Fat Bass Tone
11401-03
DIRECT REPLACEMENT FOR FENDER P BASS®
EXCELLENT BALANCE AND DEFINITION
VINTAGE CORRECT MATERIALS AND WINDING
LATE 50'S P BASS® TONE
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The P Bass® has defined recorded and live music since its inception, and the Vintage P Bass® pickup nails all the things we all love about that distinctive tone. You will get just the right balance of authoritative thump and clear articulation for an authentic P Bass® feel. Seymour Duncan’s Vintage P Bass® pickup uses hand ground alnico 5 rod magnets, and a vintage coil wind to deliver all of the bold, smooth tone of the late 50s Precision Bass®. This pickup is a drop-in replacement for any American Standard Precision Bass®.
Since 1978, we’ve been hand building all of our vintage Fender® style pickups with the right color and thickness of Forbon flatwork, along with the period correct hand ground alnico 5 rod magnets. Each pickup comes complete with waxed and tinned cloth pushback hook-up wires. We hand file the flatwork, assemble, and lacquer the bobbin just as it was done during Fender's® Golden Age. Comes with black non-logo covers.
OPEN BOX DEMO ITEM: There is one unit which was opened and installed exclusively for the purpose of making demo videos. This pickup was installed for less than thirty minutes here at the Fat Bass Tone shop and was not soldered. Pickup screws are not included with this pickup.
OUTPUT
Seymour Duncan SPB-1 Wiring Diagram
Size:
2.23” [56.64mm] Long
1.07” [27.18mm] Wide
The SPB-1 pickup aims at vintage tone, and does it well. Getting into some nuances of the sought after vintage tone: In comparison with the Lindy Fralin stock P or Nordstrand NP4, we hear slightly thicker lows in the SPB-1, and a sound that has a little less presence…a touch darker, resulting in slightly warm tonality. The mid range and top end is bit softer than some of the other vintage reproduction pickups.
Put on a good set of headphones and check out the audio demo below to hear it for yourself.
As always, keep in mind that these are generalizations. Your experience could be different depending on many factors.