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Hey, Maybe you can open similar thread and people will reply to you. If so, share the link please. Thanks, Art
Reviving this as I, five, am interested.
For a while I was planning to check into Nordstrand Zen Blade pups but recently realized the Bartolini tone (possibly the P25CBC set) may be what Im looking for in this particular bass. Plus they're direct fit, no drilling or anything, unlike the Nordys.
For a while I was planning to check into Nordstrand Zen Blade pups but recently realized the Bartolini tone (possibly the P25CBC set) may be what Im looking for in this particular bass. Plus they're direct fit, no drilling or anything, unlike the Nordys.
I'm going to try the Bartolini soapbar Jazz pickups in my Surine 5. It's got CBC P4's at the moment wired in parallel but I want a little less bottom and a little more sizzle on the top so I'm going to try the split jazz windings, keep you posted.
The differences are shown on Bartolini website:
Original Quads
2J Squared
The Original Quads could be split just like Bart's Original Soapbar series (north coils only or south coils) with 2 additional split options: P split coil and reverse-P split coil.
While the 2J Squared will only be split neck side or bridge side which each side of the split would act like an inline jazz split coil, so each split would always be hum cancelling.
I can’t give much technical info regarding the Bartolinis that I have in my 6-string basses. The blue Roscoe has their custom wound Barts, which I’ve been told are from Bartolini’s “Classic Bass Series”. The Ristola with the bubinga top has Bartolini’s “Original Series Quad Coils”, and they’re Deep Tone models.
Each bass has what I consider to be Bartolini’s “Signature” tone, but there’s a noticeable difference in tone between them. And surprisingly, to me, the Original Series Quad Coils in my Ristola have a rawer, more aggressive tone.
So if anyone has any questions, I’m happy to pass along what I hear from each of these basses.
Each bass has what I consider to be Bartolini’s “Signature” tone, but there’s a noticeable difference in tone between them. And surprisingly, to me, the Original Series Quad Coils in my Ristola have a rawer, more aggressive tone.
So if anyone has any questions, I’m happy to pass along what I hear from each of these basses.
Thank you, Arthur,
Your info is helpful. I'm very interested to hear some sound samples if you can please. I'm sure others also would love to hear your bass guitars that look absolutely great and stunning, and more of this.
Thanks again, Arthur.
As far as the series' go, the Original Series are the typical Bartolini sound. Very mid-range heavy, darker sounding pickups. The Classic Series are their more modern sounding pickups, more lows/highs. I have the Original Quad bright (xxP25cx) pickups in my Tobias Classic V as a replacement for the radius'd stock ones that wore out, def the OG Tobias/Bartolini sound paired with a quad buffer and TCT pre. My main player (MTD Beast 5) has the Classic Series CBJD3 pickups in it, probably the closest thing Bartolini makes to 70's Fender/Marcus Miller sounding j pickups. Still has that signature Bartolini low mid growl, but also has the spank people expect out of 70's Fender pickups.
Reviving a zombie thread here. I'm thinking about putting an MM version of these in one of my basses, and the Bart website says this is what they and Dan Lakin developed to get the "famous Lakland sound"
Since they split like this it wouldn't be like having the neck or bridge coil of a regular MM pickup, but like having a big split coil, right? Theoretically I could have a reverse P in an MM shell.
Since they split like this it wouldn't be like having the neck or bridge coil of a regular MM pickup, but like having a big split coil, right? Theoretically I could have a reverse P in an MM shell.
So, paired with a inline split J pup, having this split would give me more of a reverse P/J tone?
If you'd like the one which can also do a reverse P (and a normal P), you'll need to get Bart Original Quads pup:
but, doesn't appear Bartolini is offering his Original Quads in MM style shell.
Do any of these in parallel get close to a Fodera Duncan DC or Nordstrand DC sound? I looking for something between a Fodera MG/Mini MG sound and a MTD Super.
I’m interested in using these in an upcoming build. I’m thinking of a quad-coil in the neck position and 2J squared in the bridge. Not sure how they would pair, but I’m hoping that would offer a P sound in the neck, and a J sound in the bridge with some other switching options. What do we think?
