Won the Wal pickup on ebay!!!

[LowB-ing]

I don't make a Wal clone.
I have two versions of the pre-amp. The EQ01 has one lowpass filter per pickup and a high pass filter working globally. This is only available in my own basses.
The EQ02 which is the retail version has one lowpass filter and one high pass filter.

I believe "Wal clone" was in reference to the pre that SGD is working on.

 

[Skelf]

Fair enough was not sure so thought best to clarify my position. No offence intended.

 

[SGD Lutherie]

Yes, mine is the Wal clone. You know I'm a fan of your basses Alan! No offense taken.

 

[Skelf]

Cheers David.

 

[opiate]

so does all that mean that we can soon buy wal clone preamps and pickups?

 

[SGD Lutherie]

so does all that mean that we can soon buy wal clone preamps and pickups?

Yes.

 

[Oreomeister365]

Can't wait!

So will the pickups be usable standalone or do they follow the same 500 wires per pickup model than wals use?

 

[SGD Lutherie]

Can't wait!

So will the pickups be usable standalone or do they follow the same 500 wires per pickup model than wals use?

They can be used stand alone.

They actually have 5 wires for a 4-string version. You have an output for each string and a common return and ground. So on a stand alone install, you would connect all the string outputs together, which is what happens at the input of the preamp.

On the old passive version they had each row of coils in series.

 

[opiate]

my man...you da bomb!

 

[WarriorJoe7]

Hopefully I will have something in my hands in the beginning of the year. i have an idea to compare it to a real wal (though I don't have one.)

 

[opiate]

well? anything?

 

[samniner]

So Alan do you think that with four ouputs per pickup, there would be a way of connecting these to the pair of 02's?
Or would that be something that John would chime in on.

Looking forward to these David. I think the combination of these pickups and the EQ-02's would make my bass really come alive.

 

[Selta]

Subscribing...

 

[opiate]

this thread dies so fa fast

 

[SGD Lutherie]

this thread dies so fa fast

It's not dead... just resting its eyes.

I was very busy with a swarm of orders, and also for a customer that I make pickups for that was going to NAMM, and I had a number of parts problems, but I'm back on track now and as soon as I get my remaining orders caught up I'm finishing up the Wal pickup prototype.

 

[opiate]

woohoo thats a huge relief

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Ooh, a Wal clone? Me likey. Any chance the pickups could be drop-ins for a Stingray?

 

[SGD Lutherie]

Any chance the pickups could be drop-ins for a Stingray?

Yes. The 5 string version will have the MM case with tabs though, since that's all I can get at the moment. But I'm working on another case.

 

[opiate]

cant wait!

 

[opiate]

any news?