The AG 5M pickup is wired in parallel to give players crisp treble, articulate midrange and thunderous lows. Paired with an onboard preamp, such as Aguilar’s OBP-1, 2 or 3, and bassists will have the ultimate in tonal flexibility.
The AG 5M is for basses using 18mm to 19mm string spacing. Music Man® style basses from Lakland® and many others use this spacing.
The AG 5M will not retrofit into Ernie Ball Music Man® five string basses.
**Sorry international bassists, but US Dealers are not authorized to ship Aguilar pickups outside of the US. Please contact us if you are having trouble finding Aguilar products in your home country.
Wire: 42-gauge Formvar wire
Magnets: Alnico V
Leads: Single conductor, heat resistant Teflon® coated
Size:
4.6" [116.84mm] Long (including screw ears)
4.1" [104.14mm] Long (not including screw ears)
1.9" [48.26mm] Wide
Aguilar 4M has a fairly classic MM feel…very bright highs, scooped mids. Lots of kick in the low end. This pickup sounds really good in straight up passive mode. All around, excellent MM pickup.
Note: The pickup used for this video is the AG 4M - a 4 string pickup. The above 5 string sizes/shape will sound similar, but not exact as they will use a longer magnet. Aguilar is engineering the pickups to sound as close to each other as possible.
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.