pocket. Go and buy some running shoes. Then, you can be as active as you want.
Honestly, it sounds like you are changing something simply for the sake of changing it. So, don't.
Have you tried experimenting with strings, instead?
the unrepentant
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Why do you want a new pickup? why active in particular? Don't you want to use the preamp? people buy musicman basses for the musicman sound, if you want a new sound, buy a new bass because anything you put in there frankly, is going to be a downgrade.
strummer
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It seems you are set on changing something for changes' sake, and you are not making things easier by asking for the weirdest stuff. Far as I know, only EMG and some BassLines are active pick ups, and well why you'd want either in place of a genuine MM pick up is beyond me. In a Stingray I mean, both manufacturers make good pick ups.
So please, instead of asking for weird stuff, why not try to explain what it is you hope to achieve?
So please, instead of asking for weird stuff, why not try to explain what it is you hope to achieve?
Bloodfist
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Me thinks you have Mad Cow Disease, and are asking questions only mad cows ask.
maddog
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here are some EMG's to think about:
Buy EMG EMG-MMCS Music Man Active Bass Pickup online at Musician's Friend
and
Buy EMG EMG-MMTW Music Man Twin Active Bass Pickup online at Musician's Friend
Buy EMG EMG-MMCS Music Man Active Bass Pickup online at Musician's Friend
and
Buy EMG EMG-MMTW Music Man Twin Active Bass Pickup online at Musician's Friend
You're a jerk, Dent. A complete kneebiter.
Wowbagger
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I didn't buy a Stingray for the specific sound, I bought it simply because it is the absolute most comfortable bass I've ever played. Yes, I like the sound, but there's more reasons other than the sound to purchase a certain bass. Why are some people so against tinkering with a bass? And yes, I've tried copious amounts of different strings. The next set I'm going to try are Ernie Ball Steels, hopefully I'll get a brighter sound. Honestly, exactly what I want is my Stingray to sound like a Bongo, but look and feel like a Stingray. There ya go.
Wowbagger
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Oh, and thanks Maddog for the EMG suggestions. I'll check 'em out.
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
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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.
If you change the pickup, that's only one part of the equation, and even then you won't have the Bongo sound.
Wowbagger
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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.
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Kristopher
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I had my Stingray wired in series once. Sounded great. It's back to normal now though.
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