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Rickenbacker Basses / Re: Heads up - v63 JG $2.5K
« on: January 10, 2023, 01:31:30 PM »
I'm soooooo tempted. Crazy good deal.
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Try $150-165, depending on where exactly you're listing it.
Good luck.
Pretty sure he's just talking about the pickup being more responsive than usual to plucking/picking hand touch. At least that's its reputation.
Yes, I've tried them both.
To add to copacetic's post: Fred's stated goal was to reproduce the Bisonics that were hot-rodded by Rick Turner -- not the stock originals. That's exactly why he consulted Rick Turner during the time he was developing them. I'll leave it to others whether or not he succeeded, but his pickups were not the same as the originals and weren't intended to be.
Dark Star fans always talk about the wide dynamic range of the pickups. That's fine but it means nothing unless you like the tone. EMGs are remarkably wide range too, and I don't like them at all.
The Guild reissue pickup is certainly truer to the original than the Dark Star.
How does that make the strings quieter? The shoes are purely cosmetic on the reissues.