What do I have here? (Bartoloni/Nordstrand content)

[bolophonic]

I scored this fistful of pickups at a yard sale this morning. Three Bartolinis and a Nordstrand. The Bartolinis are all constructed very differently. I don't have a clue how these types of pickups work or what I could use them for.

 

[ex-tension]

See "4-Conductor Dual coil" here:
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Nordstrand:
dual coils - Nordstrand Pickups

 

[bolophonic]

See "4-Conductor Dual coil" here:
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Nordstrand:
dual coils - Nordstrand Pickups

Thank you.

Do you know how to tell whether the Nordstrand is wired for series or parallel?

 

[ex-tension]

It's not hardwired to a configuration, you can wire it as you like.
But if you want to know to which configuration it's designed for, you have to ask Nordstrand.

 

[bolophonic]

It's not hardwired to a configuration, you can wire it as you like.
But if you want to know to which configuration it's designed for, you have to ask Nordstrand.

Thank you, I'll shoot them an email.

 

[bolophonic]

As for the Bartolinis, does anyone have any insight as to why these are all fabricated so differently?

 

[MPU]

Maybe Bartolini has changed their manufacturing process during the years?

 

[bolophonic]

Maybe Bartolini has changed their manufacturing process during the years?

I'm assuming that as well. I'm just curious to find a batch of identical looking pickups that turned out to be so different.

(I work in a custom fabrication shop, so matters of light industrial specialty manufacturing are of particular interest to me!)

 

[JustForSport]

There is a model code guide on the Bart site.
One may be a quad coil- the center one.

 

[Carey]

Thank you, I'll shoot them an email.

Pretty sure the S on the bottom of that one means it's series optimized. The B means it's a bridge pickup. You can wire it however you want, but we designed it to sound best (to our ears of course) in series mode.

 

[bolophonic]

Pretty sure the S on the bottom of that one means it's series optimized. The B means it's a bridge pickup. You can wire it however you want, but we designed it to sound best (to our ears of course) in series mode.

Sweet! Thank you so much. Perhaps it is time for me to build a fiver?

 

[Tewest86]

The Bartolini pickups with the B at the end go in the neck position. The "B" doesn't stand for bridge. Bartolini used "T" for treble (bridge) and "B" for bass (neck).

 

[bolophonic]

The Bartolini pickups with the B at the end go in the neck position. The "B" doesn't stand for bridge. Bartolini used "T" for treble (bridge) and "B" for bass (neck).

Thank you! Another piece of the puzzle.

 

[JustForSport]

The P4 on the bottom Bart is for shape/size and the 5 is for number of strings- the rest is on the Bart site.