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02-08-2009, 03:35 PM
| | | | MISSING EL TORO BRIDGE PICKUP
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 Hey guys. I have an 84 El Toro. Unfortunately its missing the bridge pickup. Anybody have any ideas where to
get an HB-2?. G&L doesnt want to deal with me as they only make a single coil replacement. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advance. |
02-08-2009, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NOVAX  Hey guys. I have an 84 El Toro. Unfortunately its missing the bridge pickup. Anybody have any ideas where to
get an HB-2?. G&L doesnt want to deal with me as they only make a single coil replacement. Any help would be awesome.
Thanks in advance. | 
They very, very, very seldom come up on Ebay.I doubt anyone will part with one and G&L no longer makes them.
Sorry to break this to you.
Jim |
02-08-2009, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: istanbul | | | Just thinking loudly... Lindy Fralin or Nordstrand may help to wind one for you. Why not ask them? Just an idea... |
02-08-2009, 06:41 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | Bummer.
I've never seen one for sale.
I'd get someone to measure resistance of a working bridge pickup, and have Nordstrand custom build you a DC4 to match.
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02-08-2009, 06:55 PM
| | | | would anyone barf if i routed the hole and put a mfd in there custom style.
will i be thoroughly destroying the value?
will Leo roll over in his G?
the bass is pretty relic'd out as far as collectible condition.
thanks for your thoughts and ideas you guys-keep them coming. -Novax |
02-08-2009, 07:00 PM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | | yes, i would barf, and that would hurt it's value.
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02-08-2009, 07:32 PM
| | | | chef-what is a DC4? |
02-08-2009, 07:33 PM
| | | | its just when you say NEVER SEEN ONE on ebay, I get discouraged and I'm looking for alternatives. |
02-08-2009, 08:02 PM
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02-08-2009, 08:24 PM
| | | I didnt mention that a previous owner milled little holes  to allow for jazz bass pu's in both positions. You can only notice it up close, but I think that it's vintage value has probably already been compromised. Once I figure out my camera I'll post some pics. |
02-09-2009, 09:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | I saw a pair on eBay not too long ago, maybe about 2 months or so. Somebody was selling parts from an Interceptor. I stopped watching the auction when they hit about $90 with a few days to go...
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02-09-2009, 01:42 PM
| | | | That's encouraging TDR1138. For some reason, modding it and making it 1 of a kind is
beckoning me. I am crazy, I know. |
02-09-2009, 05:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | What I would do is to probably pick up a single coil version from G&L and move the HB back to the bridge spot, and have the single in the neck spot. Wire it to switch between the bridge, both, neck, and then add a push/pull on the volume pot to split the bridge coil into a single coil (use whichever one would be humcancelling with the neck single). Then you'd have something "1 of a kind" but it would still be completely reversable... That's just me, though.
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02-09-2009, 11:43 PM
| | | | Dude that is brilliant-as the single coil is in the exact same case. Are the neck and bridge HB2's the same? |
02-09-2009, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego | | | There is no single coil version. The SB-2 bridge pickup and the HB-2 are not the same length but are the same width.
The SB-2 bridge pup is longer.
The recent Inteceptor part out was the first I have seen HB-2's in a few years.
Give Carey Nordstrand a call and inquire about a custom pickup.
Jim |
02-10-2009, 08:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Section 204 | | | Well, that shoots my idea down...
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02-10-2009, 10:01 AM
| | | | great idea nonetheless TDR. my contingency plan is a bassline SJB 5 stack which will fit right in and do all the humbucking tricks. under 60 bux-or get a pair of nordstrands and sell the HB2? I know, I know... |
02-12-2009, 03:08 PM
| | | | now I'm on a Les Paul bass project and my twisted taste is steering me towards HB2/MFD
L2000 Toro custom. the pickup holes are pretty chewed up and the router is calling me.
guys,talk me out of it. |
02-12-2009, 06:15 PM
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02-12-2009, 09:36 PM
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