Bartolini MK-1 Are they humbuckers?

[dubbroc]

Hello,
I have the Bartolini MK-1's that came with the lakland 55-01, I know that they are made offshore, split coil soapbars. What I'm wondering is if they are considered humbucking pickups. I'm putting a N-tuner on my guitar and I need to find out if it would need a 250k for single coil pickups, or a 500k for humbucking pickups.

Any info is greatly appreciated. Thank You!

[ex-tension]

From the N-Tune website:

Which N-Tune model should I get?
N-Tune comes with two different potentiometer (pot) values. 250kohm (for most single coil pickup guitars and basses) and 500kohm (for Humbucker pickups). It is recommended that you check the pot values of your guitar before purchasing N-Tune and buy the corresponding N-Tune model. Generally, most guitars that have both single coil AND Humbucker pickups will use a 500k pot.

So, if you check your 55-01 probably you're gonna see a 25K volume pot. Which is connected at the output of the MK1 preamp module (not to the pickups). So, neither model is suitable for this configuration.

The 55-01 is an active bass. Probably the one you need is "comming soon, N-Tune active series".

ps: split coil pickups are humbuckers by their nature.

MK1 diagram:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attach...5&d=1278515553

[dubbroc]

Thanks Ex-tension. There is actually a way to modify the passive N-Tune for active. If your curious about it check here:
http://www.ntune.com/main/willntuneworkforme


I just found out that the preamp (LH-3) I'm installing on the 55-01 is 250k, so it would use the 250k n-tune.