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Old 05-03-2007, 09:09 AM   #1
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I want to buy new pickups, but I don't know what to go for.
I am playing in a bar cover band, and we have a very wide range of tones we need to hit, from Chili Peppers, to Nine Inch Nails, to Chuck Berry, to 311, to the Beatles and so on, so I don't want pickups with a dedicated vintage tone, and I don't want something that are distinctly modern either.
They need to be soapbar and active.

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Old 05-03-2007, 09:26 AM   #2
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4-string? 5-string? Size? Price range?
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The key to great tone is really found in the kind of hand soap that you use.
For years I used a typical off-the-shelf bar-type soap and I had no idea that, even though I rinsed properly and thoroughly after every cleansing, there was still a soap scum residue on my hands and fingers.
This negatively affected my tone in ways that I just can't describe.
Then, on a whim, a few years ago I wandered into a Bath and Body Works store at a local mall and picked up some of their gentle foaming anti-bacterial hand cleansers.
The difference in my guitar's sound is so wickedly improved that I no longer feel the need to buy a new amp or pedals or even strings...EVER!
So, it's my belief that tone is in the soap.
Thank you and goodnight.
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Old 05-03-2007, 02:50 PM   #3
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Sorry, I forgot to say 5 string. Size, err...isn't soap bar soap bar? If there are different sizes of soap bar pickups let me know and I will find out what I need.
I would like to keep it under $500.
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Old 05-03-2007, 04:06 PM   #4
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Sorry, I forgot to say 5 string. Size, err...isn't soap bar soap bar? If there are different sizes of soap bar pickups let me know and I will find out what I need.
I would like to keep it under $500.
Not necessarily, it depends on your bass, I believe.
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The key to great tone is really found in the kind of hand soap that you use.
For years I used a typical off-the-shelf bar-type soap and I had no idea that, even though I rinsed properly and thoroughly after every cleansing, there was still a soap scum residue on my hands and fingers.
This negatively affected my tone in ways that I just can't describe.
Then, on a whim, a few years ago I wandered into a Bath and Body Works store at a local mall and picked up some of their gentle foaming anti-bacterial hand cleansers.
The difference in my guitar's sound is so wickedly improved that I no longer feel the need to buy a new amp or pedals or even strings...EVER!
So, it's my belief that tone is in the soap.
Thank you and goodnight.
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Old 05-10-2007, 08:56 PM   #5
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After much thought I have decided instead of buying new pickups for my bass I will instead buy a Gibson Thunderbird IV.
Clopsed.
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