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916 Pickups Club
- Thread starter XsoGol
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Watch this space:
I will soon have the great honor of testing the prototype sidewinder Bicentennials in my Purple Sparkle Epi ‘64.
Co testing against real Gibson Tbirds loaded with sidewinders owned by another Thunderbird club member soon.
Expect a write up in my own style, vids possibly but certainly sound clips and a pictorial.
The beneficiary: and sibling also proudly wearing the 916 AlNeos
I will soon have the great honor of testing the prototype sidewinder Bicentennials in my Purple Sparkle Epi ‘64.
Co testing against real Gibson Tbirds loaded with sidewinders owned by another Thunderbird club member soon.
Expect a write up in my own style, vids possibly but certainly sound clips and a pictorial.
The beneficiary: and sibling also proudly wearing the 916 AlNeos
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Magnets are back on the menu. Got a call from my magnet lady
Just ordered mini rough cast PAF A5 and Early P90 rough cast mini A4 magnets for strat sized builds of P90 and Humbucker. Going to start work on a Mini PAF for strats.
Also included Thunderbird Bass A5 magnets in the order
Just ordered mini rough cast PAF A5 and Early P90 rough cast mini A4 magnets for strat sized builds of P90 and Humbucker. Going to start work on a Mini PAF for strats.
Also included Thunderbird Bass A5 magnets in the order
The 916 Sidewinder prototypes went into the purple sparkle Epi 64.
Will do a side by side with authentic Gibby Bicentennials.
Due to the single narrower aperture sensing area, these have a tighter sound with fewer overtones.
Side by side with my 916 equipped VP.
The Sidewinders are brighter, brighter than the Chinese 760s that the purple 64 came with.
These are the prototypes : so sharing data with @Matt Kustom , and more shakedown and comparatives to come. Also sound bytes as time allows
Will do a side by side with authentic Gibby Bicentennials.
Due to the single narrower aperture sensing area, these have a tighter sound with fewer overtones.
Side by side with my 916 equipped VP.
The Sidewinders are brighter, brighter than the Chinese 760s that the purple 64 came with.
These are the prototypes : so sharing data with @Matt Kustom , and more shakedown and comparatives to come. Also sound bytes as time allows
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Happy to share my new 916 pickups. I was looking for something unique. I did mention what Dingwall are doing with the split coil design to Matt. When figuring out what I wanted. These are like a Neo P bass squeezed under an EMG 40 shell.
- Apr 18, 2008
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Dang, those look awesome! Matt does such clean work. 
Prototype Gibson Thunderbird Bicentennial Bass pickup sound samples.
Thank you @/\/\3phist0
Thank you @/\/\3phist0
Brand new fresh SIT PowerSteels.
10 minutes play time before recording.
No EQ. No DI, just straight to GarageBand via USB input cable.
Sounds MUCH bigger through an amp!
Open strings were:
Neck, both, bridge
Roll tone off, bridge both neck
“Iron man “ neck played at end of neck tone 50%
Chords: both tone wide open
Sunshine: Both played over neck pickup 50% tone
Working man: bridge wide open , tiny bit of neck.
Chord walk neck, a bit of bridge
“Slap” everything wide open
“Maiden” neck pickup
Me, yes I played all clips. I was running a bit “hot” on the input gain. Was just hashing it out, no coffee no plan no warm up.
NO POST PROCESSING
Like I warned y’all /\/\3 unfiltered hack
I honestly did not listen back before posting! :-/
“Clips”
First take “punch ins” all the blemishes there to hear.
Action a bit too low, and too little relief after the string change!
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Looks like there are a couple more of you that are part of the club and may want numbers? Who wants ‘em?
Also, @Matt Kustom, I am SUPER curious about that G&L MFD rewind and Neo upgrade you are doing on Insta. Care to share here?
Also, @Matt Kustom, I am SUPER curious about that G&L MFD rewind and Neo upgrade you are doing on Insta. Care to share here?
The pickup was a gift. Sent in to have information on the pickup. Pickup had a dead coil probably due to G&L deciding that taping the coils wasn't needed
. Problem is i can not find the hardware used for the pole pieces. I will keep looking. No idea where Leo sourced these parts. Anything readily available kinda similar is brass or stainless.Not sure about the size of the factory G&L cover. Haven't had time to see if its the same as EMG40.
The pickup is nothing special outside of the adjustable grub screws. Just a Humbucker with two ceramic magnets under the poles. Each coil about 4.5k.
Might just use the hardware and make a totally new pickup. Maybe a MFD Music Man or EMG40
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Have a Presonus digital interface enroute so I can provide better quality sound bites.Brand new fresh SIT PowerSteels.
10 minutes play time before recording.
No EQ. No DI, just straight to GarageBand via USB input cable.
Sounds MUCH bigger through an amp!
Open strings were:
Neck, both, bridge
Roll tone off, bridge both neck
“Iron man “ neck played at end of neck tone 50%
Chords: both tone wide open
Sunshine: Both played over neck pickup 50% tone
Working man: bridge wide open , tiny bit of neck.
Chord walk neck, a bit of bridge
“Slap” everything wide open
“Maiden” neck pickup
Me, yes I played all clips. I was running a bit “hot” on the input gain. Was just hashing it out, no coffee no plan no warm up.
NO POST PROCESSING
Like I warned y’all /\/\3 unfiltered hack
I honestly did not listen back before posting! :-/
“Clips”
First take “punch ins” all the blemishes there to hear.
Action a bit too low, and too little relief after the string change!
The pickup was a gift. Sent in to have information on the pickup. Pickup had a dead coil probably due to G&L deciding that taping the coils wasn't needed
Not sure about the size of the factory G&L cover. Haven't had time to see if its the same as EMG40.
The pickup is nothing special outside of the adjustable grub screws. Just a Humbucker with two ceramic magnets under the poles. Each coil about 4.5k.
Might just use the hardware and make a totally new pickup. Maybe a MFD Music Man or EMG40
Finally got my bass back with my Super Ferrite in it! Sounds amazing!
- Apr 18, 2008
- 16,007
- 1
- 31,705
- Disclosures
- I'm highly opinionated and extremely self-assured
These are really interesting.
What spacing and shell sizes are they available in?
Looking forward to some sound clips.
These are 16/17.5 for the bass they are going in. They are available in the string spacing needed. This set is in EMG40 shells
