'66 Thunderbucker pickups have arrived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Big_Stu]

I have been using the RS66LDs for so long I don't care for much else !

And Jimmy used Rotosounds for forever, what more could a body ask for?

Watching this with massive interest; I've got a slight itch to build a Frankenbird as & when the parts come my way. Those pups look like they're "the one".
Do they come with mounts/rings or are you using the ones that came with the bass?

[godofthunder]

And Jimmy used Rotosounds for forever, what more could a body ask for?

Watching this with massive interest; I've got a slight itch to build a Frankenbird as & when the parts come my way. Those pups look like they're "the one".
Do they come with mounts/rings or are you using the ones that came with the bass?

  Hi Stu! The pups are fantastic you can't go wrong. The bass came with rings but I had some Gibson ones lying around so I installed those. The Pickups do come with or without rings your choice.

[Spiritbass]

Wow. Talk about bridging technology of the past with the present! I read Steve's "About Us" page @ the Thunderbucker Ranch (amusing!) and discovered that since he couldn't find a source for the required bobbins, had them 3-D printed. My son enlightened me to this process earlier this year when he sent me this link: http://www.economist.com/node/18114221

[ThunderBucker]

Yup, very cool stuff.  At HP we had what we called "stereo-lith" machines, which were early 3D printers.  Now it is available to anyone-- down load google sketchup, a freeware 3D modeling program with a modest (non-insurmountable) learning curve, download another freeware converter to .skp, email the model to any one of many 3D contract "printers", and in a week or so, you have parts. 

Very Cool, but the piece price is still pretty high, and it doesn't scale down much with volume.  I am investigating actual injection molding with an aluminum tool, but the first quote I got back was $7K in tooling. 

Aint.Gonna.Happen.

[Spiritbass]

Hey Steve. Definitely a mind-stretcher for me and a paradigm changer for manufacturing. Looking forward big-time to hearing the Thunderbuckers with my own ears!

[jumbodbassman]

i just sent an email to order a 63 set as i already have a 66 set in process.   

[Aussie Mark]

I've just emailed an order for a 66 set for my JAEbird.  Any idea what the lead time is?

[bdgotoh]

Mine took about a week Mark. 

[Freuds_Cat]

My order for a pair of 66's has been sent 

[Aussie Mark]

Mine took about a week Mark. 

Brad, which bass are yours going into?

[bdgotoh]

I'm putting a 66 neck pickup into the sweet spot on a P bass, Mark.

[Iome]

I'm putting a 66 neck pickup into the sweet spot on a P bass, Mark.

A Pinobird! We want to see that when it's done!....Please

[bdgotoh]

I'll definitely post pics when it's done.  In the meantime here's a custom that Mike Lull built for me recently:  

[Shark]

And ... any updates to tell? 
Thanx.

[bassvirtuoso]

I'll be getting my JAEbird with '66 Thunderbuckers this Friday, I can post thoughts this weekend.