Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P-Bass Pickup

Description

Seymour Duncan built the Quarter Pound P-Bass to be the workhorse of the Basslines lineup, and it’s earned that reputation the honest way: by doing more with a single pickup than most players expect. The trick is in the pole pieces — at a quarter-inch in diameter, they’re noticeably beefier than standard P-Bass magnets, which widens the magnetic aperture and pulls in a broader chunk of the frequency spectrum.

What that means in practical terms is a fatter low end that doesn’t turn to mud, a strong midrange push that cuts through a dense mix, and enough output on tap to drive an amp or pedal into natural saturation. It’s the kind of voice that suits blues and classic rock without hesitation, but it doesn’t stop there — punk, heavy rock, classic metal, and nu-metal players lean on it just as hard for its punch and grind.

Because a P-Bass typically runs on one pickup with no blend or mixing to fall back on, versatility in that single unit matters a lot — and that’s exactly where the Quarter Pound earns its popularity. It covers more ground tonally than its straightforward specs might suggest, adapting to fingerstyle warmth or pick-driven aggression without needing a tone-control workaround.

• Quarter-inch pole pieces for an expanded magnetic field
• High output with pronounced midrange presence
• Fat, punchy low end that stays defined
• Suited to blues, classic rock, punk, heavy rock, classic metal, and nu-metal
• Includes logo covers