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10-26-2011, 04:30 PM
|  | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | FS: Villex P2 Shaped Pickups
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Up for sale is a brand new pair of Villex Passive pickups with a mid tone control in the Bartolini P2 shape. Bought them for a 5 string bass that has moved onto greener pastures. Unfortunately I don't have any use for them at the moment.  These were $306 and have never been used.
Just received the pickups today and am out of town until Friday. So no pics or shipping until then.
Yours for $280 $250 $200 shipped CONUS. My friends in Canada will need to pay a few dollars more but not much. And PayPal is my preferred payment method.
Link to the Villex web site for more info and wiring diagrams... Villex
He is really passionate about his pickups!
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10-27-2011, 12:53 PM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | Bump.
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10-27-2011, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Croatia, south coast | | | interested. no need for onboard pre with these? |
10-27-2011, 03:32 PM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bobe01  interested. no need for onboard pre with these? | Right. You can use one if you want. When wired up you would have vol/vol or vol/blend, depending on your preference, a passive tone and a passive mid. The passive mid comes with the pickups.
From what I understand the passive mid tone controls a coil in the middle of the pickups and can create a pretty wide variety of sound.
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10-27-2011, 11:47 PM
|  | Amateur Pickup Reviewer | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by aproud1 Right. You can use one if you want. When wired up you would have vol/vol or vol/blend, depending on your preference, a passive tone and a passive mid. The passive mid comes with the pickups.
From what I understand the passive mid tone controls a coil in the middle of the pickups and can create a pretty wide variety of sound. | It's actually a combination of an inductor and a capacitor. Usually he builds half the circuit into one pickup and the other half into the other. If you try to use the mid cut circuit with just one pickup by itself (if sold as a pair) you'll end up with either a bass cut or a treble cut. When wired up according to the diagrams on the Villex website, the mid cut works as advertised. 
Free bump for some excellent pickups!
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10-29-2011, 02:18 PM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tubby.twins It's actually a combination of an inductor and a capacitor. Usually he builds half the circuit into one pickup and the other half into the other. If you try to use the mid cut circuit with just one pickup by itself (if sold as a pair) you'll end up with either a bass cut or a treble cut. When wired up according to the diagrams on the Villex website, the mid cut works as advertised.
Free bump for some excellent pickups! |
Thanks for the clarification. He mentioned a coil I guess that was the inductor.
If someone needs me to pre-wire these for them I can do V/V/T/Mid wiring.
Here are some pics. Unwrapped them and wrapped them right back up.  
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10-30-2011, 07:30 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | Had a few pm's asking about trades. Mainly looking for cash at the moment but would be interested in 4 string and 5 string basses with 19mm string spacing for a trade.
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11-01-2011, 12:51 AM
| | Amateur Pickup Reviewer | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by aproud1 Also looking for some good jazz pickups. | I've got a pair of used Q-Tuner "BS" model Jazz pickups. I haven't decided whether I am going to use them. Interested in a trade?
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11-01-2011, 07:28 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tubby.twins I've got a pair of used Q-Tuner "BS" model Jazz pickups. I haven't decided whether I am going to use them. Interested in a trade? |
Possibly. I've seen but never heard them. Let me do a bit of research.
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11-04-2011, 07:41 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | Bump. Some brand new pickups.
No longer looking for jazz pickups.
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11-05-2011, 09:15 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | Bump. $250 OBO.
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11-06-2011, 08:08 PM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | And a bump.
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11-07-2011, 01:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Burlingame, CA | | | Could you give me the dimensions of the pickups?
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11-07-2011, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by vehement Could you give me the dimensions of the pickups? | Dimensions...
Length = 4.25 Inches (108mm)
Width = 1.25 Inches (32mm)
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11-15-2011, 08:31 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | $300 brand new pickups for $200 shipped bump. 
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11-17-2011, 10:28 AM
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11-17-2011, 10:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Philly, PA | | | hmmm... I wonder how they might sound in my Carvin Icon... or a Thunderbolt...
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11-17-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Envincibal hmmm... I wonder how they might sound in my Carvin Icon... | I'm pretty sure they would sound fantastic. Compared to the standard Carvin Icon humbuckers, Villex pickups have a more natural midrange, a sweeter treble and a rock-solid grip on the fundamentals.
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11-17-2011, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Envincibal hmmm... I wonder how they might sound in my Carvin Icon... or a Thunderbolt... | There's one sure way to find out! 
I actually bought these for a Carvin Icon that I traded before the pickups showed up.
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11-19-2011, 08:59 AM
| | More fool me. | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cincy, OH | | | Bump.
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