EMGPJ Active Bass Guitar Pickup Set, Black

Pros:I went from a whimpy, thin bass tone to good solid punch.The pickups fit for the most part, my cheap guitar need a bit of trimming but cant blame that on the p/u's.The directions were fairly clear. Read and don't assume and anyone can do it.Cons:* One cable was missing and I had an addition of a cable that was not mentioned in the parts list or wiring directions. Being a professional electronic tech I was able to overcome that small obstacle by removing the wired pins from the connector and using connectors from an unused cable. A layperson would have had to wait for replacements.Added: additional battery clip for 18 volt operation and a small on/off switch.Next:Brass knobs. LOL.I was debating the active eq but for me this works great.

I used these pickups in a custom Bass build I did. The pickups themselves cost more than the Bass kit, but I have been complimented on the sound quality that these pickups produce so definitely well worth the money. These are active pickups so they will require a 9v battery, which my Bass didn't have enough internal space for, just be aware of that. Also, if you don't have knobs for your pots you will need to buy some. I used a set of precision calipers and the pot shafts are 6.00 +/- 0.01 mm. Press fit knobs won't fit, you have to get the ones with set screws.

I replaced my cheap Ibanez Talman TMB100 stock pickups with these. Wiring was way, way easier than when I've had to solder pickups in the past. Why aren't all bass guitar electronics solderless like these are? I can't think of any reason why you'd want soldered electronics instead of these.There were a few minor hiccups that I had when installing the pickups. First, I had to drill out a hole in the pickguard for the extra knob the bass now has. This was easy, though. Also, I had to widen out some of the pre-existing wiring holes, and I also had to remove a very small amount of wood in the J position to fit that pickup in. I accomplished this with a little bit of drilling and a little bit of x-acto knife work. I have next to no woodworking experience, but this was pretty easy even for me.In total, the installation probably took me a couple of hours AT MOST. You can probably do it a lot quicker if you need to.In terms of performance, the pickups are great. The split P humbucker is thumpy and clear. The J is totally noiseless and sounds equally amazing.Great product. Huge improvement over my stock pickups.My only regret is that cream colored PJ pickups aren't available here on amazon. Oh well! These will work just fine.

Great Product

Easy to install, comes with everything except a battery holder. Sound great!

Jammin pickups!

Easier than the last time I got them installed in 2005.

So the main reason I picked these were the whole solderless easy to install aspect of it. Nope, not on my bass! So this is not the manufactures fault, but that being said do a ton or research on your bass before you pick these if you’re picking these for the easy to install reason. 1: the bridge pickup was slightly too thick to fit into the pickup cavity, thus the wood needed to be routed out some. If you have wood working tools and wood working skills no problem, I have neither. 2: the posts on the pots were too wide for the stock holes that were on the bass, thus more wood working needed. 3: the jack on my bass is a barrel jack and the jack that came with the set was a standard jack, thus I now needed to buy a barrel jack and this also would have to solder said barrel jack, and I have no soldering kit and my soldering skills are cavemanish at best, and the entire reason I picked this set was to not solder at all! So in the end I ended up taking my bass to the luthier to route out the wood and install everything including a barrel jack which was an additional cost.So how do they sound? They are ok. I cannot tell a discernible difference from the stock pickups which is a disappointment.For reference the bass these were installed in is the Ibanez Mikro Bass which brand new shipped cost me $179 these pickups were about $179 and I paid the Luthier $75 for what he did making these pickups a cost to me of $254. At that price I probably would have chosen Lace Alumitones or maybe even had the luthier do major routing and put guitar humbuckers in there instead, and I am actually playing this bass as a 4 string baritone with lighter gauge strings than the standard bass string set.Again there is a chance these pickups will fit perfectly in your bass with no issues and everything will go smooth for you, however for me pretty much everything that could go wrong did. I was able to install the neck pickup and feed the wiring through and that was it. Very disappointed with this project as far as the install went. Like I said had I known this beforehand I would have definitely chosen a different pickup set for sure!