entwhistle pickups

[marlin bass]

Does anybody have any experience of entwhistle pickups for p-j basses, I am building a new bass and was looking at entwhistle pickups as an option but don't want to end up buying twice, are they any good as I am looking for pickups that will give a deep tone to my bass, the tone wood for the body is American black walnut

Thanks in advance

 

[rigtec]

Does anybody have any experience of entwhistle pickups for p-j basses, I am building a new bass and was looking at entwhistle pickups as an option but don't want to end up buying twice, are they any good as I am looking for pickups that will give a deep tone to my bass, the tone wood for the body is American black walnut

Thanks in advance

Hi marlin,

As you already know, there's a sea of aftermarket pickups out there. Why not go with one of many Tried and true options available. Even the John Entwhistle addition pickups (no matter how much I liked him) are only built based on one of the many other formulas that are already on the market, so why chance buying a pickup that you've never heard? PS: Our instrument's sound improvement choices should be based on our own sound, sight, and touching skills; guessing will usually provide only grief!

Cheers!

 

[iiipopes]

Hi marlin,

As you already know, there's a sea of aftermarket pickups out there. Why not go with one of many Tried and true options available. Even the John Entwhistle addition pickups (no matter how much I liked him) are only built based on one of the many other formulas that are already on the market, so why chance buying a pickup that you've never heard? PS: Our instrument's sound improvement choices should be based on our own sound, sight, and touching skills; guessing will usually provide only grief!

Cheers!

Um, it's not "John," it is Alan Entwistle. No relation to the famous bass player.

And to comment about, "tried and true," Mr. Alan Entwistle is about as tried-and-true as it gets in the same way as Dan Armstrong was when he first started making instruments and pickups, and Seymour Duncan working in London at the Fender Soundhouse before starting his own company.

From the Entwistle Pickups website: "UK guitar designer and pickup guru Alan Entwistle has over 30 years of research and experience of hand making custom pickups. His CV includes heading up Hohner’s UK based Custom Shop where he designed models including the JT60, Blond, Black Widow and Revelation. More recently he has designed guitars for Alden and Tanglewood and his electronic circuit wizardry is being incorporated into selected Burns models."

A further review of the website appears to show good pickups at reasonable prices, especially for the UK. I suggest this same question be posted by the OP on the British bass players' forum, basschat.co.uk , to get more input.

 

[rigtec]

Um, it's not "John," it is Alan Entwistle. No relation to the famous bass player.

And to comment about, "tried and true," Mr. Alan Entwistle is about as tried-and-true as it gets in the same way as Dan Armstrong was when he first started making instruments and pickups, and Seymour Duncan working in London at the Fender Soundhouse before starting his own company.

From the Entwistle Pickups website: "UK guitar designer and pickup guru Alan Entwistle has over 30 years of research and experience of hand making custom pickups. His CV includes heading up Hohner’s UK based Custom Shop where he designed models including the JT60, Blond, Black Widow and Revelation. More recently he has designed guitars for Alden and Tanglewood and his electronic circuit wizardry is being incorporated into selected Burns models."

A further review of the website appears to show good pickups at reasonable prices, especially for the UK. I suggest this same question be posted by the OP on the British bass players' forum, basschat.co.uk , to get more input.

"My bad" for mistakenly believing that Entwhistle was somehow associated with the famous bassist; it was an innocent mistake... thanks for straightening me out! But what are you ranting about? I never said anything bad about the p/u line and my comments speak for themselves so I won't defend them. Rgds

 

[iiipopes]

"My bad" for mistakenly believing that Entwhistle was somehow associated with the famous bassist; it was an innocent mistake... thanks for straightening me out! But what are you ranting about? I never said anything bad about the p/u line and my comments speak for themselves so I won't defend them. Rgds

Not ranting, just explaining for those who are unfamiliar, because of the earlier post containing the phrase, "...go with one of the many tried and true...."

 

[rigtec]

Not ranting, just explaining for those who are unfamiliar, because of the earlier post containing the phrase, "...go with one of the many tried and true...."

FYI: In the context of my use of the phrase... "tried and true", I was referring to the many 'universally known' and Industry accepted 'Standards' such as, Fender, Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio, EMG, Lindy Fralin... Most musicians (guitar and bass players) know who these are; maybe even how they will sound as well. Just the fact that the OP didn't have any idea what these would sound like makes my point e.g., if everyone here knew just what Entwhistle pickup's sounded like we wouldn't be here addressing the OP's thread.

 

[iiipopes]

FYI: In the context of my use of the phrase... "tried and true", I was referring to the many 'universally known' and Industry accepted 'Standards' such as, Fender, Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio, EMG, Lindy Fralin... Most musicians (guitar and bass players) know who these are; maybe even how they will sound as well. Just the fact that the OP didn't have any idea what these would sound like makes my point e.g., if everyone here knew just what Entwhistle pickup's sounded like we wouldn't be here addressing the OP's thread.

Exactly my point. No rant, just explanation. Have a good day.

 

[rigtec]

Exactly my point. No rant, just explanation. Have a good day.

Same to you!

 

[darthplagis]

A few guys locally use entwistle pickups both guitar and bass, and they have nothing but positive comments.

TBH i think these days with manufacturing standards as high even in the cheapo market, its hard to get a "bad" pickup that is not designed bad or defective.

Im tempted to try these in a guitar im working on, they are cheap enough to experement with.

Oh and to use the bassist of the milleniums own words..... Whistle rhymes.......

 

[marlin bass]

A few guys locally use entwistle pickups both guitar and bass, and they have nothing but positive comments.

TBH i think these days with manufacturing standards as high even in the cheapo market, its hard to get a "bad" pickup that is not designed bad or defective.

Im tempted to try these in a guitar im working on, they are cheap enough to experement with.

Oh and to use the bassist of the milleniums own words..... Whistle rhymes.......

Thanks for the feedback from all and yeah I think you have a good point about the price, if they don't fit the bill its not really a bank breaker

Thanks

 

[Sgt_Pappar]

Our guitar player has the AT52-B (Entwhistle's telecaster bridge pickup replacement) mounted in his Telecaster replica and it sounds really good... crispy and has that nice "twang", just like a good Tele should sound. Don't know about his bass pickups though... I guess they should be on a par with his guitar pickups.
At this price I wouldn't hesitate to give them a try.

Keep us posted if you try them!