Bartolini

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The Bartolini 8S Original design gives you the timeless tone that started it all — full and warm for that vintage voice you've been craving, enhancing the natural voice of your bass. These split-coil pickups are hum cancelling, so they are well suited for studio or stage. They have a blade core design, so you don’t have to worry about string alignment. Original Bartolini pickups bring out your voice, low and clear.

In the early ‘70s, Bill Bartolini leveraged his deep knowledge of acoustics to create pickups that produce the most natural, musical voice from the instrument. He added shielding to block radio signals and noise. He also developed a method of sealing, isolating and stabilizing the coils so they could be encapsulated in epoxy to eliminate “microphonics” — the nasty noise you get when you touch typical pickups.
Bartolini 8S P Bass, 4-String, Original Series, Split-Coil Pair

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  • I would buy this product again.

    5

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    submitted4 years ago

    byMTD

    fromGeorgia

    Rebuilding a 75 P bass. These pickups are a great upgrade.

  • Worth the money

    5

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    submitted10 years ago

    byDaygamer10

    fromYoungstown, oh

    Good for any bass if you want a good sound without having to shell out a few hundred for a new instrument. Worth the money

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  • asked byLoBro

    fromMaryland

    Are these passive or active pickups?

    Are these passive or active pickups?

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    These are passive
  • asked byThomas J.

    fromNashua NH

    Are these passive pickups

    Are these passive pickups

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    They're passive.