Rail Bass Pickup

[PitchShifter]

Hello, I'm trying to find a Rail-type Bass pickup, preferably passive. I'm having a hard time finding any, though I did come across one about 8 months ago, just can't remember what it was..D'Oh.

Does anyone know of any company that makes Rail bass pickups?

 

[Hoover]

if by "Rail" you mean a pickup with a single blade polepiece (or a pair, for humbucking) check out Bill Lawrence pickups.

...if they're even still available.

 

[PitchShifter]

Yeah, the blade piece(s). I'm not concerned whether it's single or dual at this point, just need the blade to handle the string spacing I have.

Thanks for the tip on the Bill Lawrence, I'll check them out.

 

[GeoffByrne]

I have a Bill Lawrence USA Humbucker EB-50PB which looks almost identical to this, but the rails are actuall extended each side:

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I'm looking for a Mudbucker-type (Gibson/Guild/Hagstrom/DiMarzio/Darkstar) and would trade, but I'm in the UK and suspect mail charges would make this unviable.

 

[62bass]

Bill Lawrence's J45 pickups should handle any spacing you need. They aren't blades but have many polepieces. They're also noiseless and sell for a good price.

 

[Mr M]

DiMarzio X2N-B are rail type too...

 

[Searcy]

Most of the bass pickups I'm making these days are rail or blade style poles. The NeoJazz is the most popular but I'm making some humbuckers now too. Link Removed

 

[lug]

Almost all Bartolini's are rails under the cover.

 

[bkbirge]

I thought this was gonna be a thread about the westone rail bass.

 

[lug]

I thought this was gonna be a thread about the westone rail bass.

me too.

 

[Bass4LifeRS]

Ok then

 

[renniw]

For the poor (like me ), EMG Select are supposed to be rails under the cover...

 

[PitchShifter]

LoL, I came across the Westone after posting. Had I known of it before, I would have modifed the title

After a few replies and PMs I found that Bartolini, EMG, Delano and Joe Barden all have passive blade pickups, so it does seem there is a good choice.

Also, that Searcy Neo Jazz does look very enticing, and a good price too. Cheers for bringing it to my attention.

I'll have to sit down and break the choices down.

Thanks for all the replies!

 

[rrr_o_bbb]

Based on your posts, you are looking for J pickups as opposed to P pickups? The first one that came to mind was the DiMarzio Split P

 

[PitchShifter]

Ooops, another oversight.

Well, routing options are currently open, but I'm leaning towards J bass.