New pickups from SÃ©rgio

jeffmyers · Post by **jeffmyers** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:04 am

Hello,
I have been lurking on this board for a few weeks and decided to jump in and say hello and thanks to Sergio for a great set of pickups. I had a bad neck pickup in my '76 4001 and had searched all over the net and locally to find a replacement without any luck. I ran across this board and the comments from Sergio and decided to give it a try.

A few days ago I received my pickups and this weekend I installed them. Man they sound great, I forgot just how good this old bass was. It now has the true Rickenbacker sound. I took some pictures of the bass and the new pickups and posted them to the web.

http://www.jeffmyers.com/rick

I also made a sound clip where I put the tone knobs at mid position and the volume all the way for both pickups. I put the switch in treble position and played a riff, moved to bass position and played the same riff and then to the mid position and played again. Keep in mind I am not a bass player so please ignore the flubs.

Thanks,
Jeff Myers

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:42 am

Sounds and looks good Jeff! Nice look to them. I'm getting some pickps myself from Sergio very soon.

Cole

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:24 am

Welcome to the forum, Jeff. Glad those pickups are working out for you.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:01 pm

Many thanks, Jeff.
Cole: yes, very soon. Just waiting for those d****d bar magnets.

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:01 pm

No problem Sergio. I'm not going anywhere.

Cole

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:53 pm

With my pickups you will.

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:57 pm

Hey Hey!!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:41 pm

Sergio, I received the pickup you sent as a bonus for that "Spot the Faker" contest in another thread, though I haven't hooked it up yet, I appreciate you sending it to me and it looks fantastic! You are a kind man, sir! Thank you!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:14 pm

Wait till you hear it, Steve.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:21 am

You're welcome, Steve. The pickup emulates an early '70s "screw top" high gain. It has good output all right, but don't expect it to knock down the walls hehe.