Arzi
17-10-2015, 03:03 PM
Hi fellow lowenders and enyone able to assist
I'm planning a half-scratch with following specs:
Alder body (body blank)
Maple jazz bass neck (38mm nut) with maple fretboard
'51 P bass inspired look
Pickups: one authentic type single coil or combination with the mudbucker or similar type of pickup.
Strings will be flatwound or semi-flats
Bridge Wilkinson P/J bridge with brass saddles
Tuners Wilkinson cloverleafs
Now - about the pickups... At first I was gonna go with the single coil hand wound by a local luthier. Then I took a look at Fenders '70:s Telebasses and found THE MUDBUCKER... The beast seems to be either loved or hated and what I found - often paired with a brighter PU near the bridge.
Question 1:
Can the Mudbucker and single coil ( positioned near the original post) be succesfully combined to get the best of both? With the semi flats and single coil to get the 50's-60's sound and with the mudbucker/wide range humbucker some of the 70's ZZ top etc.
2: I read that when using both at the same time - the single coil muffles the MB and cuts it's power. Something to do with MB's huge resistanse vs single's low output or something. Can this be overrided with other kind of wiring or maybe by using a preamp?
3: Any useful opinions on the Mudbucker are also appreciated. The basic idea was to get the THUD when needed and the softness of the single. Tonal range with combining the two - this maybe with the preamp?
4: am I insane to think this type of combo could work? I know B Sheehan uses the MB with split coil P PU.
The looks are also one factor on this so some of the MB alternatives are also Fender wide range HB or DiMarzio dp120. Any experience with Aryec's mudbucker would also be useful info.
Thanks in advance
Arzi
I'm planning a half-scratch with following specs:
Alder body (body blank)
Maple jazz bass neck (38mm nut) with maple fretboard
'51 P bass inspired look
Pickups: one authentic type single coil or combination with the mudbucker or similar type of pickup.
Strings will be flatwound or semi-flats
Bridge Wilkinson P/J bridge with brass saddles
Tuners Wilkinson cloverleafs
Now - about the pickups... At first I was gonna go with the single coil hand wound by a local luthier. Then I took a look at Fenders '70:s Telebasses and found THE MUDBUCKER... The beast seems to be either loved or hated and what I found - often paired with a brighter PU near the bridge.
Question 1:
Can the Mudbucker and single coil ( positioned near the original post) be succesfully combined to get the best of both? With the semi flats and single coil to get the 50's-60's sound and with the mudbucker/wide range humbucker some of the 70's ZZ top etc.
2: I read that when using both at the same time - the single coil muffles the MB and cuts it's power. Something to do with MB's huge resistanse vs single's low output or something. Can this be overrided with other kind of wiring or maybe by using a preamp?
3: Any useful opinions on the Mudbucker are also appreciated. The basic idea was to get the THUD when needed and the softness of the single. Tonal range with combining the two - this maybe with the preamp?
4: am I insane to think this type of combo could work? I know B Sheehan uses the MB with split coil P PU.
The looks are also one factor on this so some of the MB alternatives are also Fender wide range HB or DiMarzio dp120. Any experience with Aryec's mudbucker would also be useful info.
Thanks in advance
Arzi