I bought a set of the EMG P-Bass pickups to see how they would sound.
The package contains everything you need to fit your new pickups in your instrument - the pickups, new volume and tone pots, new output jack, and the connecting cables, as well as the pickup mounting screws.
As the EMG Geezer Butler pickups are passive, there is no need for the usual 9v battery which most folk associate with EMG pickups. Rather, it's a straightforward installation process.
Connecting the pickups to the volume and tone pots, and then to the output jack socket, is simply a case of following the installation manual pictures, using the "push to fit" connectors at each stage. There is even a simple-to-use connector to join the new pickup circuitry to your existing bridge plate Earth wire. No soldering required at all!
One thing to remember though, is to only screw the pickup mounting screws into place AFTER you've put the pickguard in place on your bass. The reason for this is that the domed heads on the EMG supplied pickup mounting screws, are ever so slightly larger than normal. This results in your pickguard being unable to be slid over the pickups if the new mounting screws are already in place. Leaving the screws off until the pickguard has been laid onto the face of your instrument, will allow you to then simply then install the mounting screws, and adjust the pickup height as necessary.
The sound of the pickups is really full, with a high output, containing a solid low end, and a fantastic high end clarity.
I liked the sound so much that I have now bought another set to use one one of my other P-basses.
Really great sounding pickups.
