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Gibson Basses / Re: Bassbuckers. Again
« on: September 18, 2015, 04:19:21 AM »
Thanks! I know that pickup. Not exactly the sound (and looks) I'm after.
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The guts are completely encased in epoxy, so that's not really an option. I would find a replacement you like, then sell the TB+ pups. There are a lot of options, though I don't know who uses ceramic magnets and who doesn't. Rio Grande has one called the Pitbull that's basically 2 P Bass (original style) single coils in a humbucker chrome housing.
3 1/4" from the fretboard to the side of the neck pup on the sixties ones, 3" on the Bicentennials, 2 1/2" on the post 87 ones. It crept forward over time.
One reason I am not a big fan of the modern Thunderbird is the neck pickup placement. 3 1/4" from the base of the neck to the front edge of the pickup is the optimum location at least for me.
VoilĂ , from the 20th fret to the front edge of the neck pup in metric:
Sixties bird: 9,5 cm
Bicentennial: 9,0 cm
Post-87 Bird: 7,8 cm
On both of my 64s (a II and a IV): from the center of the 12th fret to the centerline of the pickup, 10 7/8" (277mm).
The centerline of the 12th fret wire.
If you want to pick nits look at it again. If the front edge of the pickup is at 10" and the back edge is at 11 1/2" the centerline must be 10 3/4 or it is not the center line, it is the off-center line
Quote from: vates on July 15, 2013, 06:03:39 AM
Uwe, could you please check if the placing on your reverse-Tbird II is similar to the scheme above?
It is. Exakt dasselbe.
On both of my 64s (a II and a IV): from the center of the 12th fret to the centerline of the pickup, 10 7/8" (277mm).
The centerline of the 12th fret wire.