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Show us your 3 pickup basses!
- Thread starter Doner Designs
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I have had a look, but I can not find one on this thread . . . has anyone done a 3 pickup bass with this combination ? ?
- bridge is a reverse precision pickup
- soap bar or something similar in the middle
- and then a precision pickup the right way around in the neck position.
Something like the picture that I have attached ? ?
- bridge is a reverse precision pickup
- soap bar or something similar in the middle
- and then a precision pickup the right way around in the neck position.
Something like the picture that I have attached ? ?
Thanks.
Yes they are. In Hofner fashion:
Pickups, Switches & Dials:
Treble On (1st switch up - Off position) = Neck Pickup On
Bass On (middle switch up - Off position) = Bridge Pickup On
Rhythm / Solo (3rd switch up - Solo position) = Middle Pickup On
Dials are for Volume & Tone even though they are both marked Volume.
Yes they are. In Hofner fashion:
Pickups, Switches & Dials:
Treble On (1st switch up - Off position) = Neck Pickup On
Bass On (middle switch up - Off position) = Bridge Pickup On
Rhythm / Solo (3rd switch up - Solo position) = Middle Pickup On
Dials are for Volume & Tone even though they are both marked Volume.
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Does anyone on here with a 3 pickup bass
just keep it real simple and wire all 3 pickups in series ? ? ?
The ultimate in simplicity.
just keep it real simple and wire all 3 pickups in series ? ? ?
The ultimate in simplicity.
It’s a Dingwall D-Bird, which was the forerunner of the D-Roc (some body reshaping and name change because Gibson), of which there are probably 100-150 of the import model floating around. If found it for a really good price in Reverb, in its original Vintageburst color. Well, one of the threaded inserts for the middle pickup pulled out, so I decided to piggyback a refinish onto the minor repair, and sent it off to Pat Wilkins.
I got a glorious pair of pictures of it before it was shipped back:
Then, somewhere between LA and Vegas, it disappeared. UPS couldn’t find it, so we started the claim process. Pat was gutted, he’d never had an instrument go missing in over two decades, and I was heartbroken, because while we’d talked about colors and managed to communicate roughly what I wanted, there is always an element of uncertainty in colors discussed via email…but Pat had absolutely nailed exactly what I wanted.
Two months passed, and the shipping insurer was found their damnedest to weasel out of the claim, when out of nowhere the UPS guy came by one morning and gave me a package whose shipping label made my heart slip a beat…from Wilkins Guitars.
Very first thing I did was email him with a quick pic of the bass, because I knew it had been hard on him, he felt it personally, even though it wasn’t remotely his fault.
Where the bass had been, I have no idea. The shipping label wasn’t even damaged, let along missing or unreadable. But I have my glorious green D-Bird, and I have been grateful for that since it suddenly arrived a few months ago.
I got a glorious pair of pictures of it before it was shipped back:
Then, somewhere between LA and Vegas, it disappeared. UPS couldn’t find it, so we started the claim process. Pat was gutted, he’d never had an instrument go missing in over two decades, and I was heartbroken, because while we’d talked about colors and managed to communicate roughly what I wanted, there is always an element of uncertainty in colors discussed via email…but Pat had absolutely nailed exactly what I wanted.
Two months passed, and the shipping insurer was found their damnedest to weasel out of the claim, when out of nowhere the UPS guy came by one morning and gave me a package whose shipping label made my heart slip a beat…from Wilkins Guitars.
Very first thing I did was email him with a quick pic of the bass, because I knew it had been hard on him, he felt it personally, even though it wasn’t remotely his fault.
Where the bass had been, I have no idea. The shipping label wasn’t even damaged, let along missing or unreadable. But I have my glorious green D-Bird, and I have been grateful for that since it suddenly arrived a few months ago.
I always found the controls on the Hofners a bit odd. They are MORE "normal" in this case, but even here, why didn't they put assign the middle pickup to the middle switch?
Great question.
I would guess they left the bridge and neck pickups and switches as they were and wired the “new” pickup to the remaining switch.
No matter. You get used to it pretty quickly.
I would guess they left the bridge and neck pickups and switches as they were and wired the “new” pickup to the remaining switch.
No matter. You get used to it pretty quickly.
I know this is old but what did the finished bass look like?
I just put my dremel to work on this Gretsch Jr Jet and finished this monster.
Not quite sure how I feel about the looks, but the Artec Sidewinder/Mudbucker with S/P switch is VERY nice!
Not quite sure how I feel about the looks, but the Artec Sidewinder/Mudbucker with S/P switch is VERY nice!
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This trio of threes works for me, when I can’t find a sound that suits me amid these nine pickups it is time to turn the amp off and go get a burrito.
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[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] had one for sale on their website. (It's still on the website even though it's been sold.)
