I'm building a neck through Non Reverse Thunderbird style bass.
And it's ready to be wired.
Initially I had planned to put the EY Guitars sixties repro Thundrebird humbucker in.
But during the build processGibson made their sixties Thunderbird humbucker available for the market. So I bought one with the help of our very own Mark Hills.
I have both the Gibson and the EY pickup here.
I have tried both in the new bass!
And I recorded them. Recording A is one pickup, Recording B is the other.
Each recording has a part played with finger and a part played with a pick.
Recording A:
and
Recording B:
I'm curious to hear what you guys prefer. And can you guess which is which?