Fender Precision Bass gets new Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound SPB-3 Pickups... nice upgrade!

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Күн бұрын

String & Pickup height gauges fir sale:
www.manotickstringworks.com
This Metallic Blue MIM Fender Precision bass gets some new Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pounder SPB-3 pickups, string change (Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky) and a setup. Hard to beat this classic bass especially now with the Seymour Duncan's installed.
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-Steve
Manotick StringWorks
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
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#fender, #precision, #seymourduncan, #bass, #guitar

Пікірлер: 69

@GuyManley Жыл бұрын

This was the exact bass, colour and upgrade I did to my bass in high school. Real nice.

@marck7270 Жыл бұрын

Thank you four effort, even a beginner like I am learned enough for being able to swap pups, appreciated!

@cliffords2315 Күн бұрын

when it comes to P-Bass, ive tried all of the pickups, and the Quarter Pounder is the best P-Bass pickup ever.

@ManotickGuitarTech Күн бұрын

@@cliffords2315 I do like them as well

@rogercardenas111 3 жыл бұрын

I have a bass exactly like this one, Made in Mexico. Great sounding,playing bass.

@mrpositronia Жыл бұрын

I bought my 98 MiM Precision new, and took it straight to the shop to get the 'Basslines' named QP pickup and a Badass II bridge (I also changed the white plastic knobs to chrome ones). It's been my precious thing ever since. :)

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

@hardlygrooving4221 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, I learned more by watching you do it than from several other very chatty videos :)

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video

@rallypoint1 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! I filed the guard a tad because the pups were a little big and guard would hang up when pressing down. Throw a mirrored guard and Steve Harris would be proud!!!!

@user-nf8jj7pz6c Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the content and thank you for those measurements and the split pickup height idea. It's gonna help me a lot I have an old blacktop MIM which is essentially a jazz bass with 2 precision pick ups.

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video- I hope you have subscribed to my channel?

@user-nf8jj7pz6c Жыл бұрын

@@ManotickGuitarTech never seen before but yes

@samsuh 2 жыл бұрын

i didnt think i would watch this whole thing, but here we are at the end of the video. entertaining!

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope you have subbed to my channel?

@Joetime90 Жыл бұрын

I finally get the height adjustment for the pick-ups and how to work with the split coil. Should be the same for a Jazz too. My Geddy Lee Jazz has been around since 2006 and teenage me never adjusted the neck and it's so temperamental. Anyway rambling on. I do love J and P basses.

@GregoryHill1964 11 ай бұрын

I put them on mine with HI MASS bridge... Quarter Poundrs give the power that Fender had in 60's and 70's ... I played a 72' jazz and the output level was almost twice as much ... so you don't have to ask your amp to work as hard

@doctorjones945 3 жыл бұрын

Very good set-up and video, Thanks you! cheers from Quebec city :)

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@moonelfcosmo Жыл бұрын

Nice work but please don’t breathe in those fumes.

@xcodychaosx Жыл бұрын

I believe this is the exact bass I have its been painted over but theres a nick in the paint and this same blue is underneath

@_pseudo_embrace_ 3 жыл бұрын

I have the same bass but with a maple fretboard and the same pickups and use those exact strings! spooky!

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Please like and subscribe to my channel if you haven't already...thanks!

@charlieburns1385 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very neat work 👍

@garyandpattyworley6832 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see some bass’

@jameywylie5065 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you. I found it very informative.

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, James- I am glad you enjoyed it! Please like and subscribe if you haven't already.

@konrdare1831 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Saved me a lot of time

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it helped you out. I hope you have subbed to my channel?

@robertsensat380 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to order a Peterson just like yours. Good ol Sweetwater!

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

I really like mine - on the bench or when I am jamming

@oldfriend327 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking your time with us to explain things to us. What is your honest opinion on those specific pickups, what there really that much of a difference? I think those Semour Duncan models have some sort of humbucking component to them that the stock Fender ones don't have.

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

They are much better than the stock Fender pickups used in MIM Precisions

@user-gl7xm3kf3y 7 ай бұрын

Some dude on another bass channel had a pbass and was yaking about mods and I commented that he should put in some quarter pounds. His response was that they were too aggressive. I said wtf?

