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Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:39 pm
by egosheep
http://www.lollarguitars.com/blog/2010/ ... -quantity/
Look pretty awesome so far. Looks like he has real chrome steel magnets, not the laminated shoes of yore. Hope the legal issues have been worked out and these will be another option for those that need them.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:41 pm
by sloop_john_b
Hey, very cool! I would love to drop one in my v68. if only I wasn't so in love with the sound of that damn Higain.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:57 pm
by egosheep
Yeah, it's really exciting! Did they ever use 6 pole pickups on a bass?
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:58 pm
by sloop_john_b
egosheep wrote:Yeah, it's really exciting! Did they ever use 6 pole pickups on a bass?
Yep, all toasters are 6-poles. I'll defer to the serious pickup experts when it comes to the bridge pickups.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:17 pm
by jps
This looks like it is for a lap steel (LS), not a bass, given the shoes are 1 1/2" wide and the height adjusters and style shape of the end plates are for a LS, too.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:37 pm
by egosheep
jps wrote:This looks like it is for a lap steel (LS), not a bass, given the shoes are 1 1/2" wide and the height adjusters and style shape of the end plates are for a LS, too.
Darn... didn't notice the size of the shoes. Maybe he's moved to the pre-WW2 era pickups due to copyright issues?
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:51 pm
by s4001
jps wrote:This looks like it is for a lap steel (LS), not a bass, given the shoes are 1 1/2" wide and the height adjusters and style shape of the end plates are for a LS, too.
So these won't fit in a bass?
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:20 pm
by wints
I can't believe these are for a LS. The real $$$ are in bass pick ups, so for them not to fit directly in, wouldn't make any sense.
Would it?
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:36 pm
by antipodean
No bass pickup yet......
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:08 pm
by egosheep
Yeah, as a lapsteel-only product offering, this seems bizarre. You can buy a functional Ric lapsteel for $400 dollars or less if you look around. So if he doesn't offer a bass compatible product, it will be disappointing.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:16 pm
by Rockin' James
I talked to Mike at Lollars shop, he states these are for a guitar and they are $400.00
There is one on ebay today, kind of expensive but it is a bass model.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:27 pm
by johnallg
That'd be Dale selling that one. Jeff beat me to it - 1.5" wide.
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:08 pm
by cjj
johnallg wrote:
That'd be Dale selling that one. Jeff beat me to it - 1.5" wide.
And it's gone...
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 2:22 pm
by wints
And it's gone
In more ways than one probably...
Re: Lollar Horseshoe pickups available again
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:32 pm
by sloop_john_b
Eh? You can't sell a Lollar HS on eBay?