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I need opinions...Last night while admiring the look and sound of the Chi-sonic pups on the net, I began to wonder about replacing the pups in one of my 44-02's with a chi-sonic single and humbucker. I know that I would have to do a bit of routing on the single coil for it to fit, but what would it sound like?

Anyone care to speculate?

Also, anyone know of the price? I'm assuming around $250 for both.
 
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Texan said:
I need opinions...Last night while admiring the look and sound of the Chi-sonic pups on the net, I began to wonder about replacing the pups in one of my 44-02's with a chi-sonic single and humbucker. I know that I would have to do a bit of routing on the single coil for it to fit, but what would it sound like?

Anyone care to speculate?

Also, anyone know of the price? I'm assuming around $250 for both.
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From what I recall, the Chi-Sonic single coil does not "play nice" with the humbucker, so that combo isn't viable, as appealing as it is!

It seems there is now a drop-in "J" style Chi-Sonic single coil (Lowendmafia might chime in on this) that you could install without routing. I have no idea if that will work in combination with the Hansen (or do you have Barts?) humbucker in your 44-02.
 
#571
The drop in j bass chis are legit. I couldn't believe how big they sounded, especially with a preamp. My big complaint about j bass pickups is that the single coils hum a lot and split coils sound weak and don't respond very well to certain styles. The chis pretty much solved that mystery for me. Never used the humbuckers, but I hear they are great.

bigdbass said:
From what I recall, the Chi-Sonic single coil does not "play nice" with the humbucker, so that combo isn't viable, as appealing as it is!

It seems there is now a drop-in "J" style Chi-Sonic single coil (Lowendmafia might chime in on this) that you could install without routing. I have no idea if that will work in combination with the Hansen (or do you have Barts?) humbucker in your 44-02.
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lowendmafia said:
The drop in j bass chis are legit. I couldn't believe how big they sounded, especially with a preamp. My big complaint about j bass pickups is that the single coils hum a lot and split coils sound weak and don't respond very well to certain styles. The chis pretty much solved that mystery for me. Never used the humbuckers, but I hear they are great.
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They do sound awesome. I have them in my 44-01, with the soapbar covers. I really dig the growl and punch they have. I have found, at least in my installation, they hum nearly zero, even if I pan all the way to a pup it is acceptable. Great product. I only wish there was Chi product for the 02 series.
 
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Marcus, that is a sweet looking Bass VI. You might need more hair to pull off the whole Robert Smith look though...

It is also new bass day for me, although my pictures are not as good... what do you want? I am at the office.

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