@nathanjean1744 Жыл бұрын

Did this! My bass sounds like the Fender P

@samlelowitch 3 жыл бұрын

Good, instructive video with no nonsense. I like it! Are your tools “homemade”?

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Sam, I do make my string and pickup gauges as well as any other hand tool or jig I need... I enjoy the "making process

@Kyle-fv2dy 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Perfectly done--no hype, just great info. Where did you get the truss rod tools? Do you make & sell them? I'm interested. Thanks again, liked & subscribed! @@ManotickGuitarTech

@leagueofotters2774 2 жыл бұрын

I just put some 62 custom shop pups into a the same MIM bass.

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

I bet those would sound great! Thanks for watching and I hope you have subscribed to my channel.

@Belman5 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@MrToonfish Жыл бұрын

I always found those Seymour Duncan SPB pickups awful, at least not to my taste at all on a Fender P. The Fender Custom Shop 62 P-bass pickups are way better. But okay, I know some guys prefer the modern tone on a P bass, more sound, more grint, more bass, more attack, especially on Fender MIM modern P basses.

@lorencing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. One question, is it ok to install shorter strings on a long scale bass? The right size gauge goes an inch over the nut and then the string starts to go thiner. I installed it, it plays ok, but later noticed that I could have bought long scale strings ... could I have any issues along the way?

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

As long as the full string is in the nut and not the tapered part, you should be fine... but next time buy long scale strings. I hope you have subscribed to my channel?

@schoe286 4 күн бұрын

use flatwound strings and yer golden.......

@karlbass7004 4 ай бұрын

can i invert the plastic with logo in the bridge jazz sjb3 ? because if i put the cap with the wires for control plate the logo is invert ... But both protection caps sjb neck and bridge was inverted in original box...

@karlbass7004 4 ай бұрын

inverted= logo "seymour duncan" inverted if bass is on suport

@ManotickGuitarTech 4 ай бұрын

The pickup covers should come off and you place them where you want.

@garychivers6055 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't bother SDs are probably no better than the ones already on the bass. I have an Area pro PJ bass and swapped the pickups for SD quarter pounders, no difference in quality just a tiny bit louder.

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

I agree that modern pickups in MIM Fenders are pretty darn good - the SD's are usually more consistently made and better quality over the long haul

@dontall71 3 жыл бұрын

@@ManotickGuitarTech The quality and condition of the pots and capacitor also greatly affect the tone

@ManotickGuitarTech 3 жыл бұрын

@@dontall71 So true... pretty easy to switch them out to try different combinations on a P bass

@paulvasquez6197 Жыл бұрын

How important is it to install copper tape for shielding? Thanks

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

You can use Copper or Aluminum tape - both work. Just make sure that the adhesive backing is conductive as well. Thanks for watching!

@paulv8453 Жыл бұрын

@@ManotickGuitarTech Thanks

@7ouka84 11 ай бұрын

@14:08 what if there's a Humm? What should I be checking?

@ManotickGuitarTech 11 ай бұрын

Check your ground wire

@naimkirkibrahimrawtismhori1780 Жыл бұрын

Does it matter in what position the pickup with "Seymour Duncan" written on the pick cover goes, top or bottom ?

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

Usually on the bottom

@naimkirkibrahimrawtismhori1780 Жыл бұрын

@@ManotickGuitarTech ... Thank you. If its on the top, does it change the tone / sound ?

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

@@naimkirkibrahimrawtismhori1780 It might - install it both ways and see if you hear a difference.

@amanschase Жыл бұрын

Yep the best thing to do to an MIM bass is get rid of the stock pickups they’re cheap nasty things

@ManotickGuitarTech Жыл бұрын

Easy and relatively inexpensive upgrade

@ghislainlibert2384 7 ай бұрын

P bass of Corse.😊

@peterb1543 2 жыл бұрын

Between 5-64 and 6-64 is almost impossible to achieve.Its too small.

@ManotickGuitarTech 2 жыл бұрын

Use either 5 or 6 /64ths...it is up to you.

@MartinMartin-yi9to Жыл бұрын

Too much ads

@user-bi3id6bg3g 27 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅 super custom shop😅😅😅😅😂😢