EMG MMTW

That's it, I'm an EMG guy now. I've combined this with EMG P and 3 band EMG preamp with variable mids and the results are just mind blowing.

P pickup and MM pickup don't work well together in most cases as afaik some interference with P being a series pickup and MM being a parallel. With my harley benton enhanced P bass whenever I've set both pickups to 100% I got a huge volume drop and thin, weak sound.

Now it's either that EMG P and MM are wired in the same way or it's the buffer in the preamps onboard the pickups but there is not interference or volume drop. In fact, P + MM sounds HUGE. You get both sounds combined.

However, EMG P is ceramic pickup while MMTW is ceramic steel and it's a bit more "tamed" and less bright pickup. Raising it did help even out the sound, and boosting the treble on the EQ did also manage do even it even more.

Split to J pickup it sounds like a J should but with extra width: more, wider bass, more highs and somehow they seem wider.

what more is there to say, it's dead quiet both in MM or J mode, it sounds superb, it sits in a mix like a champ and the string pull is almost 0 so you can raise it all the way up without interfering string vibrations, as with previous MM pickups if raised too high I'd get this strange sound that is almost like a combination of phaser, pitch shift and overdrive

The EMG MMTW is just what I needed. I replaced a P style piuckup with a bit of extra routing. The sound is fantastic, in full humbucking mode the tone is super fat, combining the powerfull thick bass needed to back up a big band with the mids and highs to the sound from getting muddy. Ideal for banging out a powerfull bass line. But that is not the end of the story, switch to single coil mode (although there are still technically two) and the sound thins a little to give a subtley to the sound. In this configuration you basically have a Jass neck pickup. Jumping between the two is a matter of pulling the provided push pull pot.

In short the best PUP ive ever had.

This went into an old Musicman Sabre which had packed up some time ago when the original pickup gave up the ghost. The replacement cost of an original and other makes was prohibitive so after a bit of a look round I decided to give this one a go. To be frank, I think it's better than the original, the tonal range is superior and the whole thing has just more grunt to it. Lovely warm bottom end, scooped mids and honky highs if you want them. I'm delighted, and an old old friend has come back to life.
The pickup itself is compact, well finished and fits straight into a Musicman with very little fuss. Well worth the money. I'm tempted to have one fitted to my Jazz at the bridge, or buy a sub and put one in that. The possibilities are endless!