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#675949 - 02/15/05 08:13 PM Pick Ups for Musicman
Stones Offline
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a replacement pick up for a Musicman knock off I have?

It actually is very well built but the pick up stinks. I play rock and like a punchy,fat sound.
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#675950 - 02/15/05 08:45 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
ChrisOfDoom Offline
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I haven't used their it, but Seymore Duncan makes a big ol direct replacement for stingrays, I think its in their quarter pounder line. I have however used the quarter pounder P/J pickups, and they are phat as hell, so this might be worth checking out.
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#675951 - 02/15/05 08:48 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
musicfiend Offline
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I believe aero instruments makes one. As does seymour duncan, bartolini makes a couple models. An old friend replaced the seymour duncan jazz pickup that5 was in the bridge poaition of his warwick fortress with a bartolini humbucker. Instead of picking up that ever so adpet musicman raw tone, it just got phat...go figure
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#675952 - 02/15/05 09:45 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
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Nordstrand makes one as well.

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#675953 - 02/15/05 10:00 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
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I have a suggestion:

That avatar of yours is so comically huge I rolled around on the floor laughing like a big stupid idiot jock for about ten minutes. Rezize that huge white space until it's somewhere close to the same size as the tiny tiny Rex Spector.

Thank you.
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#675954 - 02/15/05 10:38 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
musicfiend Offline
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BTW- I've heard only great things about lane poor pickups
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#675955 - 02/15/05 10:48 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
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Mind you that the REAL deal behind MM sound is the preamp i.e. MM pickup won't give full on MM sound without a preamp
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#675956 - 02/15/05 10:50 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
musicfiend Offline
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Originally posted by Da LadY In Tha Pink Dress:
Mind you that the REAL deal behind MM sound is the preamp i.e. MM pickup won't give full on MM sound without a preamp


So are you saying a j pup at the neck on a mm will give you the mm sound?
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#675957 - 02/15/05 11:04 PM Re: Pick Ups for Musicman
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1. Lane Poor pickups are not in production. You need to find them used or NOS. Because they have a good reputation, this is hard to do.

2. Stones never said that he was looking for a full-on MM sound. He said he had a MM knockoff and the p'up sucks. He wants to replace the sucky p'up.

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Originally posted by musicfiend:
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Originally posted by Da LadY In Tha Pink Dress:
Mind you that the REAL deal behind MM sound is the preamp i.e. MM pickup won't give full on MM sound without a preamp


So are you saying a j pup at the neck on a mm will give you the mm sound?
3. No, Da Lady is not saying that. Da Lady is not suggesting that the magic is in the preamp by itself regardless of pickup configuration, but rather in the combination of the preamp and the MM p'up.

I recommend investigating Bartolini, Seymour Duncan, and Nordstrand MM replacement pickups.

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