DarkStar pickups - starting from ... ?

[KISSbestfan]

Hello all !

Just a quick question - when the DarkStar pickups were released first ?

[KISSbestfan]

I'm just wondering, because I own a Defil pickup, and a friend of mine own Jolana pickup, that have exactly the same construction as the DarkStars, and are from the late 60's.

[BuffaloBass]

The darkstars are indeed modern copies of those old 60's pickups. Someone else will have to tell you when they were produced, but my guess is 2007 ish.

[GregC]

Originally Posted by BuffaloBass

The darkstars are indeed modern copies of those old 60's pickups. Someone else will have to tell you when they were produced, but my guess is 2007 ish.

I'm not exactly sure on the start date myself, but I know Lakland used them for the original version of the Decade model, which was released in 2005.

[cdef]

Fred Hammon modeled the Dark Stars on Hagstrom's Bi-Sonic pickups, used in their Coronado basses about 1963-65. The original Guild Starfires also had Bi-Sonics.

[RDagBasses]

I use them first from fred in 2003, it was a set fred sold on ebay, I guess I was one of the first, if not The first european customer.