Thunderbird humbucker EY Guitars vs Gibson

[Basvarken]

I'm building a neck through Non Reverse Thunderbird style bass.



And it's ready to be wired.
Initially I had planned to put the EY Guitars sixties repro Thundrebird humbucker in.
But during the build processGibson made their sixties Thunderbird humbucker available for the market. So I bought one with the help of our very own Mark Hills.

I have both the Gibson and the EY pickup here.
I have tried both in the new bass!
And I recorded them. Recording A is one pickup, Recording B is the other.
Each recording has a part played with finger and a part played with a pick.

Recording A:


and


Recording B:


I'm curious to hear what you guys prefer. And can you guess which is which?

[4stringer77]

B sounds brighter to me. If I had to guess, A is probably the Gibson pickup because it sounds closer to a TB+ which I would assume could carry over to the new pickups. Overall the two examples are more alike than different. Thanks for sharing.

[Chris P.]

I agree with mr. 4stringer77.

[uwe]

I prefer A, more meat to it, fuller.

A neck-thru Non-Rev? Are you trying to rob (pun not intended) me of an argument against them?

[Basvarken]

I prefer A, more meat to it, fuller.

In the part played with a pick (closer to the bridge) they are extremely close.

A neck-thru Non-Rev? Are you trying to rob (pun not intended) me of an argument against them?

Always looking for interesting hybrids. This seemed like a nice idea to me, to combine the Reverse and Non Reverse.
I'm building it for your fellow countryman Chris Laut of the band Ohrenfeindt.

[uwe]

Dutch collaborator!

[Basvarken]

Just trying to get back some of our fietsen

[uwe]

Well, we brought some of our own ones too whenever we dropped by!

[BTL]

Pickup A seemed to have the tiniest bit more punch, for lack of a better term. I don't think you can make a bad choice here.

[Dave W]

I'll give A the edge, but not by much. No idea which is which.

[gearHed289]

I have a pretty strong preference for B. More bite, less boomy, but still plenty of low end. That sounds more like my TB+ loaded basses than A.

PS - I wrote this before reading others' comments. Now let's see what everyone else says..... 

[uwe]

I'll give it a try: You're just an addict for that scooped Ric sound! 

[TBird1958]

I recuse myself from the exercise here, since Rob has had some fun with it elsewhere. I have only my aging ears to go on as I have used both here at my humble domicile.

[uwe]

Let me guess: It's both times the same pup?

The Dutchman has an unenviable track record of misleading this forum of fora!

[TBird1958]

Let me guess: It's both times the same pup?

The Dutchman has an unenviable track record of misleading this forum of fora!

He is an evil man! Preying on unsuspecting Amis and innocent Germans alike!