Description
Not every bassist wants to babysit a 9-volt. The SSB-4N Phase 2 Soapbar gives you that classic EMG-style soapbar footprint and output character, but wired the old-fashioned way — no battery, no active electronics required. What you get is a tone that’s straightforward and organic: solid low-end warmth paired with a punchy midrange, the kind of sound that comes naturally from a well-built passive coil rather than a preamp doing the heavy lifting.
Because it’s built as a direct replacement for EMG 35 or 40 style pickups, dropping this into most basses is a plug-and-play affair — no routing, no rewiring the cavity, no headaches. The full-length dual-blade design comfortably handles string spacing up to 2.70″ (68.5mm), so it’s a solid fit for standard 4-string setups.
Run it straight into passive volume and tone pots for a simple, direct signal path, or pair it with Seymour Duncan’s STC-2p or STC-3p Tone Circuit if you want more shaping power. Those circuits add 2 or 3 bands of active EQ along with a slap contour switch, letting you dial in everything from a fat, rounded fingerstyle tone to an aggressive, snappy slap sound without losing the natural character this pickup starts with.
- Passive soapbar pickup, moderate output
- Direct replacement for EMG 35/40 — typically no modifications needed
- Full-length dual blade, max string spacing 2.70″ (68.5mm)
- Calibrated as part of a neck/bridge set
- Pairs well with STC-2 or STC-3 Tone Circuits
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