Crayzee concept: Repositionable pickups?

[Bryan316]

I know I know, I need my meds today.

Okay. You build a typical bass body, typical neck, and do everything up. Then, instead of a pickup pocket, you route out a pickup channel. Then you can install a pickup, see how it sounds, and remount the pickup further up or down, and test it again.

Make a demo bass. A bass customers can try out, to test pickups and different positions. Allz you gotta do, is unscrew the pickup and rescrew it in different spots. Either pre-drilled holes, or just screw a new hole into the body. The holes may get beat up after a while, then just pack em with sawdust and glue.

Wanna see what a Bartolini sounds like in a bridge position, with an EMG in the neck position? No problem. Wanna test a Duncan a bit closer to the neck? No problem. Wanna try a vintage J replica right in the middle? No problem.

 

[zac2944]

I started a similar thread about a year ago. There are a few basses out there like that. I don't remember what they are, but I'm sure someone will chime in with the answer.

 

[Yvarg]

Instead of rescrewing every time which will put tons of holes in the wood, why not do what all the other basses I've seen with movable pickups do: install the pickups on rails with small clamps to lock them into one position.

 

[IconBasser]

yeah. the old gibsons did this.

 

[zac2944]

Here's the thread that I started:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206994&highlight=movable

I think we covered just about every movable pickup system out there. Check it out.

 

[idoru]

I nearly bought a cheap Rail bass knock-off, just for laughs

 

[pilotjones]

If you go to the pickups forum area, there's someone there with a bass like that, made just for testing different pups.

 

[Manual_Combat]

it's a neat idea-
just today i actually saw a picture of a bass where the pickup was screwed in at one location and pivoted on that screw. So instead of the whole pickup moving, only the bass side moved.

it takes the place of a blend knob which is kinda cool. Anyway- show us what you come up with.