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The Seymour Duncan SMB-4d is a Hotter pickup, designed for the Music Man. It's recommended for classic rock, heavy rock, funk, punk, R&B, and metal. Expand the versatility of your tone with The STC-3M4 tone circuitry, which comes with all necessary mounting hardware: high-quality potentiometers on pre-wired harness; battery clip; stereo jack; and black anodised, knurled, dome-style knobs. Combine the two and you have the SMB-4DS.
Seymour Duncan SMB-4D Ceramic Pickup
Hum-Cancelling Tone
The SMB-4d boasts hum-canceling. Its tone contour is highly musical and balanced, whilst its bottom is richly articulated. There's lots of midrange and the treble has great bite.
A Replacement for Music Man Stingray Basses (1976 -)
This pickup is designed as a replacement for 4-string Music Man® StingRay® basses from 1976 to present.
Seymour Duncan Active 3-Band Tone Circuit - STC-3M3
An Addition of Versatility
The STC-3M3 electronics consist of on board Tone Circuits which add amazing tonal versatility. It allows you to subtract EQ at centre frequencies voiced specifically for the electric bass. These circuits boast low noise, low distortion and high headroom and are useful for all musical styles and genres.
Three Bands of EQ and Slap Switch
There are three bands of active EQ, plus the proprietary Slap Switch. The lows are deep, clear, and tight and the mids range from ultra-smooth to punchy and all points in between. With the treble control, you can get a very wide, very usable response that's smooth without any brittleness. By Pulling up on the volume knob, the proprietary Slap Switch is engaged; this is a special EQ contour specially for slap-style playing.
Three Knobs to Control
This version consists of three knobs: volume/slap, mid-range, and stacked-concentric bass & treble. All to let you experiment and help customise your tone.