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Soapbar-shaped jazz pickups - do they exist?

#41
maturanesa said:
Wow, thanx for the advice, im really learning from you. I will pick my Viola bass pups with the bridge pup soloed and record a Jaco Tribute album. Thanx for opening my mind...:rollno:
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Have you noticed the web site he has listed? The one where he sells the pickups he designs and makes? He is an expert, why do you think you know more than him? What experience do you have in designing and building pickups?
 
#42
OK, keep it civil, or I'll request that the thread be locked. This is the internet after all - no need to squabble.

I mentioned the Big Singles on the first page - my luthier is not a fan, and I trust him. The other issue with Nordstrands is the cost - I don't know whether it's just in my country, but they are easily the most expensive pickups. I expected a lot better from them, particularly for the price. The "Big Splits" are out of my price range.
 
#45
Showdown said:
Sound is very subjective. You should listen yourself and not just trust someone else's opinion.
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Ah but as I've mentioned, Nordstrands are extremely expensive and uncommon here, and they are at the top of the price range. I'd have to shell out a minimum of $300 to even get them here, and I don't know whether I'd be able to track down anybody to try the pickups (there's certainly no basses with them equipped in stores) before buying. Brands like Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Rio Grande are a bit easier (and cheaper) to get here.

...so while I get your point, there's also the practical element of it - I'd rather take opinions into consideration during my research (and I have read the forum impressions, too) than take such an expensive risk.
 
#46
Showdown said:
Have you noticed the web site he has listed? The one where he sells the pickups he designs and makes? He is an expert, why do you think you know more than him? What experience do you have in designing and building pickups?
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I never say an unrespectfull word about him or his work. Im just a bass player with more than 20 years of experience, and i played with several brands and all types of pickups, and currently i use custom basses with custom pickups builded under my specs. And im able to say that you can have a double coil pickup and get a good single coil sound swtiching it to "single cole mode", because a i did it a million times and the tone isnt thin or weak. Some EMGs, kent armstrong and a few more double coils in single coil mode are even hotter than any Bartolini jazz pups, and i never hear a thin or weak Bartolini...

I just expose my opinion and im not saying that is the truth. But it seems like in this forums always appears a guy, expert or not, that believes he is the true´s owner, and all we can do is reading and shut up....
 
#47
Karma Police said:
You may want to read a little more carefully in future - I said in the original post that my current bass has Nordstrand pickups - a Fat Stack (soapbar) and a Musicman-style humbucker. I want to replace those with single coils, but obviously I don't want to have gaping holes in my bass.

Therefore, I asked whether there were single coil pickups that came in soapbar and humbucker shapes, so that I could maintain the look of the bass but have a different tone.
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I can't offer much for the MM-style humbucker, but I do know that Carvin makes two types of single-coil pickups in a soapbar shell. Both the "J99AS" and "RAD-J" models of single-coil armatures are available in soapbar shells with standard "Bartolini P2" dimensions, the same as the Nordstrand 5-string models.
 

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