The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: ilan on September 01, 2012, 12:51:44 PM
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There's one for sale on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bartolini-6JH-Split-Coil-Bass-Pickup-For-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Mute-Compartment-/180964403525?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a2251a945#ht_500wt_1414).
I'm toying with the idea of putting one in my white '73. Couldn't hurt and I don't use the mute anyway.
Anyone here has any experience with them? Must be ultra-treble.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bartolini-6JH-Split-Coil-Bass-Pickup-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Mute-Compartment-/00/s/NjcxWDY3MQ==/$(KGrHqZHJBoE+NDEUrIoBQQUnejHR!~~60_12.JPG)
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No idea. That close to the bridge, though, there's so little string excursion that it can't get much fundamental, no matter how it's wound.
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Cliff Burton supposed to have done this mod in his rick, I think he had used a strat pickup.
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If your going to experiment try a halfway decent piezo to pickup all those vibrations... ;)
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I would dig messing with a piezo in the saddles. It would probably be more effective with a fretless.
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The bridge pickup in my 4005 (which is somewhat near to the position this will fit in) is not usable on itself i.m.h.o.. It does ad a nice touch if you mix it with the neck pickup. Especially with the cap in. (The neck pickup of a 4005 sounds very similar to a 4001/4003 neck pickup.)