I kinda forget you’re a bassist first. Chops are unreal.

I always forget you are a bass player with an obsession for guitars

Billy himself brought me here!

I knew you played bass but I never knew you could play a bass like that

Billy Sheehan is a monster player and absolutely knows what he wants in his gear. love how simple, yet clever this innovation is.

Short scales are rad as hell. My main bass is a PJ Mustang

I'd really love a Jazz bass version of these pickups too!

The tone and look of these is off the chain, off the charts, off the rails. Too cool.

Simply awesome! Why don’t you review more bass. I’m a bassist an I really want to know my gear;)

I finally got these pickups installed on my own Mini Precision and they sound awesome! They sound so much clearer and deep than the stock pickups, and also these things are the most ergonomic pickups I ever had.

HOLY TONE BATMAN. Snagging a set of these!

You are an excellent bassist. Holy shit the tone man

I just bought the same Squier Mini P and this video got me 10x more excited than I already was. Sick skills!!

I just got this bass. As primarily a guitar player, this bass is so much easier to play than my full size Fender Jazz V bass. I’m amazed at the difference. Now I need to get those Dimarzio’s!

I just mad it took this long to get poleless stainless steel pickup covers on a P-bass pickup lol

Billy also sent me here. They sound killer!!

Dude, you’re a great bassist. Could you do more bass content?

I like them purely for the metal covers. Usually, your only choices for p/j pickups are black or white, which can be limiting if you're in an artsy mood. So it's nice to see a manufacturer try something different.

Dude ! Wicked bass chops ! I love the idea of the Relentless pick up design

Great Bass Playing (by the way!) So, after watching your video, I picked up one of these for practically nothing. Next, I dropped in a Quarter Pounder (insead of the Relentless), a pre-wired american pots/switch/cap/plug assembly (I'm not great at soldering), added a Hipshot KA bridge, and a set of "drop-in" GOTOH tuners. Then I had the frets/neck professionally setup . Finally I topped it off with a set of Rotosound Jazz 77 short Flat-wounds. Thanks again for the idea! Tim

Damn, I just discovered these mini Squiers and now I MUST get one.

Your wish has come true! Relentless J are actually on my next shopping list.😃

Those pickups have Billy's tone for sure! Great demo Phillip!

Thumbs up for no other reason than Phil’s funky slaps.

I bought a cheap glarry bass just so I would have one to record with. ( im primarily a guitarist) it could seriously use a pickup upgrade. Might try these out.

if anybody finds the small "nobs" on top of the pickup are a problem they should look into the Yamaha 304 it has dedicated cutout for your thumb

I'd be down for a MusicMan Stingray version. I've never been a fan of my particular MM pickup.

I put one in my custom Warmoth. Best, hottest, passive split coil I've ever used hands down. Yes, they need to make a similar coated and rounded j bass pickup similar chock full of magnets.

Just watched a video with Billy Sheehan where he said there will be a Jazz Bass version, so your wish seems like it'll be granted

You should review Billy's Yamaha signature model!

Very nice brother, nicer Billy Sheehan commented on Facebook about the video, it's where I heard about. I just may get these for my P bass !! Rock on !!

I love my Squier Mini P. I have owned a tone of full scale and short scale basses since 1987, and the mini P sounds better than most. Even with stock pickups. I am going to put a thumb rest rail on mine using the top two pickguard holes nearest he neck joint though.

Dam great bass chops and great bass video...;)

These things sound EXACTLY like Billy Sheehan. That's wild.

Dang! You got bass chops. Nice review.

I bought an Ibanez SRMD200 Mezzo 32” scale bass. Just like Billy said… the edges and corners of these inexpensive P pickups were sharp and hard. Every time I slapped the E string, the corners stabbed into the fleshy part of my palm, below my thumb. It hurt and drove me crazy. Eventually, I pulled out a file rounded the edges and corner. Billy, thanks for improving design of the 50-year-old P bass pickup. I’m sure Leo Fender would approve.

Man if they had a J I’d put them in my PJ Ultra!!

Glad you got a good service from Showtime. That's one of the two music stores in my area of WV. The other store (A Plus Guitars) just had an interaction with the person from Gamechanger Audio. Cool that two people I follow found and had good experiences with our area stores.

OMG THIS IS WHAT I NEED

Hell yeah loop jam was saucy I was definitely feeling that

Dude I’ve been thinking about radiused pickups for years and never realized they were actually a thing.

MORE BASS VIDEOS PLEASE!!!

Upgraded cheap guitars with great pickups... I was a union stagehand on the Las Vegas Strip about 16 years ago... worked on a a setup at the Paris convention hall for a fertilizer convention finale dinner... backstage I saw a bunch of road cases with sixties stickers plastered all over and some old dudes with BenFranklin style long grey hair... I was helping set up setting up the stage... and it was Crosby Stills & Nash! Apparently I was the only person that could figure out how to set up the Dumble & a few effect pedals. I asked their stage manager about their guitars... Squires with Lindy Fralin pickups!

Watched your video because I'm interested in the Relentless Jazz pickups. I guess DiMarzio heard your request!

Ordered these pups for a project, can’t wait to try them, thank you for this video to help with my decision!!! Cheers!

This just popped up on my you tube and because of it I bought a Mini pbass and the Relentless pickups. My question to you was there any issues wiring these up. I probably fall into the 15 or so minutes not the 5 that it took you. Thank you love your channel.

More bass videos!! My next project this exact setup & second these pickups for a J bass 👍🏻

Great video Since it is short scale, did you have any problems getting strings to align in the pickup poles

Sounds absolutely crazy.

