Thanks to Sergio!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:53 pm

I just received my '77 neck pup back from Sergio, who did a marvelous job rewinding it. The poor 4001 was subjected to much abuse in it's former homes which left it rather scarred & with the neck pup near dead (very low output) and the bridge pup missing & replaced with a Jackson J style pup.
Not knowing any better at the time, I replaced these pups with Seymour Duncan replacement pickups.

Now, thanks to the kind offer to rewind the pickup my bass is sounding better than ever.
The tone only, hinted at before, is back in full force. Clarity & pleasing overtones replace the rather lifeless flat sound I had experienced before.
Sergio wound the pickup to 8K ohms, I believe, to replicate the stock impedance of the mid to late '70s. I wanted to hear what she sounded like when she was new (or at least as close as a 30 year old bass could).
I'm certainly very impressed.
A HUGE thank you!

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:01 pm

Sounds great Kevin! I've only heard good things about Sergios work. I can't wait to get my Sergio toaster/higain hybrids back in my 340.

Cole

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:26 pm

You're perfectly welcome, Kevin.
Cole: hold on, they're coming! Seriously, you should be receiving them in a few days' time.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:51 pm

i wouldn't mind making the pups in my 79 and 80 a little hotter. what is the price for this and how long does it take?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:34 pm

Free of charge. A few days or a few weeks.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:20 am

Update: My band played out last night & the newly rewound pup sounded great! Much clearer, lots of mids & highs & loads of growl.
I like the sound of it so much, I used just the neck pup for a couple of slow songs (something I never did before).
Thanks again to Sergio!

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:36 am

All these reports about Sergio's great work make me wish my pickups needed it!

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:22 am

You're welcome, Kevin.
Bob, why not give one of my arcane creations

a try?

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:52 am

Elaborate, my friend!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:40 am

Now, this is the reason the internet was invented in the first place.
A group of friends who can only meet online, more often than, not sharing info & helping each other out of their otherwise difficult problems.
Educating, enlightening, & entertaining all at once.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:56 pm

What I meant to say was, do you wanna try one of my Rick-style pickups?

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:59 pm

With everything I've heard about your work, I wouldn't think twice!

Actually, reading a thread over in your section has me thinking toaster conversion... I love the sound of my HG but love the look of the toaster...

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:49 pm

I need to raise my neck pup a bit but it doesn't seem to want to get any higher. Any ideas? It's a '05 4003 with a vintage toaster @ the neck. The toaster isn't nearly as loud as the bridge high gain.

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:34 pm

Try lowering the bridge pickup if you need to even out the volume- the toaster is a bit weaker by design if I recall correctly. The bridge high gain is very hot by comparison.

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:46 pm

I wonder what a hot toaster would sound like.