Hey! I’m planning, to recommend a pickup replacement to a friend, who owns a DEAN Z metalman bass, But like…I can’t really find any useful info. Or maybe i’m daft…but, yea. Any pickup recommendations for This bass?
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I wouldn’t change the pickup on this unless you/ he plans to use it as a main Axe.
As for the pickup, it’s just a “soap bar” you can get from Nordstrand, Bartolini, EMG, etc.
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Mmm…oke
Any specific models of pickups?
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This depends on what you are after. Tight, warm, punchy, crisps, clear, bright, nasal, etc, there’s one for every flavor.
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Errrmmm…Something, fat-ish and punchy
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Fat and punchy,
Bartolini and Nordy is excellent for that shade of tone. I’d also look at Delano. Get the Quad coil.
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Thanks!
I second the Nordstrands. I came extremely close to taking a router to my bass in order to fit the Big Singles in my bass until saner heads talked me down from that ledge.
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damn
Check specs very carefully.
Measure twice, order once.
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I have a bass I am currently preparing to mod.
One I have built from scratch from various parts, and I will put int in the Project Bass thread.
I originally used fairly cheap pickups from ebay.
What I am thinking about for this one is a Rickenbacker style alnico V bridge pickup-to get as much treble and hopefully be a little harsh/brittle, and a ceramic large pole neck pickup to be more warm/mellow.
No idea how it will sound but looking forward to finding out.
I will need to do some routing at the bridge, and I need to experiment/learn how to do this, I also need to save up for the neck pickup.
In short- feel free to experiment.
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