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In reverse so it warms up the thin strings and stops the thick ones getting flubby.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
My gut instinct for a Musicman Stingray type pickup is defeated by your stated requirement for passive control circuitry. There is also the matter of P and 'Ray pickups not necessarily blending well. I prefer switching between the two voices. Never the twain shall meet.
A double Jazz pickup might work. This is pretty much what the Fender Dimension Bass pickups amount to. Its oval polepieces are just metal caps between adjacent rod magnets. (IMO, Dimension pickups are fine with passive controls.)
The leftfield choice is an Oil City Pickups Overkill model. This normally requires a long Jazz Bass cavity. I dare say that, if you pressed money into his hand, Ash could construct one in a different shape. Unleash your inner RIC 4000/4001/4003 urges!
My final suggestion is to consider going the Billy Sheehan route. Add a second pickup in the neck position. EB Mudbucker, Fender Wide Range, that sort of thing.
What strings are you currently using? If you just want to increase treble, consider changing to brighter strings and using the tone control some times.
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A mini HB would be overpowered, but how would a full humbucker work out? It’s my understanding that some manufacturers use the same pickups on both guitars and basses i.e. the Rick toaster, so doing this would follow the same principle?
Stringwise I’m using light round wounds at the moment, I’m happy with the sound and how it plays, I’d just like another option.
Here's a leftfield suggestion if you don't want the two-pickup sound, just a brighter single-pickup one... don't fit a second pickup at all - fit a bass-cut cap, which can be accessed simply with a push-pull pot. Vintage Rickenbackers have one which is what gives the characteristic bright clanky tone - some modern Ricks have a pull-switch.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I think a MusicMan Stingray pickup will completely cover the hole if it doesn’t work . (Be careful with the pickup surround mounting screws - might be better to direct-mount it.)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I could easily build my Rickenbacker style Overkill into Thunderbird format ... or a high power Thunderbird or create something totally off the wall like an oversize Futurama Bass or Hofner pickup ... or a Neodymium unit ...
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A scuzzy X2n Power Plus
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Edit: I just googled the X2N. The blade is 56mm. So tight enough, though if the route is a bit further away from the bridge it could work.
If you get them in the EMG size option then you'll always find other options for swapping it later if you want. Loads of bass pickup makers have an EMG size equivalent.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd