The start of the electronics journey of improving the tone on your bass. Best Bass Gear carries a large assortment of pickups for many different basses with multiple string configurations to choose from.
A pickup can produce popping noises from human touch if the magnets or pole pieces aren’t grounded correctly, or not grounded well enough. One solution to this is to, and I’m directly quoting here, “apply conductive copper foil with conductive adhesive against the bottom of the pickups and run a new wire to ground.” That … Read more
The Ultra Jazz Bass Pickup is a pickup that top luthiers recommend because it has the right blend of vintage tone with modern convenience. Luthiers sing the praises about the Ultra Jazz Bass Pickup because yes, it’s just that good. You want that classic Jazz Bass tone with no hum? You’ve got it with this … Read more
A Best Bass Gear customer was wondering whether he should upgrade his preamp or his pickups: I have a ESP LTD B206 bass that I am very happy with in every way except for the electronics. Would installing a Bassline or Agulliar preamp with the stock pickups improve my sound? If I can only afford … Read more
“That ’68 sound is right there. And believe me, I know what that bass sounds like!”
“I am building a 5-string bass and want to put two EMG 40DC pickups in it. I see they come with volume and tone knobs, so do I need to buy a preamp as well? If I don’t need a preamp, is there an advantage to buying one?”
“I’d love to hear some recommendations for a cheap bass with decent action that the Victor Wooten Retrofit Combo compliments nicely?”
In the video Max will walk you through the installation from start to finish, with some great tips and tricks
Thanks to the split-coil design of the 4J-HC and 5J-HC you can play with whatever volume level combination you need to without that unwanted hum, and without wrecking your natural tone.
Nordstrand is back at. Known for their innovated take on traditional pickup design, the new NP4v pickup is classic Carey Nordstrand.
Here at Best Bass Gear we are proud to bring you a Victor Wooten package that you can only get from BBG, featuring EMG pickups, a Michael Pope FlexCore preamp, and Signature Fodera strings.
