Vintage pickups

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:06 pm

Another way to get rid of single coil hum is to put a jazz bass neck pickup (reverse wound) in the mute slot ...

keb · Post by **keb** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:36 pm

Get rid of single coil hum by busting out your router and installing two huge ugly DiMarzio humbuckers.

I'm only kidding folks!

keb · Post by **keb** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:39 pm

And I agree that the early-'90s pickups are extremely powerful. How are the recent higains though? (say, from 2000 on or so) Are they as hot or are they a little more mellow?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:35 pm

There are 4 eras of pickups ...

1960's 1970's 1980's and 1990 to present ...

Through the years Ric continued to add more copper windings on the pickups ... so each new generation is thicker and hotter ... so a 1990 pickup and a 2003 pickup should sound identical ...

There are some members here who prefer the older sound and ther are some like me who prefer the 1990 and later pickups ... I love that thunderous modern sound ...

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 5:42 pm

I have a 2000 4003 and a 95 4003, the high gains are hotter in the 95, I also had a 93 and that one too had hot pickups, I had a 98 4003 also and they seemed a little more tame. I don't know if these were just idiosyncracies of my basses or not.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:27 pm

Within each "era" there is a variance ... I have about ten spare Ric pickups and 12 installed ones ... the ohm readings are different on all of them ... none identical ...

But the pickups from each era will fall within a certain range ...

Also each ric

The pickups from each era have their own unique character ... then with or without the capaciter ... there is an interesting variety of sounds ...

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:11 am

Hey Jeff, would you be interested in selling any of those spare pickups that you have? I'm looking for a high gain neck pickup with the chrome and the 4 buttons....anything would be fine, but something from the early to mid 70's would be cool. If you're not selling, then I'll keep looking.
I've been trying to order a new one from Rickenbacker but its been back ordered for over a year. Same story with a 4003 bridge....

a1x · Post by **a1x** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:48 am

greg,
i just ordered a new toaster for my 4001. if i'm happy with it, i'll have an '82 hi gain that i'll have no use for.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:59 am

I have 4 extra high gains ... but they all have 6 poles ... that will work on a bass ... but for looks you may prefer 4 poles ...

My extra 4 pole high gain is going through surgery ... it is having a rail installed in place of the poles ... it is one of my frankenstein experiments ...

Igor ... flip that switch ...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:31 am

Not the LEFT SWITCH master?! (the late Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein)..

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:18 am

Wasn't that hump on the other side?

or ...

Frau Bluher ....

Now we are getting esoteric ...

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:23 am

What great knockers...

mrmstrd · Post by **mrmstrd** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:28 am

Damn your eyes!

Too late...

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:14 pm

These are on Ebay. They're being advertised as 70's high gain pickups...

jps · Post by **jps** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:26 pm

Roll, roll, roll in the hay!!!

Do I hear horses whineying in the background? Or is that just a vintage Rickenbacker horseshoe I hear playing?