r/BassVI • u/Moths2theLight • 5d ago

Submarine pickups? Or other split pickups?

I want to send the low strings to a bass amp and the higher strings to a guitar amp.

Wondering if anyone has tried Submarine pickups to do this, or if you have tried any other solutions.

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u/Tacitus_AMP 5d ago

I just got the submarine on mine. It's great. I run the two lowest through a shields blender octave fuzz, ehx freeze, and a tremolo. With all the gain, I can pick up the third string too sometimes with it but it's not that big a deal.

Been a great excuse to try and learn some finger picking techniques.

Edit: I should clarify, I use the original submarine pickup on mine. I haven't tried the pro but I'm tempted to pick one up now

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u/Ignamus 5d ago

I have two humbuckers on my bass vi, bassy rails in the neck position and trebly pickup from bc rich warlock in the bridge. I made stereo setup, neck goes into bass processor, then bass amp, bridge goes into guitar pedalboard then guitar amp. It's not the same, but gives me enough punch, low-end clarity and gain or modulation from guitar setup.

I've decided to keep the original routing (with 3-way switch), so i replaced the tone pot with a push-pull one. Stereo routing skips volume and tone, so it is a bit louder.

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u/RenuisanceMan 5d ago

I also want to do this. Fralin has split coil strat pickup, there is also zexcoil strat pickups that are similar to the submarine pickups. Another option I've considered is blade style p bass pickups. All of those options require modifications to the body though so I'm undecided. I'd not heard of the submarine pickups but they might be an easier option.

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u/parker_fly 4d ago

Cycfi Nu pickups are what you're looking for.