Fender Precision Bass Pickups - Original Vintage Design

Like the box says, get these if you want that original Fender Precision Bass sound.Made well, prewired to a new copper ground plate - solder in 2 wires and you're in business.At one time I had active pickups in this 30 year old Made In Japan P bass. Run by a 9 volt battery (I routed a battery cavity under the pickguard), they were bright and "attacky", and I really liked them at the time.Then, after some years of using those pickups, I reinstalled the originals out of a desire for change, and was amazed by the great tone. I didn't recall loving the original tone before, but this was great. That was at least 10 years ago.Then I bought these recently to replace the original pickups. Because the original pickups sound great to me in this bass, I did this primarily 'cause I've upgraded everything on this instrument over the years - better bridge, better tuners, and I now did the electronics, thinking I could improve the instrument's tone even more.While I can't say, "wow - it sounded awful before and now it's amazing!", I think maybe it's got better definition and clarity than before. It certainly has the traditional sound I'm looking for and I'm not wishing I hadn't bothered. I need to play and record with it more to form a clearer opinion, but so far it's everything I was hoping for, tone-wise.I did note that the new pickups look like they're maybe manufactured better than the old stock ones.All in all, these are the real deal, provide original spec sound, and they're made well and easy to install. It's hard to know whether you'll improve your sound in a way you'll like in any given instrument when you change pickups. But if you like upgrading your gear and experimenting, it's always worthwhile to try.

I have an old Precision Bass, made in Mexico. The pickups were awful and I put up with it for a while until I decided to spend the money and upgrade the pickups. I am not a professional, I just play for myself as a hobby. Otherwise I would have just invested in a better bass. Still, it is not a bad instrument, but the stock pickups hum a lot.If you have never changed pickups it is not difficult. I took off the pick guard, snipped the wires to the old pickups, removed the old pickups, and dropped the new ones in. Solder the wires (black to black, white to white), wrap the solder connections in electrical tape or heat shrink tube (preferable to electrical tape), and put everything back together and it was a quick change. Be sure to adjust the pickups so they are close to the strings without touching them. At first they were too far away and the sound would cut out randomly. Loosening the pickup screws a bit brings them toward the strings and no more cutting out.Once I had it together and retuned the strings (I loosened them to be able to work on the electronics) all I can say is "wow." These sound amazing, and no hum (these are humbucking pickups). Very crisp sound, nice tone. Despite this particular P-bass being a cheaper version of the real deal it sounds amazing. Good pickups and good strings do wonders for the sound.I have not changed any of the other electronics. I have heard that the tone and volume potentiometers are also cheap on the non-American models of the P-bass, but this sounds amazingly better with just new pickups. I highly recommend upgrading to these pickups if you have a cheaper model of the Precision Bass with crappy pickups that hum.

When I picked up my 2019 MIM Player Series P-Bass, I wasn't entirely convinced by what I was hearing. It was my first P-Bass, so maybe I wasn't used to the sound profile. Regardless, it wasn't "that P-Bass sound" I heard in my head. So I started to chase that tone.After hours (days) of watching videos, I found that the 1962 P-Bass reissue with flatwounds was exactly the sound profile I wanted. That led me here to the Fender Original Precision pickups. These pickups, with a 920D pot harness and new flatwounds, were EXACTLY what I was looking for, with no compromise.They're smooth, growly, articulate, sensitive, and punchy all at the same time. They shine in heavy rock, light jazz, slap/pop funk, and everything else. These helped me nail that vintage P-Bass tone I've been chasing for months. If you're looking for a top-notch set of pups that hits right on that 1962 sound, especially at a price that won't break the bank, then look no further.

Great sounding pickup. I got this to temporarily replace the original in my ‘73 p-bass. The old pickup broke and the place that rewinds/repairs such things won’t take shipments during the pandemic. This pickup sounds more like a 60s than a 70s p-bass, which is to be expected. Honestly though, it sounds so good I’m going to have to have a shootout once the old pickup is fixed.Install was easy, dropped right in, two quick solder joints and the old pickup’s beat up covers even fit perfectly, so visually, it still looks original and the tone is just slightly more, I don’t know, “rounder” I guess. The bottom line is it sounds like a good old p-bass and that’s what I needed.

Used these for a rebuild on my p-bass. Nice sound, fits perfectly.