{"id":11277,"date":"2017-05-30T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=11277"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T16:58:18","slug":"seymour-duncan-spb3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/pickup\/seymour-duncan-spb3.html","title":{"rendered":"This is what a Seymour Duncan SPB-3 bass pickup sounds like in a Fender Precision Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/basslines-pickups-spb3.htm\"><strong>Seymour Duncan SPB-3<\/strong><\/a> is a force to be reckoned with, as it is a &#8220;quarter pounder&#8221; split-coil. <\/p>\n<p>This is a popular pickup upgrade for P-Bass owners because of its loud-and-good output combined with extended frequency range due to its quarter-inch-wide pole pieces. After using the SPB-3, you will quickly realize that the wider poles do legitimately punch up your tone and are not just for show. This pickup has also been carefully voiced to keep a P-Bass sounding like a proper P-Bass.<\/p>\n<p>Do these usually sell out quick? Typically, yes they do, but we can get them for you. All you have to do is ask (email us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@bestbassgear.com\">sales@bestbassgear.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Video demo<\/h3>\n<p>Notes about this video:<\/p>\n<p>Both pick and fingerstyle play is featured in this video.<\/p>\n<p>At the 3:15 mark, the author of the video explains why this particular pickup upgrade for the P-Bass is important. In particular, if you are a <em>Jazz<\/em> Bass player and never really liked the P-Bass because it just didn&#8217;t have the tonal character you were looking for, the SPB-3 may just make you a believer in the P.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bDnj5pttzzg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seymour Duncan SPB-3 is a force to be reckoned with, as it is a &#8220;quarter pounder&#8221; split-coil. This is a popular pickup upgrade for P-Bass owners because of its loud-and-good output combined with extended frequency range due to its quarter-inch-wide pole pieces. After using the SPB-3, you will quickly realize that the wider poles &#8230; <a title=\"This is what a Seymour Duncan SPB-3 bass pickup sounds like in a Fender Precision Bass\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/gear\/electronics\/pickup\/seymour-duncan-spb3.html\" aria-label=\"More on This is what a Seymour Duncan SPB-3 bass pickup sounds like in a Fender Precision Bass\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}