So, you guys are a bad influence.....

[Dadagoboi]

I've been waiting to hear from someone who used those pickups. Any chance of a recording of it?

Side by side with Steve Soar ThunderBuckers. ThunderBucker 66 set , clip 1 and 3, Chinabucker set 2 and 4



Recorded with everything set the same on the same bass. Compared to ThundeBuckers, Chinabuckers are less defined. YMMV

 

[redstrand]

Man with the plan there, thanks for posting that

 

[Iridescentone]

Belive me the thought was there.

It's never too late. One is great, two are greater. More is more!

 

[Dadagoboi]

Man with the plan there, thanks for posting that

You're welcome. ThunderBuckers were cloned and reverse engineered from the pickups in my '64 Thunderbirds and '67 Embassy. I've known Steve Soar for 45 years or so, he's a great guitar player and electrical/mechanical engineer.

ThunderBuckers totally nail the vintage 60s Thunderbird sound. Chinabuckers can be an economical alternative for many players.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Mine, all seven pounds of it...

 

[tedious1]

It's never too late. One is great, two are greater. More is more!

Brad Lowe Chromasonic, no?

She's beautiful, but I say that about every Chromasonic I've ever seen.

 

[redstrand]

Brads stuff is the bomb as well as cataldos, they're both bad men!

 

[Hopkins]

Not trying to be an ass, but if you would have taken the time to make a proper template, you wouldn't have had to use a chrome trim ring under the pick guard.

 

[Dadagoboi]

Not trying to be an ass, but if you would have taken the time to make a proper template, you wouldn't have had to use a chrome trim ring under the pick guard.

I use pickup rings as a template, either for the pin router or a hand router with top mounted bearing bit:

 

[J. Crawford]

Time to put another at the bridge!

 

[redstrand]

I like the look of the ring and I'm cutting the pickguard flush with the ring this weekend. I wanted to get it all together and then spiff up the cosmetics when I had more time

 

[tedious1]

Brads stuff is the bomb as well as cataldos, they're both bad men!

You sir are a cad. I was blissfully unaware of Cataldo, and quite frankly I didn't need to pour gas on the GAS...

@Dadagoboi - some pretty basses in there, really nice looking work...

 

[redstrand]

I stand accused of being a cad, I resemble that remark!

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Rock.

 

[Dadagoboi]

You sir are a cad. I was blissfully unaware of Cataldo, and quite frankly I didn't need to pour gas on the GAS...

@Dadagoboi - some pretty basses in there, really nice looking work...

Thanks! Here's the latest...not exactly a single pickup slab body Precision.

 

[Iridescentone]

Brad Lowe Chromasonic, no?

She's beautiful, but I say that about every Chromasonic I've ever seen.

Right. It's a cool bass, but I rarely play it. I should prolly sell it to someone who'll put it to good use.

 

[tedious1]

Right. It's a cool bass, but I rarely play it. I should prolly sell it to someone who'll put it to good use.

Oh that's just nasty...teasing me like that...

Thanks! Here's the latest...not exactly a single pickup slab body Precision.

OK, between you and Brad, you're sorely testing my resolve. Specifically my resolve to make my next bass a parts bass, and the bass after that from an unrouted blank, and the bass after that...well you get the picture, baby steps toward my own build. But you're both giving me great standards to shoot for!

 

[Dadagoboi]

Oh that's just nasty...teasing me like that...


OK, between you and Brad, you're sorely testing my resolve. Specifically my resolve to make my next bass a parts bass, and the bass after that from an unrouted blank, and the bass after that...well you get the picture, baby steps toward my own build. But you're both giving me great standards to shoot for!

Yeah, except I design, plane, glue up, cut, route, sand and finish every Cataldo personally.

Brad farms almost everything out except the design. He mostly assembles what other companies make. Nothing wrong with that, Lull does it and a lot of others. I did that with my furniture line but the product didn't have my name on it. Cataldos will always be built by Cataldo.

 

[Iridescentone]

Yeah, except I design, plane, glue up, cut, route, sand and finish every Cataldo personally.

Brad farms almost everything out except the design. He mostly assembles what other companies make. Nothing wrong with that, Lull does it and a lot of others. I did that with my furniture line but the product didn't have my name on it. Cataldos will always be built by Cataldo.

Nice looking basses there, wouldn't mind having one for myself someday.

Curious, are you fabricating your own bridges and brightwork, too? That has to be quite an undertaking.

In the case of the Lowe, Hipshot custom fab'd the bridge, pickup collars, and control plate for Lowe, making them unique to the Chromasonic. I don't even wanna know how much cash was expended to build this bass.

 

[redstrand]

@cataldo believe me a RR in Pelham blue would be next on my list