Thunderbird Club

[Chucky Stiletti]

It is indeed a humbucker.
The one pictured is a recent reissue of a Seth Lover(of Gibson PAF pickup fame) wide range bass design that was used in the 72- 79 (?) Telecaster Basses.
I have basses fitted with these pickups.
I understand the reissue is not exactly the same as the originals.

They are both high output pickups and are similar in sound to mudbuckers IMO, in that the lows and mids predominate.

The pickup you pictured can be wired up in a number of ways and is actually quite versatile. BTW I saw somewhere recently that you could buy these pickups separately.

Here is a bit of info on Seth.
Seth Lover - Wikipedia

Thanks veebass. Yeah, I know Seth, met him in the early nineties at a NAMM convention. Quite the legend.
I hastily sent that picture not realizing it was a Squire. Later I found better ones, my bad.
I owned on of these Telecaster basses in the 80's (someone had installed a split Pbass pickup as well) for a short time so I don't remember the tone. I got rid of it because it felt uncomfortable to play.
What I was really asking was does this Fender humbucker resemble the EB-0/1/2/3 neck humbucker at all? I was thinking it may have been the same pickup in Fender clothing. I have a chance to buy one hence my question.
Thanks again.

 

[GBassNorth]

Not necessarily. Oh,wait... You meant get rid of the TV?

That's one way to get the situation well in hand.

 

[GonePlaid]

Jabbing an icepick in there should fix that.................



Could of be something way worse, say Mustang Sally.

. I inadvertently replied to 73293 when I meant this reply to be to 73289

 

[GonePlaid]

When the S.S.check comes in, I gotta get new glasses

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Something must be broken.. no posts in almost 2 hours. Time for gratuitous flock photo.


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Are the reverse Lull's neck through construction?

 

[kat888]

I finally got around to reading the offer this A.M. Do you think they'd take my'67 in trade? I'll pay the shipping.

I dunno, but I'll gladly send you one in exchange for your '67.

 

[GonePlaid]

I dunno, but I'll gladly send you one in exchange for your '67.

Thanks,but I'm gonna hold out for the one I mentioned in post 73280

 

[TBird1958]

Are the reverse Lull's neck through construction?

They're a bolt-on neck, though not at all like a 7ender. Like this....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

They're a bolt-on neck, though not at all like a 7ender. Like this....

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Sweeeeeeet!!!

 

[GonePlaid]

We have a gig Saturday night-no need to alert the media-but,for a change,I'll have enough room to use one of the'Birds instead of the short scale. I prolly need to woodshed and get used to it again(I'm NOT complaining). Many of the places we play our"area"-not stage or stand-is tight. They're used to singles,duos,orKaraoke,so when the 4 of us and our gear show up it gets"interesting". Edit: Most of our gigs we get by with my 4 ch passive mxr into my JBL EON. A couple of places we use Peavey PR 12's because of a dropped ceiling that blocks the highs in front of us.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

We have a gig Saturday night-no need to alert the media-but,for a change,I'll have enough room to use one of the'Birds instead of the short scale. I prolly need to woodshed and get used to it again(I'm NOT complaining). Many of the places we play our"area"-not stage or stand-is tight. They're used to singles,duos,orKaraoke,so when the 4 of us and our gear show up it gets"interesting".

Used to play at The Button and The Playpen back in the 80's. Those places still around?

 

[GonePlaid]

Used to play at The Button and The Playpen back in the 80's. Those places still around?

WOW! FLASHBACK! NO,they're gone. One became a warehouse, the other an apartment complex.I don't remember which was which. I don't remember a lot of thi..HEY, GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[PillO]

Yeah, I know. But that's when the Navy sent me there and you're right about Yamaha

I'm an old ground pounder. Didn't matter where I went; it was never glamorous.

 

[PillO]

Yeah, sleeping is boring. I'd rather do other things in bed!



.....like reading

Ahem. No wait, that was exactly what it sounded like.

 

[PillO]

For SOME of us that and TV are the only options

I'll just add the punchline - So that they can both watch the hockey game...

 

[PillO]

That's one way to get the situation well in hand.

Ahem. For sure this time.

 

[kat888]

Are the reverse Lull's neck through construction?

They're a bolt-on neck, though not at all like a 7ender. Like this....

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This is probably controversial ... but I reckon the neck joint is pretty insignificant to the tone of an instrument.

pickups
strings
bridge

As long as the rest is tightly held together it's all good.

 

[JJR58]

They're a bolt-on neck, though not at all like a 7ender. Like this....

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You look soooooo good in that shot.

 

[mistergoats]

I assume in my absence that I missed you all talking about this? The Dingwall Bird? It popped up a couple times in my IG feed recently.

 

[Haji]

This is probably controversial ... but I reckon the neck joint is pretty insignificant to the tone of an instrument.

pickups
strings
bridge

As long as the rest is tightly held together it's all good.

Billy Sheehan's new signature Attitude bass has an additional pair of bolts that pull the end of the neck tighter into the body. He says that you can listen them and the bass sounds good. Tighten them and the bass comes alive. It may not have a lot to do with tone but it has to have quite an effect on resonance.