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Seymour Duncan SPB3 Quarter Pound P-Bass Pickup

Maximum output and extended frequency range.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           8 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"Very high quality pickups."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from comcast.net
Submitted: 9/14/2005
Style of Music: Alternaive, Jazz, Metal, and Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Plano, Texas

 

 
Quality:
Seymour Duncan... need I say moire? THe man is known for making great pickups.

Value:
Worth ever penny.

Desirability:
Very good pickup. Again, it's part of my sound. The sounds is good for most of what I do. I play some free form jazz that my fernandes is better suited to, but that's due to bass type, not the pickups.

Sound:
This pickup has a full and fat sound. My fender precision standard improved greatly from it. It has become an integral part of my "rhythm bass" sound (I'm looking to switch over to a quarter pound jazz and musicman replacement for my Fernandes Tremor, my "lead bass").

Overall:
I don't need to change pickups in my precision ever again (in all likelyhood).

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"Getting a great sound from a inexpensive bass guitar."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from koyote.com
Submitted: 12/17/2003
Style of Music: Rock, Jazz, Blues, Christian, Bass
Location: Dallas, Texas USA

 

 
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Feature:
One thing I had to do, is file the Jazz pick up cover a little to fit.

Quality:
Solid

Value:
For Sure!

Desirability:
N/A

Sound:
Great Sound. I put the P Bass and Jazz Bass pick ups on my Ibanez. I own a 1963 Fender Jazz Bass I purchased new in 1963 and my Ibanez with the Seymours sounds as good as my vintage jazz.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
I would have purchased sooner if I would have known how good the sound would be.

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"worth every penny"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 4/14/2006
Style of Music: metal
Musical Experience: player
Location: ohio usa

 

 
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Feature:
very cool and beefy looking

Quality:
these go to eleven!!!!

Value:
I would recommend these to anyone who is tired of the sound from there p style bass. Mine sounds awsome since the install.

Desirability:
If you are using stock pickups you don't know what you are missing.

Sound:
These pickups completely changed the sound a my p-bass copy (fullerton). Man these things do every thing as advertised.

Ease of Use:
This was my first time soldering (only burned myself twice) ,actually they were easy to install, did it in about an hour.

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"Less than expected."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 8/2/2004
Style of Music: pop punk, classic rock
Location: USA

 

 
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Feature:
Came with covers and screws, but no supporting spogne or whatever, so i had to peel them off my old pickups. They should be included.

Quality:
Made very well.

Value:
Should be a little cheaper (based on my experience with their similiarity to my old pickups).

Desirability:
Definately wanted it a lot, ever sicne I picked up my first bass (where these would have improved it), however on my current bass, it only deeped the sound, which is a plus, but maybe not so much for the money.

Sound:
I baught this pickup along with the mathcing jazz pickup for my fender deluxe, unfortunately, they sound almost exactly the same as the factory pickups. im sure theyre great for anyone with a cheap squier or foreign made fender, but if you have american fender electronics in your bass, dont bother with these.

Support:
I'm sure theyre great, never ahd to deal with them.

Overall:
I'll never buy other pickups.

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"Great pups!!"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          5 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 9/29/2009
Style of Music: Anything and Everything
Musical Experience: Session Studio and Live Performance Bassist
Location: Greensboro, NC

 

 
Overall:
Among other basses, I own a Yamaha RBX460 that has been heavily modified. Part of the modifications done is replacing the stock PJ pickups. Yamaha pickups have come a long way since the time that I bought this bass, but they stunk back then. Anyway, I replaced the Yamaha PJ set with a Basslines Quarter Pound P and Quarter Pound J Bridge. I love the set. The installation was tricky, but I think only because I had never installed pickups before this. I love the P bass tone this pickup provides. I also like that it is noise cancelling. The Quarter Pound J at the bridge is NOT hum cancelling though, so when I play this bass in the studio, it is my go to bass for P-bass tone. I recently converted the bass to fretless, so I can't wait to record with it again!

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"ok pickup"

Overall:
          5 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          3 out of 10
Sound:
          5 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from verizon.net
Submitted: 10/9/2006
Style of Music: Punk/Ska/Reggae
Musical Experience: musician
Location: Philly, PA

 

 
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Feature:
eh...

Quality:
didn't blow up yet...

Value:
the tone gain wasnt worth the money :(

Desirability:
don't really care for it.

Sound:
I guess it improved my tone a little in my bass. I should notice a huuuuge difference though considering that its a SQUIER, thats right a SQUIER p-bass!! When I max out the highs, it sounds way too peircing and the lows are a bit muddy. I guess I need new gear (SVT-3Pro combined with an eden 410 cab, no better match!) when I get the money :(

Ease of Use:
not that hard to put in, just need some sautering skills :)

Support:
didn't need it yet...

Overall:
I'm not the guy you should be listening to if your looking to buy this pickup cause I didn't do it justice with good gear, i'm running it through crappy hartke gear.

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