Commercially available mudbuckers

patman · June 14, 2010, 10:23:28 AM

My son is doing a build from scratch---he wants it to be a single mudbucker, with just an on/off toggle. What, of the commercially available mudbuckers are good, or, a suitable substitute for a real gibson (and reasonably priced)?

Iome · June 14, 2010, 10:35:16 AM

The Artecs you find on the bay are pretty close i've heard (somebody even made a comparison with the original, you can find it on the net, somewhere) and they're very cheap.

Edit: here you go: http://www.lindersson.se/BASS/jazz_mudbucker.htm

patman · June 14, 2010, 01:22:28 PM

I googled mudbucker...didn't see an Artec...there's a Gotoh, though.

dadagoboi · June 14, 2010, 02:13:36 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Artec-Custom-Hot-4-String-Bass-Pickup-30K-Ohms-Chrome-/220619305621?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item335def7295

patman · June 14, 2010, 02:47:01 PM

Thanks!

dadagoboi · June 14, 2010, 03:28:24 PM

No Prob. I hope we can see some posts of the build.

Barklessdog · June 14, 2010, 03:53:58 PM

Can't go wrong for $20.00

jumbodbassman · June 14, 2010, 04:34:56 PM

has anybody tried these out. I would love to know if they are any good. If so i would put them into 2 epiphone reiisues i have that have those really crappy muds. I have been holding onto a late 60's mudbucker for a eb-2 project that will get started one of these years..... If I could save that one fromthese two that would be great.