SMB-4A - Seymour Duncan SMB-A Music Man Bass - 4 string
Seymour Duncan SMB-A Music Man Bass - 4 string
Price: $ 84.95 / Each
SMB-4a/SMB-5a -- Music Man® used Alnico magnets on the original 1976 StingRay® basses. These groundbreaking instruments are some of the most highly collectable basses of their era, and are known for producing some of the most popular bass tones for metal, rock, blues, and funk. Installing a ceramic magnet in a conventional humbucker will tend to make it brighter and edgier with a punchy bass response and a higher resonant peak.
However in the case of our SMB-4/5A Music Man replacement pickups, the Alnico magnets, together with unique coil windings, have the effect of extending both ends of the frequency spectrum beyond that of their ceramic magnet counterparts. In other words, the SMB-4/5A Alnico version is both warmer on the bottom and more detailed on top. We use .375” (3/8”) diameter Alnico 5 rod pole pieces and a winding spec that’s designed to produce the same resonance as the original 1976 StingRay. This is the 2-coil system.
