Minty EB-4L - shame about the pickup

[FrankieTbird]

Don't let it slip by.  It "FEATURES FULL POWER." 

[dadagoboi]

Don't let it slip by.  It "FEATURES FULL POWER." 

Heated seats, too?

[Grog]

The individual coils almost look more like heaters than pickup coils...........

[uwe]

Those pups color the sound hardly any - you hear roundwound string detail on a maho body basis with them if you play roundwounds on an EB-4L, simple as that. They are not forces of nature like the mudbuckers or picks pups like the TB-Plus, just balanced and nice. To some that is tone-faithful, to others plain boring. Horses for courses.

[Grog]

I am now the proud owner of the only EB-4 pickup that features "FULL POWER". Hopefully, it hasn't been altered, he didn't have any gut shot of it. 

[Dave W]

Decent price too. I suppose full power really means he's tested it.

[Grog]

Time will tell. Worst case senario, it would be easy to rewind one of the coils if it's fried, it's all oldschool stuff............ :

[clankenstein]

the note stopping when you bent the string put me off them.i recall it did have some actual mid and tops though.

[Grog]

Hankeroo is selling more parts off of this EB-4L. Even though he didn't list the pickup for an EB-4L, he's listing the handrest & the tuners as usable on one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAG-TUNERS-1972-FR-GIBSON-EB-0-EB-2-EB-3-EB-4L-BASS-/170666168933?_trksid=p4340.m506&_trkparms=algo%3DNGRI%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D140574786744%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1370461018886363345

His prices are reasonable most of the time compaired to other sellers.

[Grog]

Hankeroo is selling another EB pickup, featuring "FULL POWER", looks like he used the same write up as he did on the EB-4 pickup.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GIBSON-PICKUP-1972-EB-0-EB-2-EB-3-BASS-FULL-POWER-/170671871085?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.OPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D140574786744%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1603946829545319479

I just recieved the EB-4 pickup today, I haven't tested it yet to see if it actually has "FULL POWER". The white (plastic?) mounting block is really warped, enough to where the soldering strip could short out on the cover. I'll check it out better tomorrow......................

[Dave W]

What happened? Did it test okay?

[Grog]

It seemed to test ok

Wht - Blk  9.0K
Wht - Rd  4.5K
Blk  -  Rd  4.5K



The plastic piece was warped in one corner, but the ground lug was the only thing that would short out against the cover. The picture is from Jule's info, the bottom of the white plastic piece also contains two bar magnets. Also I checked out Hankeroo, He is Hank from Rod & Hank's Vintage Guitars. They've been around for a long time.

[Dave W]

That ought to be okay, then. No idea what the readings are supposed to be, but should be well below mudbucker territory.

[Grog]

This pickup ring is going for almost twice as much as what I paid for the EB-4L pickup with the ring................

http://cgi.ebay.com/original-1973-Gibson-EB-0-Bass-Pickup-Frame-Great-shape-/360385850708?pt=Guitar&hash=item53e8abad54

[Dave W]

This pickup ring is going for almost twice as much as what I paid for the EB-4L pickup with the ring................

http://cgi.ebay.com/original-1973-Gibson-EB-0-Bass-Pickup-Frame-Great-shape-/360385850708?pt=Guitar&hash=item53e8abad54

Holy crap! For a 73 EBO ring? That's crazy.