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OilCityPickups

Bridgehouse said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

The Sound of a 'Mudbucker' comes from it's design: it's a sidewinder, in that it has two coils laid on their side, with the magnets and pole screws between them ... it's also very hot. Basically you can build anything you like in a mudbucker case :-)

Anything huh? I wonder if there's something that's never been done before to make one of those SG basses sound rather "unique"?

The chief problem is in getting the covers ... I used to buy cheapo, Far Eastern Mudbucker copies, gut out the internals and rebuild them, keeping the nice covers ... but Artec seem to have stopped doing the Artec EBC4-CR

 

mart

Bridgehouse said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

The Sound of a 'Mudbucker' comes from it's design: it's a sidewinder, in that it has two coils laid on their side, with the magnets and pole screws between them ... it's also very hot. Basically you can build anything you like in a mudbucker case :-)

Anything huh? I wonder if there's something that's never been done before to make one of those SG basses sound rather "unique"?

If you’ve just gone and built a P bass and put a Ric-alike pickup in it, then surely you should build a Gibson bass and put a Fender-style pickup in it.

Bridgehouse

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

The Sound of a 'Mudbucker' comes from it's design: it's a sidewinder, in that it has two coils laid on their side, with the magnets and pole screws between them ... it's also very hot. Basically you can build anything you like in a mudbucker case :-)

Anything huh? I wonder if there's something that's never been done before to make one of those SG basses sound rather "unique"?

If you’ve just gone and built a P bass and put a Ric-alike pickup in it, then surely you should build a Gibson bass and put a Fender-style pickup in it.

Fender did do those Telecaster basses with those big humbuckers in...

mart

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

The Sound of a 'Mudbucker' comes from it's design: it's a sidewinder, in that it has two coils laid on their side, with the magnets and pole screws between them ... it's also very hot. Basically you can build anything you like in a mudbucker case :-)

Anything huh? I wonder if there's something that's never been done before to make one of those SG basses sound rather "unique"?

If you’ve just gone and built a P bass and put a Ric-alike pickup in it, then surely you should build a Gibson bass and put a Fender-style pickup in it.

Fender did do those Telecaster basses with those big humbuckers in...

Yeah, but that’s kinda missing the point. You should go for something like a split coil P pickup in mudbucker casing - a really trad Fender style thing in an utterly non-Fender body.

You could save the mudbucker for when you build a 
Ric-style bass.

Bridgehouse

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

The Sound of a 'Mudbucker' comes from it's design: it's a sidewinder, in that it has two coils laid on their side, with the magnets and pole screws between them ... it's also very hot. Basically you can build anything you like in a mudbucker case :-)

Anything huh? I wonder if there's something that's never been done before to make one of those SG basses sound rather "unique"?

If you’ve just gone and built a P bass and put a Ric-alike pickup in it, then surely you should build a Gibson bass and put a Fender-style pickup in it.

Fender did do those Telecaster basses with those big humbuckers in...

Yeah, but that’s kinda missing the point. You should go for something like a split coil P pickup in mudbucker casing - a really trad Fender style thing in an utterly non-Fender body.

You could save the mudbucker for when you build a 
Ric-style bass.

Eeeek! I shall put thought to that

mart

Later I expect to see a Musicman humbucker in a Dano long-horn, etc, etc.

Bridgehouse

mart said:

Later I expect to see a Musicman humbucker in a Dano long-horn, etc, etc.

You might be waiting a bit...

mart

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Later I expect to see a Musicman humbucker in a Dano long-horn, etc, etc.

You might be waiting a bit...

Do you think the MM would suit a violin bass better?

Bridgehouse

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Later I expect to see a Musicman humbucker in a Dano long-horn, etc, etc.

You might be waiting a bit...

Do you think the MM would suit a violin bass better?

I reckon a trad Hofner staple would be good in a Stingray!

mart

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Bridgehouse said:

mart said:

Later I expect to see a Musicman humbucker in a Dano long-horn, etc, etc.

You might be waiting a bit...

Do you think the MM would suit a violin bass better?

I reckon a trad Hofner staple would be good in a Stingray!

Yep, that has promise.

Or you could get @GSPBASSES to knock up half a dozen hollow ‘51 P bodies and put a different classic pickup in each.

Bridgehouse

Ere, I’m not here just for the forums entertainment!

Er...

pintspiller

A RIC bass shape with P bass pickup and neck

Sporky

A Hello Kitty bass. 

Funkfingers

Why not cut out the tedious building and finishing? There is a very nice Warwick Streamer five stringer listed in Basses £ by a new joiner from Poland.  

Bridgehouse

Funkfingers said:

very nice Warwick Streamer five stringer

Oxymoron.

Funkfingers

Are you suggesting that it is a sadbass?

vale

maybe go a bit mad or exotic or iconoclastic? a fit of fancy? leave the well-worn path of fender and gibson and look at something 'special' like an ovation magnum, guild jetstar, gretsch billybo.

http://www.ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/Magnum Bass Owner Manual/Magnum Bass Owner Manual 2.jpg

OilCityPickups

This weekend my own testing starts: I'm ready to cut the flatwork for the Jazz Bass bridge pickup 'Rick alike' which I shall build and install. I may then rout my JB (it's a copy, but a okay one) in the neck position to take a rick alike, giving me Rick neck, JB 'middle' and Rick bridge.

Funkfingers

The triple R pickup idea might look more conventional in a body outline similar to the Fender Bass VI (but *corrected* for a 34" scale length). 

For just two R pickups, it would probably be worth commissioning a bespoke body with the pickup cavities in the appropriate positions and dimensions.

Funkfingers

@Bridgehouse What about a Rickenbacker 2030/2050 clone? All of the sonic advantages of brand R with none of the embarrassment of being seen wearing a 4003. At least the pickups would be in the correct places ... and still leave room for a Stingray pickup!