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Good P-bass pickup, extra low mids.
Think of a classic P-bass pickup with a tad less highs and more low mid punch. Very pleasant woody tone. The tone sits extremely well and cuts through in the mix or with a band.
The sound became too mid/low-mid heavy when I used old half-round strings and old flats. I use D'addario XL nickel or DR nickel and stainless and the sound is great, I guess the bright strings are balancing out the low mid boost. For the archetypical Precision Bass sound I would look into the Fender 63' Pure Vintage which I also have. But for a great P sound with a slight twist, the SPB-4 is perfect. Steve Harris tones are of course easy to achieve (not like the man himself of course....!)
I had it on my bass for more than a year and I have no plans of replacing it, very happy with it. The price is right too.!
The sound became too mid/low-mid heavy when I used old half-round strings and old flats. I use D'addario XL nickel or DR nickel and stainless and the sound is great, I guess the bright strings are balancing out the low mid boost. For the archetypical Precision Bass sound I would look into the Fender 63' Pure Vintage which I also have. But for a great P sound with a slight twist, the SPB-4 is perfect. Steve Harris tones are of course easy to achieve (not like the man himself of course....!)
I had it on my bass for more than a year and I have no plans of replacing it, very happy with it. The price is right too.!
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Perfect!
If you play with fingers, your instrument will give you exact punch-chime and right feeling. Not bad for other styles too, if you prefer high "clink" sound. Sorry about bad english.
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Steve Harris Pickup
This pickup replaced an already good Bareknuckle pickup as I was looking for more mids on my 60's re-issue Fender P bass. It was well made, well packaged and it did exactly what I wanted.
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Good pickups
These pickups are screaming Steve Harris's signature sound.
When I Installed them bass sounded just like Steve's... It immediately got that famous clang in the highs.
When I Installed them bass sounded just like Steve's... It immediately got that famous clang in the highs.
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