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Active-to-passive bass pickup swap?


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Over the years, I've owned a couple of basses with active pickups. Besides not sounding very good to my ear- too "hi-fi" without much midrange character- the batteries always seem to die at the worst time.

I have a USA Chap bass right now with active EMGs (P-J setup) that I'm thinking of converting to passive. It's a bolt-neck with a two-piece solid quilt maple body. Any suggestions on pickups that will warm up the tone?

-Brandon

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:D

You aint the only one.... everysingle emg is comin out .. no more batts fer me neither... im gonna use X2ns and Split Ps in all mine

Sir Douglas :rolleyes:

Randy :D

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Some of us have had luck with the Rios - they make some pretty powerful stuff.

Depending on what you're looking for in a traditional Soapbar/P or P/J, DiMarzio or Duncans are always workable.

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I have a set of JBass Bartolini passives that I want to install that I've had lying around. I bought them after numerous recommendations, so we'll see.

The Rio Pitbulls have made a world of difference in my B08M, but those are humbucking sized. Rio has P/J pickups, but not sure if they are the same breed or not.

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