Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/10181/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:58:54 GMT Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:28:08 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/10181/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53348/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53348
]]> feeds@yuku.com (bkief1) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53348 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:28:07 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53339/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53339 feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53339 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:32:37 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53335/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53335 http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/10233 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nocaster) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53335 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:16:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53046/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53046 By the way, gatguy, have you heard from nocaster lately ?

Hi Fuzzy! No, I haven't.

Are you there, Nocaster? Do you still run the FIB? I can't imagine that it runs by itself. It would be great to read some posts from you again.


]]> feeds@yuku.com (gatguy) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53046 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:32:43 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53038/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53038
With BL, the differences between 250 and 500k pots are not big with eighter bass or guitar. I use 1M pots for tone controls only...usually when it's mostly used for tone swells a'la wah wah.
The only guitars I can recall that works well with 1M pots is the Jazzmaster and Jaguar.

By the way, gatguy, have you heard from nocaster lately ?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53038 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:24:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53035/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53035 Fuzzy, did you mean J-45s? Either way, the difference between 500K and 250K pots can be illustrated with both L-45s and J-45s. I was just wondering if the difference in highs might be more noticable on a bass?

To open up their sound even more, some people go for 1000K pots (one or more of the pots). But, generally, BL pickups are very open sounding with 250 or 500K pots.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (gatguy) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53035 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:34:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53034/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53034 >will this inhibit some brightness from the pickup's tone?<
Just a bit. I've used both 250k and 500k pots with L-45s, and both values fit fine. High inductance cables have a much bigger impact on sound than 250k pots. I've even installed a 100k tone pot for a customer with - IMHO - a very passable result. It was a little duller, but had a more even taper.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53034 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:34:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53021/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53021 Cheers Fuzzy,
I'm well stoked. It is slightly arched, 2" thick around the edges & 2 3/8" in the middle. A subtle compound curve. The back is flat. It is way too thin to have decent acoustic volume, just enough to play along with a quiet CD for practise. Surprisingly it showed no inclination for feedback at stage volume. Yes, it is blissfully quiet 'till you hit a string. I bought 250k mini pots before reading Bill's advice to the contrary, will this inhibit... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AL) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53021 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53015/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53015 Regarding the electronics, the L-45 is a great pickup....I guess the shielding is passable image
]]> feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53015 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:48:50 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/53010/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-53010

First flight of the Bull Goose Bass last Sunday. J45's sound lovely; surprisingly warm & rich in this instrument. I strung it with D'Addario half rounds but I reckon it will cope well with brighter strings. I'll play it out in a fortnight's time with the Dark Beaks.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (AL) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/53010 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:19:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52983/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52983 feeds@yuku.com (handsplayingbutterfly) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52983 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:55:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52980/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52980
]]> feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52980 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:51:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52971/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52971 Thanks Hands, I bought a set of J45's & I'll plug them in this weekend. I strung the Ally Bass up for an acoustic test last night & it sounds sweet. I'll let you know what the J'45s sound like. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AL) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52971 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:21:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52963/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52963
I'd like to throw in a good word for the J-45s. I've enjoyed them even more than before since I upgraded my amp to a Genz Benz ShuttleMAX 12.0 from an Eden WT-400. Beautiful clear tones! I could never find another Jazz bass pickup that comes even close to it. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (handsplayingbutterfly) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52963 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:32:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52956/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52956 EB50s are history. Afaik, I bought the last three ones image...so at the moment, J45 and P46 seem to be the only BL alternatives.
I do not have any information about L-90 based bass pickups, but Hands might know image
]]> feeds@yuku.com (fuzzy beard) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52956 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:44:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52951/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52951
Can anyone update us on bass hums available? EB50s? I remember Hands posting something about a new bass pup based on the L90. Is this in production yet? Has anybody tried it? Or must AL stick with the P/J offerings?

Thanks image ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gatguy) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52951 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:11:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52934/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52934 Yeah, at the moment I'm making the nature-identical version of that Normandy body. I'll borrow the neck of my Tacoma Thunderchief (Mahogony?Rosewood) to trial the bass. If it sounds OK I'll make a dedicated neck. I currently have a teak wood, headless, neck-through with a single Bill P pickup that sounds quite middy. For this new one I'm thinking a pair of humbuckers to give a filthy bottom end but I'm open to suggestion. Musical aspirations lean toward... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AL) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52934 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:29:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52932/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html#reply-52932
Is this like what you are building?
http://www.normandyguitars.com/bass/index.htm

Are you after a particular pickup format? e.g. hums, P, J, P/J? What will your neck be made of? Are you more after versatility or are you going for a particular type of tone/musical style? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (gatguy) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/sreply/52932 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:35:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Pickups for Aluminum Archtop Bass? ]]> http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/10181/t/Pickups-for-Aluminum-Archtop-Bass-.html I'm building myself an aluminum archtop bass inspired by Normandy's recent release. I expect the tone to be bright & liveley enough that I can use flatwounds without them sounding dull. I will use a two pickup system. Can anyone recommend some pickups from Bill's catalogue? My friend Marc used EB50's in his Hohner Stein-copy renovation. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AL) http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/topic/10181 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:58:54 GMT