Pickup question

[thebas]

Hi,
Can you please help me identify (i cant read the label on the pickups?) this pickups and tell me a word about them? Are good or bad and what kind of sound they give? And if you can tell me if those pickups were original with the bass or were changed? Pic in attach. Thanks

[jazzblade]

Dont know about the pups but it says it is a HOHNER B2 bass

http://www.hohnerusa.com/

Link I found with reviews.http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...Hohner/B2/10/1

[Jazz Ad]

It's a Hohner HB, actually an under license version of the first EMG Select SEHB.
Passive, well balanced humbucking pickup. Not much gain for a humbucker but a broad, high medium rich tone.
It mounts in a guitar humbucker ring.

[thebas]

Originally Posted by jazzblade

Dont know about the pups but it says it is a HOHNER B2 bass

http://www.hohnerusa.com/

Link I found with reviews.http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...Hohner/B2/10/1

This is 20year old bass and i cant find anything on the hohnerusa.com site. Any more info?

[jazzblade]

quick look around got me nothing but there were links to TB about Hohner basses. Do a search here on TB...You are already at the right place I'm sure

Jazz Ad already said it was a license version of the first EMG Select SEHB.

[thebas]

Well, I'm doing it exactly
How would you rate these pups:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron...Humbucker.html
and are they compatible with the bass b2?

[Jazz Ad]

They are the same.

[thebas]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

It's a Hohner HB, actually an under license version of the first EMG Select SEHB.

So, its not EMG but Hohner pickup?! What's SEHB?

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

Passive, well balanced humbucking pickup. Not much gain for a humbucker but a broad, high medium rich tone.

I'm new to the basses, but i like clear low tones. Is it possible with this combo? Nevermind the amp.

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

It mounts in a guitar humbucker ring.

So, I'm a noob, but, it can be used on a guitar?! What does this mean?

Thanks for helping me understand.

[thebas]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

They are the same.

Same tone, same gain? Not an upgrade?

[Jazz Ad]

EMG once made an entry level pickup range, name Select. One of them was the SEHB model, sized to be mounted on a standard guitar ring. Most bass pickups are screwed directly into the instruments. On guitar the prefered method is to use a frame (ring) attached flat onto the guitar, onto which pickups are then mounted.

Hohner saw this and they thought it was good. So they bought a license to product them under their own name, a process with which they're familiar. They once did the same with Steinberger bridges. The Hohner HB was born. Same pickup, different name.

I know EMG updated their SEHB at least once, but I don't know how different or similar they are to the original. It is not an upgrade anyway, they're within the same range.

[mmbongo]

These would be an upgrade:
http://bestbassgear.com/bartolini-cb-pickups.htm

As would these:
http://bestbassgear.com/emg-pickups-hb-bass.htm

[thebas]

Thank You.