LACE Alumitone Bassbar pups

loopee · #1 06-03-2010, 03:36 AM

I'm toying with having a new custom bass built by Martin Keith...It would be a shortscale, lightweight bass. He suggested putting Lace Alumitone Bassbars in it. I've never heard these pups.....can anyone who has them tell me what they think of them? Thanks....
Loopee

NicJimBass · #2 06-03-2010, 06:15 AM

I had one installed for a day about a month ago. The one I got ended up being microphonic, so it went back to Lace. Since they were (or are) having trouble keeping up with demand or whatever, I ended up cancelling my order.

When I did have it installed, it sounded really good. Nice and full, and pretty smooth. The high end was much smoother than on other basses I've played, meaning it wasn't harsh, it just sounded nice and musical. I may evetually get another pair, but it probably won't be for a while.

lofreek · #3 06-03-2010, 07:53 AM

I love them. I have the bars in two Modulus 6spi basses and a Hamer 12. I have the J style in a Modulus Genesis V and a Vaccaro aluminum neck five. No active circuitry in any of them. Noiseless, smooth, wide bandwidth, musical.

tubby.twins · #4 06-03-2010, 11:14 AM

For a few weeks I had a Lace BassBar 4.0 installed in one of my fretless Warmoth Gecko 5-string basses. It sounded very full, thick and detailed. The signal level was very hot, so I had to lower it down in the pickup cavity.

I'm testing another pickup in this bass now. I think it would sound better in the bridge position, instead of the current "sweet spot" position.

cnltb · #5 06-03-2010, 11:25 AM

Anyone got sound files of these alumitones?

loopee · #6 06-04-2010, 01:25 AM

so you say this pup is not good for the "sweet spot"?

NicJimBass · #7 06-04-2010, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by loopee

so you say this pup is not good for the "sweet spot"?

I was planning on 2 in one bass. When I installed the one, it was in the bridge position (possibly close to the sweet spot) and it sounded really good. I think it'd sound good in any position.