passive pups for Basswood recommendations

[Dreamland_Rebel]

the only passive pup i've heard in my basswood is the Duncan Distortion. i though it sounded great. are there any other pups that you can recommend for Basswood?

currently for passives i like the JB in a les Paul and a Super Distortion in an alder strat.

[Axewielder]

I played a model 4 (basswood) with a maple board and a Dimarzio FRED/PAF Joe combo that sounded killer.

[MountainDog]

I have an Anderson guitar w/basswood and an Anderson H3+ pickup, sounds great. Many of Tom Anderson's guitars use basswood (Proam model as example). This Proam has an Anderson H3 pickup in it:

http://www.andersonguitars.com/cfPages/showSingleGuitarGallery.cfm?passedID=14&finishID=276&bodyWoodID=14

H/C review of H3:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Guitar+Pickup/product/Anderson/H3+Red/10/1

H/C review of H3+:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Guitar+Pickup/product/Anderson/H3%2B/10/1

Anderson weblink on pickups (click the pickups link):

http://www.andersonguitars.com/toneLibInfo.html

Link to purchase ($69.50):

http://www.gtrheaven.com/pickups/pickups.asp?ven=27&ar=0&t=Tom+Anderson+Pickups

[Mr Metal]

You're going to get a million opinions as people have different tastes......Here's mine: I personally like Dimarzio Evolution Bridge in a Basswood body. Try to buy from a place that will allow you to exchange the pickup if you don't like it. I remember the Dimarzio factory used to let you exchange a Dimarzio pickup for another one for a limited time after purchase, but please double-check this and don't go by my word. Good luck!

[Shawn Lutz]

Duncan Custom, Screamin Demon
DiMarzio ToneZone, Super Distortion

I pretty much like the JB in anything so ya never can go wrong there.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

well i've got a tb-11b and a tb-4b sitting on the shelf right now so... we'll see when i get to that project.

[CharvelRocker]

Duncan Custom, Screamin Demon
DiMarzio ToneZone, Super Distortion

I pretty much like the JB in anything so ya never can go wrong there.

I have to agree with those. I get great 80s metal tones with my ToneZone in my Charvel.

[Grumpy]

I personally like the Duncan 78 Model in just about anything.

[jairic]

I think it depends a lot on the kind of music your playing. My preference is for EMG"s.

[thunderhead]

On my 92 Basswood Dinky i use SD Custom Custom for the bridge and SD Pearly Gates for the neck.

[Inazone]

All of the following have sounded good (to me) in basswood guitars, albeit for somewhat different tones:

Duncan Invader
Duncan JB
Duncan Screamin' Demon
DiMarzio Steve's Special
DiMarzio PAF Pro

[Bengal65]

You're going to get a million opinions as people have different tastes......Here's mine: I personally like Dimarzio Evolution Bridge in a Basswood body. Try to buy from a place that will allow you to exchange the pickup if you don't like it. I remember the Dimarzio factory used to let you exchange a Dimarzio pickup for another one for a limited time after purchase, but please double-check this and don't go by my word. Good luck!

+1 The Evolutions sound great. Also, you can't go wrong with the Breeds with a Maple/Rosewood neck for that low end "umph". And yes, you have 30 days to exchange them with DiMarzio. I just bought 12 sets of DiMarzio's for guitars I'm building although they won't be finished in 30 days, so my picks better be right