TV Jones Soapbar

[shadowcastaz]

 I just got this

..for this.When I get around to it.

[drbassman]

Good choice!  Love those thundertrons.  Cool looking cover.

[jumbodbassman]

is it same pup with different cover or something new

[Denis]

I just got this

How close dimensionally is it to a T-bird pickup?

[dadagoboi]

Looks like the standard Thundertron w/o cover.  You buy it used Shadow?

http://www.tvjones.com/pickups/thundertron.html

[drbassman]

I believe all of the bass TV pups are the same innards, just different covers for different looks/applications.

[jumbodbassman]

i wonder if that would fit my sick ripper.....

[drbassman]

i wonder if that would fit my sick ripper.....

The dimesions are listed on the web site.

[shadowcastaz]

Sorry guys I has haulin my mother in law to her sisters & visiting my mom.
I bought it new from the website. Sniffed around & liked the P90 look so I bit. Nice product & it fits.

[Pilgrim]

I believe all of the bass TV pups are the same innards, just different covers for different looks/applications.

No kiddin'? Filtertron and Thundertron same-same inside?

[drbassman]

No kiddin'? Filtertron and Thundertron same-same inside?

I was under the impression that FilterTrons where the guitar pickups.  Did I misread his web site?  Nope.  I went back and looked and all of the bass pups and they all appear to be ThunderTrons, just different covers/housings.

[Pilgrim]

Interesting.  I bought Filtertron bass pickups this past year - I know they don't have pole pieces visible..  However, I've never found them on the TV Jones resale website either.  I bought mine on Ebay.

There's a current Ebay auction running for them: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Gretsch-BASS-Filtertron-Pickup-CHROME-/290511216310?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item43a3d15eb6

Also, the Broadkaster 6119B on the Gretsch website is listed as having Filtertron bass pickups:
http://www.gretschguitars.com/products/index.php?partno=2416000892 ...but it's the only one of five basses shown on the Gretsch website as having Filtertrons.  All the rest have Thundertrons.

I'm not sure what the deal is.  Seems like Gretsch must be making some Filtertron pickups available, but TV Jones doesn't show them on their website.  

[Dave W]

You're getting confused here. Filtertron is a Gretsch brand name. TV Jones makes Filtertron-style guitar pickups but nothing under that name.

The eBay auction is for a Gretsch brand pickup, not a TV Jones pickup. It's possible that TV Jones designed it for Gretsch, but he didn't manufacture it. He doesn't manufacture any pickups that sell for $50.

[drbassman]

You're getting confused here. Filtertron is a Gretsch brand name. TV Jones makes Filtertron-style guitar pickups but nothing under that name.

The eBay auction is for a Gretsch brand pickup, not a TV Jones pickup. It's possible that TV Jones designed it for Gretsch, but he didn't manufacture it. He doesn't manufacture any pickups that sell for $50.

Dave said it better than I did.  FilterTrons are the GRETSCH guitar pickups, TV makes a replacement/upgrade for them.  If it's a Gretsch pup, it's probably (although I don't know for sure) made in Japan where the guitars are manufactured and not a TV product.  I bought some of the cheaper ones off eBay as well figuring they were foreign made.  Any Gretsch with a TV pup is labelled as such.  If it doesn't say TV on it, it's not a TV. 

ADDITION:  All FilterTrons are Gretsch-made pups and they make both guitar AND bass models.  That's what I was trying to say!!!! ThunderTrons are exclusive to TV Jones.

[Dave W]

It's easy to get confused, since some Gretsch models (guitars and basses) come with TV Jones pickups as standard, others with Gretsch pickups. Then there's the Electromatic Junior Jet with a "TV Jones designed" pickup, but he doesn't manufacture it.