After receiving advice from you all a while back on what to do about pickup replacement on my fretless bass, I followed Joey's advice and just had EMGs instaflled with a BTS circuit.  Have to say, I'm delighted. Just what the bass needed. Thanks all for your input. One of the many things that make this my favourite forum.  
 
R.

Richard, so glad they worked out for you.
 
EMG's somehow get sort of short-changed (probably as they're so ubiquitous), but they really are plug & play, quiet as a tomb usually, and the voicing they settle on seems to hit the spot.  P/J is my favorite pickup combination for Fender-ish tones, and the EMG set is a really good benchmark for comparison.  I just could never get into Barts as they just have too many versions of the regular shapes to ever figure out if I were about to buy the 'right' ones, and. . . . . don't EVEN think about calling them and asking questions.
 
All the Best,  
 
Joey

I have had several guitars (6 string) with EMGs, including a Modulus Black knife and a 62RI MIJ strat, and they all sound great with them.

They are super-quiet, a huge improvement over what was in the bass before.  I had them installed at Ring Music here in Toronto and they had some difficulty getting them to fit, but that is a function of the bass, not the pickups of course - they are standard size, the bass was a bit off.
 
Anyway, I can now comfortably cover the spectrum of whatever is needed on any given gig.  I have, as they say, all the basses covered.  Again, thanks for your assistance!