It's interesting how the vast majority of players down play an instrument if it costs less,... even when you add good sounding pickups (the heart of electric guitars),... the consensus is usually: "Great sound,...kind of sort of",... when in fact most players couldn't tell the difference in a blind fold test. Also,... I have never heard Phil play bass so I was pleasantly surprised! I have a "Green Dean" P-bass I might try these P-ups on,... could be a cool change. Thanks for turning us on to these!

Honestly, the coolest thing about these pickups is METAL COVERS!

Excellent video and playing

Beautiful playin man.....luv it,thanks for the vid...lotsa luv from the uk...🇬🇧👍🙂♥️

Woah, Phil, not to dis your guitar playing but bass is clearly where you shine. I had no idea you played like that.

Billy Sheehan just tweeted this YT video on his Twitter so here I am!

If I wasn't broke from lockdown etc I'd pick up them pickups

DiMarzio! Radius everything please! We want it! We need it! We've lived without it but no longer! And a P V version if you're feeling generous 😊🙏

I would like to see them in a configuration that could replace the EMGs in my Spector bass.

Finally vids are coming out of people modding these! About to buy duncan antiquity's and a wiring harness for mine.

Awesome review !!!

I think Dimarzio is one of the few brands that offers black chrome-covered pickups, it looks cool.

A jazz version is in production from what I heard. 😊

More bass videos pls. That was great!👍🏻

simply awesome

Hey Phillip! Bought a Harley Benton short scale a while ago with the purpose of experimenting on it, and damn that was a fun project! Made it fretless with some wood sheets filling the gaps, changed the pickups and the bridge (which are actually way more expensive than the whole new bass lol). Can confirm that short basses (never played a mini bass tho, that thing really intrigues me) are a magnet for this kind of things, they're just screaming for it! 😂

Some very satisfying tones here

SICK Slap Bass chops

Very cool, punchy sound! I decided to install Relentless(DP296) for my Tiny Boy (23"scale) Bass! Thank you!

Philip, thanks for this video! I'm a bit late seeing it, but it's brought me some new information that will do me good. For one thing, I bought my first short-scale bass late last year and have been wondering if I made a good choice. Well, this New Year's weekend, I have learned about several short-scale basses with identical or nearly identical specs. The Squier Mini P-bass is one such. I actually like my Ibanez MiKro bass better than I would the Mini as my MiKro has a P+J pickup configuration (with the split coils reversed in position - treble side closer to the neck than the bass side). I'm just now returning to guitarist/bassist thing, and I really needed a bass that's easy to play. I have yet to think of modifications for either of my basses and doubt if my abilities are great enough to justify any, but that DiMarzio pickup is very tempting. I, too, would be interested in a J-bass style pickup done with the rethinking of Sheehan's P-bass pickup. I might get a full set, and even if I don't, I'm sure that there are many players who would. Larry DiMarzio, are you listening? Money to be made here!💲‼️

I ordered a Set Direct from DiMarzio. Patiently Waiting 😑😁

I'm getting these and putting them in my Fretless Glarry.

I use this exact bass with these pickups and plan to mod the hell out of it. Love it!

PHILLIP - what size strings are you using for the Squier Mini P Bass? What brand strings? Does the Squier Mini P Bass have neck dive? Thanks!

I had no idea you played bass... so. damn. well. Great demo!

Is there a big difference between this model of the Sheehan pickup and the other with exposed pole pieces? Those are listed as P bass pickups and the ones with no pole pieces are listed as “middle pickups”.

Terrific video - thank you!

The tone out of those pickups is amazing. I've been casually looking for a P bass for a while. I'm kinda holding out to see if Fender re-releases a road worn P bass, or for the right medium scale MIJ to become available. After watching this video, I went straight to Reverb.. luckily, I didn't find anything that for what I was looking for.

that's a big ukulele you got there

Scientologist pickups. Bet Travolta and Cruise love them too! 😂🤣😂🤣

Why didn't you do this long time ago? Because long time ago there wasn't any relentless pups out there lol

Philip, are the relentless pickups the exact same size as the stock pickups?

Billy in dimarzio video says that is gonna be a jazz version.

Damn that slap felt great - Davie would approve

I have got to have a set!!! Beautiful idea

whoa, ur a pretty good bassist!

Just ordered some today. Fucking stoked

Damn some serious bass chops for real!

Interesting timeline, I’m just ordering a set for a Squire j I’m hot riding out.

These pick ups are amazing . But I keep my covers on all my Fenders and thus have somewhere to rest my thumb.

And that's why I don't like P-Bass pickups and prefer soapbars, since they do everything that this P-Bass pickup does. I think that these are a nice innovation for those that really like P-bass pickups, but I've just been able to do this with soapbar-type pickups, which do much the same thing.

Please post more bass videos!

I'm gonna have to pick a mini p bass up just for looping purposes. Although I never played a bass before. I'd like to try and learn though.. nothing beats a good funky bass line

I would love to try these on my 1980's charvel jackson pbass

Wtf good bass playing holy shit

Hey Phil couple questions. 1. How much does the shorter scale length affect the intonation? 2. How thick is the neck? I've been wanting a short scale bass since I have small hands and I wanted to pull the trigger on this but I'm very unsure about those 2 things.

Phillip is good at slap bass. He sounds like Flea.

Oh wow Phil I didn't realize you were primarily a bassist. That lick in the first 2 minutes was a shock. What would you think about maybe throwing a set of these pickups in a Jackson Minion mini bass? And if you did, since that model has a Jbass bridge bar, what would you pair with them?

the funky bassman! sounds great...

you are so sick at bass

Hi! Love your videos! Will there be a review of this bass? :)