60's Bass found, pickup original?

[ken_j]

I took the HS out, it's barely magnetic enough to hold a bobby pin. Should it be stronger? Do you think a $400 RI pickup would be worth it in this bass, or is there a cheaper route? I'm starting to have second thoughts about this one.

Use the search funtion. There are many forum members that have recharged their own horse shoes. It would be worth putting this back to stock. Check with Sérgio Silva he may be able to help. You can find him here: viewforum.php?f=33&start=0

[Sprauge]

Thanks Woody Cross, I just purchased a pickup from Ric. I used to have one of these pickups in a Rickenbacher lap steel (I'm mainly a guitar player) and the sound was meatier than all my other lap slides. I never noticed that they were used on basses too! The original bass HS will stay in the case for the next owner to mess with.

[johnallg]

I took the HS out, it's barely magnetic enough to hold a bobby pin. Should it be stronger? Do you think a $400 RI pickup would be worth it in this bass, or is there a cheaper route? I'm starting to have second thoughts about this one.

Not bad for magnetism, but you can improve it. Get a couple very strong magnets, and do like in this picture.

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Leave them on for a day. They will be stronger.

[Sprauge]

I took the 70s pickup apart and now see how it screws (perfectly) in the 60s shoes. 70s magnet is shown in front of photo. I found a few places to have the shoes re-zapped into strong magnets, and the pickup rewound. Does 7.6k ish sound reasonable?

[iiipopes]

I'd go more for 8 to 8.5 kohms' worth of wire to make sure the coil matches the magnets better.

[chefothefuture]

Check this thread. There is quite the discussion regarding winding a bobbin. DC resistance, Inductance, wire size, have a lot to do with the tone....

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=404712