Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 Quarter-Pound Single-Coil P-Bass Pickup

I have an interesting story.So I have a mid 80s Peavey Patriot bass. It was gifted to me as a Christmas gift in the late 90s. The bass, Jeremy as I like to call her, is built like a tank. American made, and really sounds great. At the time, in my mid teens, I was playing a lot of bass guitar and it was a great little "Precision" flavored axe to play on. Over the years, I switched back to playing guitar full time, though still play bass on recordings. Actually, it was always my favorite part of a recording session to record the bassline with a piece of my childhood.Cut to more recently and this great little bass needed a bit of a makeover. I hated to change things around on it to much, but I felt like it needed an upgrade to keep up with the direction I was going. I also have a great friend who does a lot of my work so I knew we could really bring her into today. The pickup that came on the Peavey is a ferrite soap bar model. Not a bad sound by any means, though I do prefer, at least typically, an alnico magnet. I did some research and read some great reviews about the Duncan Quarter-Pound stuff so I went all in. I also bought a custom pickguard from pickguard.com (seriously). They were unsure about spacing though, essentially I had them make a pickguard that'd fit a regular telecaster (guitar) route. I also had them not cut an input jack into the pickguard as I planned on having the jack added into the wood (the only smart way). I also found a heavy duty, all brass "bad-ass" style bridge on clearance for cheap to round out the upgrade.Long story short, this pickup change is a BIG change from the old ferrite soap bar - it's LOUDER, a ton of output, and BIGGER sounding. Still, it's pretty versatile. I have the pickup itself down pretty low to the guard to try and tame a bit of the output. Also, as mentioned by another reviewer, you may have to have some custom "legs" put onto this if it's being mounted to a pickguard. I kept all the original parts of the old bass in case I didn't like it, though I think it was the smart move to go this way. If you're a rocker or play heavy music, you can keep the pickup closer to the strings to get a punchier sound. If you want a flatter sound, you can pull the pickup back a bit and it sounds nice and mellow. It still retains a nice "old school" tele bass sound - kind of makes me think of the Fender basses Sting plays from the mid 50s which is why I bought the pickup in the first place.This is a good buy and for the price, you can't go wrong.

Used this pickup to replace the original pickup in a Squier Classic Vibe 51 P bass (Telecaster Bass-style). Compared to original, this pickup is deep and throaty-sounding and with the well grounded circuit cavity, haven't noticed any of the dreaded single coil hum. Winner!

I recently installed this picmup into a Squier Bronco that I modded. It fits well and sounds really nice with the Dimarzio pbass wiring harness I paired with it. Gives you a warm and airy tone, but more clarity than the original single coil pickups of the first Fenders. Definitely happy with the outcome!

Excellent sound quality and output. I installed this into a Fender Squire Brono Bass. I had to use a dremel tool on the pick guard (top and bottom edges) to make enough room for the installation. I also had to improvise on the mounting screws, had to add a few nuts and lock tight to hold them in place. Couldn't use the springs, so must remove the pick guard to change the height of the pickup. It changed the entire sound of the bass, bigger, fatter, cleaner sounding by far.

Billed as a 50's style P-Bass pickup and yet looks more like a Telecaster bridge pickup. Still not sure which it is

I have Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound pickups on two of my Fender basses now. This one makes my '51 P-bass reissue sound huge. The stock pickup was not horrible but this took it to another planet.I love Seymour Duncan pickups, never ever heard a bad one. I have the combo P and J bass Quarter Pound set on my Jaguar bass, combined with a Hipshot bridge I love the sound, sustains a note for over half a minute without feedback. Beautiful, clear tone.Good music to all!

I put this in a squire 51 pbass beater... And now I use it, above all other expensive basses I own, to record with... LOL. The pickup is not bright, but, warm as hell... When you pump the upper registers you get this round sound that is great... sounds huge to me.

I rebuilt my tele p bass.... this is exactly what it needed...im not sure what was in it before... but these are a LOT better...