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Other brands, especially those made for passive use tend to be higher.
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Very well regarded maker, even if not well known.
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I always thought it would be an improvement - a PJ usually has a weak-sounding and noisy bridge pickup unless it's a high-output stacked humbucking one.
It still doesn't look right though!
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Sounded excellent.
I think the opposite issue is also true though - that on a J&M bass the neck J pickup can be very underpowered if not properly picked, even with the additional string movement there helping out.
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"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
My experience has always been that the P and 'Ray pickups do not blend especially well. It might be that an amp EQ setting that compliments one pickup detracts from the other.
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I've read that the pickup's position means it will not sound like a MM as it's too near the bridge. I've also read, but can't confirm, that you can't physically position the P-MM pickup combination exactly as on each original instrument as they overlap slightly. That might be part of the problem, unlike the classic P-J combination.
I guess the Sandberg humbucker has more of a beefy-J pickup sound, though I am new-ish to bass so that might not be 100% correct. I generally play it in passive mode so that's another big component removed from the MM sound.
the MM would overlap the P.
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@fretmeister I defo wouldn't mind a bass from that company. I've made dozens of mockups on their excellent website, often with P and M but it just made me wonder if there was a reason not to do it.
Always built very well, nice neck shape. It's all good!
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The best basses I've owned have all had them.
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http://configurator.sandberg-guitars.de/
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I've never had a zero fret but seems like such a good idea to me.
I don't think the placement should be much of an issue, it's a couple of mm out.
The output difference might be the problem, maybe the MM pickup would have to be changed so much to match the output of the P pickup that it no longer sounds like a P.
Maybe not, maybe it's just tradition and the "looks wrong" thing that stops it being common despite being a viable option.