Fat Bass Tone
8SU
DIRECT REPLACEMENT FOR 4 STRING PRECISIONÂź BASS
THE DEEPEST OF BARTOLINI'S P PICKUPS - DEEP, FAT, THICK
EXCELLENT FOR HIP HOP, REGGAE, SKA AND MORE
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The original Bartolini design gives you the timeless tone that started it all â full and warm for that vintage voice you've been craving, enhancing the natural voice of your bass. These split coil pickups are our deepest, darkest J-Bass set â ideal for ska, reggae, hip-hop. They have a blade core design, so you donât have to worry about string alignment. Original Barts bring out your voice, low and clear.
In the early â70s, Bill Bartolini leveraged his deep knowledge of acoustics to create pickups that produce the most natural, musical voice from the instrument. He added shielding to block radio signals and noise. He developed a method of sealing, isolating, and stabilizing the coils so they could be encapsulated in epoxy to eliminate âmicrophonicsâ â the nasty noise you get when you touch typical pickups.
Size:Â
2.2" [55.9mm] Long
1.08" [27.4mm] Wide
Coil Structure:
Split P Hum-killing
Cable Type:
Shielded Coaxial Hot Core
Magnetic Circuit:
2 types of carbon steel powered by ceramic (ferrite) magnets projected shallow for wide aperture
Bass coil North and treble coil South
8SU Coil Specs
The 8SU is Bartolini deepest sounding Precision BassÂź pickup. Bartolini pickups are typically warm to the ear, and that is something that has created such a large fan bass for their pickups across all shapes/sizes. We hear these very much in line with that design - Large bottom end, that creates a nice thick tone that is cotton-y / woolly and wide in the low end. There is no twang in these pickups, but some scoop in the mid range that is not too aggressive. Even on the G string, moving up the neck, the warmth is present.
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.