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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

213.0. "Vintage bass pickups?" by STOWMA::LANGE () Wed Apr 15 1987 20:27

    Does anyone know where I can pick up some vintage P,and J style
    bass pickups? circa early sixties...
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213.1Real ones, no, Good copies, yes....AQUA::ROSTHis vorpal blade went snicker-snackWed Apr 15 1987 21:3610
    If you need REAL Fender pickups, good luck...
    
    Seymour Duncan makes copies of the old Fender pickups for guitars
    as well as bass...he even has pickups for the old single-coil
    Tele-style Precision basses.
              
    Di Marzio also used to make "vintage" copies.
    
    You might check a Fender dealer and see if the factory will sell
    the pickups they use in the Vintage series basses.
213.2check S.D. out first !!ROCKET::ABATELLIThu Apr 16 1987 15:349
    If you're looking for a vintage type sound, you might not find that
    sound in the new fender p/u's. I quess it boils down to what you
    are really looking for in tone and overall sound. Seymour Duncan
    has been making pick-up's with every possible sound. If you write
    to them,(find the address in any guitar mag.), and tell them what
    tpye of sound you're looking for and what guitar you have, they'll
    put something together for you.
    Just a thought.
    Fred
213.3STOWMA::LANGEThu Apr 16 1987 17:0510
    Fred,you're right,I'm looking for the 'meaty' vintage sound that
    the old fenders have. And the p/u's I have are about 4 trs. old
    and just don't have the balls I'm looking for...
    I checked out the Seymour Duncan active EQ pu's and they sound really
    well,but I don't like the idea of having a battery powered sound...
    
    Thanks for the info... I'll just have to search around for guitar
    repairmen that may have some old pick-ups in a shoe box somewhere...
    
    jeff
213.4Don't Write Duncan off yet!!AQUA::ROSTHis vorpal blade went snicker-snackThu Apr 16 1987 19:2312
    
    
    Whoa!!!!
    
    There are a lot more types of Duncan bass pickups than just the
    active EQ ones.....get his catalog!!!!!!
    
    He sells pickups which are designed to be EXACT sonic AND visual
    replicas of the old ones in addition to a wide range of hot-rodded
    ones....as -2 mentions, Duncan also can custom wind pickups for
    you.
    
213.5swap til you dropFDCV20::CUMMINGSTue Apr 21 1987 17:1011
    
     It's true! the SD p/u's are pretty original sounding but built
    better than fenders. i've got two on my strat (1 Hot, 1 Custom)
    and 1 on P Bass (Hot Jazz bass - bridge position).  they're great
    p/u's!  if you go to McDuff's in Shrewsberry (Rt 9) next to Spags,
    you can keep exchanging the various types until you find the one
    that sounds good to you.  He'll give you about 10 days, if you 
    don't like that model, de-solder it, git another..!
    
    paul
    
213.6MTBLUE::BOTTOM_DAVIDWed Apr 22 1987 10:456
    ANY duncan dealer should allow you to replace the pickups until
    you get the right one for you....it's Duncan's guarantee...you have
    30 days under the duncan warantee to exchange the pickup for one
    of equal of greater (paying the difference of course) value.
    
    dave
213.7JUPITR::TASHJIANWed Feb 20 1991 09:466
    I'm looking for OLD Gibson Thunderbird pickups, the 2-screw mount ones.
    
    If ya got any, or Danelectros pickups, e-mail me.
    
    Jay Tashjian