Pickup Selection Suggestion

[SgtDonnell]

Hey guys, Im new here and wanted to get some input to help me find a good pup to swap on my new Custom 24 SE. Its the 2012 version so it came with "SE Vintage Bass and SE HFS" I was thinking of simply swapping them with the real Vintage Bass and HFS but has anyone heard them side by side with the SE verison? Is there really much of a difference? Im the singer in my band ( www.FightingGemini.com ) so I play mostly rhythm and on the neck pup. I only play lead in a few spots and I rarely go to the bridge pup so I will probably only swap the neck pup out. Ok. The sound I am looking for in the Neck position is a super warm but bright clean, and a tight (Not muddy) thick, bassy distortion. So what pickup would you suggest??? If it helps, I am playing on a Marshall JCM2000 TSL100. I appreciate the helps guys.

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[sergiodeblanc]

I love the DII for clean stuff in the neck position, they are not too popular either so finding a used one at a decent price is pretty easy. A bunch of people rave about Starla pups for clean stuff too so perhaps somebody will chime in.

 

[SgtDonnell]

Cool Ill check em out. Thank you.

 

[jfb]

Are the current pups not to your liking?

 

[SgtDonnell]

They dont sound too bad at all. they are the SE versions of the VB and HFS. But i cant help wonder what the real ones sound like.