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Has anybody ever tried the seymour duncan single coil tele-p-bass pickup on a Ric?



I know the SD humbuckers sound bad to most of us but I would think this could sound ok and it would fit in the bridge slot ... they have 3 versions ... vintage, hot and 1/4 pound ...

I would never trust a pickup with flush, unadjustable polepieces...

what about the toaster?

Hey Sergio ... did you ever get the wire to make pickups?

Amen, Sérgio!

I don't even trust a pickup with polepieces of a "preset", unadjustable radius. Its chance for obtaining perfect volume balance across the strings with whatever type and gauge strings is literally non-existent. You can't put 4 microphones that form a straight line, in front of 4 singers that form an arc, and expect all 4 to sound equally loud.

Pickups with adjustable polepieces is the way to go.
I like the toaster made by Sérgio, which has 4 polepieces that can be adjusted from the bottom with a hex wrench.

Just my humble opinion.

Sérgio's shielded "High Gain Toaster" with adjustable polepieces. Perfect volume balance across the strings. Sounds kickass.

Jeff: #44 wire? Not yet. It's proving very elusive.
As for the toaster pickup, well, either you live with the resulting uneven string-to-string volume, you try and stagger the polepieces (feasible), or you replace it, as I did on my 21 fret 4001, with a fully adjustable pickup like the one depicted hereabove, which you might call a 'high-gain toaster' pickup. (Picture shows the underside of the pickup. Magnets are fitted between the shielding foil and that white bottom cover with the red letters)
Hi, Paul. Thanks.

Sérgio, the "Pup-Master"

The Pickup Guru's High Gain Toaster with the cover on:

Is there any more info about this high gain toaster?
How does it sound compared to a 4001v63 reissue toaster? Can they be bought?

Sergio ... get some wire and go into business ... and move to the usa so shipping and customs costs won't slow you down ...

I'm still anxiously awaiting the one you were gonna make for me, Sergio... :~) I think I'll put it into my Burgandy '73....

Hi, everybody.
Paul: Thanks again for posting the cool pics.
Joakim: No, for the time being they are available for free (!).
Jeff: Going into business, as you say, is a very good idea. Lately I've been giving it some serious consideration.
Gene: Hang in there - you'll get your pickup eventually. A 1973 Burgundy 4001? Interesting. I'll check the 'Pics of Your Rick Bass' thread. If I can't find it in there, please do post a couple of pics of it in here.

How would you describe the difference in sound to a stock toaster?
Where are you located Sergio? I live in Sweden.
I thought that almost everyone on internet forums like this tend to be American.

Sorry Sergio, I am the laziest person on the planet and I don't have ANY pics of my basses on this site, except for the pic that you have of my '71. My '73 is probably not what you are thinking, its Dec '73 and it has all of the newer features, white binding, narrow inlays, hi gain, but it does have the metal pickup cover and the flat TRC, and its burgandyglo.
I will take some pics tomorrow and try to get them posted, I'd love to show off my Ricks!!!
And I would really love to try out one of your pickups, but I think you oughta take Jeff's advice and go into business... Who knows, maybe you'll be the next Seymour Duncan