Are bass toasters and guitar toasters the same thing?

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 6:58 am

Brothers and sisters,
I'm wondering if a bass toaster and a guitar toaster are the same thing and interchangeable since they all have 6 polepieces and use the same cover.

Would anyone please educate me?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:12 am

Yes, the toaster pickup design is the same whether the pickup is to be fitted to a bass or to a 6/12 string guitar. Just like it was back in the sixties.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:42 am

Brilliant, Sergio.
Thank you for demystifying for me again.
Have a very nice evening.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:26 am

Thanks, Paul. There's one thing I'm not sure of, though: whether currently all toaster pickups are fitted solely with long polepieces (= higher output than short polepieces).

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:06 pm

I think the high gain is the same except for the number of poles ... except I'm not sure about the modern high gains being the same for guitar and bass ...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:52 am

Yes, they are exactly the same.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:11 am

I was wondering about this also, as I suspected they were the same.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:14 am

The fact that the pickups have the same basic design is a simple cost-cutting & time-saving measure. (And why not?)

gregson1 · Post by **gregson1** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:54 am

If anything is different, it's the pickup baseplate. For bass toasters and high gains, the baseplate is threaded to accept the supplied machine screw for mounting purposes. The bass humbuckers also ship with the mount plate tapped for a machine screw, but the screws supplied are actually wood screws, and it comes with the foam buffer for surface mounting.