Modified Low Impedance Pickups??

Grog · December 07, 2013, 07:59:04 AM

I noticed this on Ebay, listed as bass pickups. One is a guitar pickup, but it has multiple wires coming out of it instead of two. Everything else looks like it came off of a Les Paul Bass. I wonder if they were rewound?? Specials from the Kalamazoo factory??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gibson-Bass-Pickups-Bridge-Les-Paul-Truss-Rod-Cover-/370958584511?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item565edacabf

Basvarken · December 07, 2013, 11:26:04 AM

Why do you think they're modified?
Look like perfectly normal bass pickups.
To me it looks like the one in the back is the same size just looks smaller in perspective.

Or am I missing something?

Granny Gremlin · December 07, 2013, 11:44:10 AM

Look good to me (agree it's perspective - look at the pic of the bottoms; same size). Nice low start - bid in (but this'll likely go higher than I can afford, and I think I still have one spare).

Grog · December 07, 2013, 11:57:57 AM

It might be perspective........

The pickup on the left in the bottom shot still looks a bit smaller to me, though not as obvious as the top shot. $:-\$

Here is a shot I had on file of some of my spare pickups..........

Granny Gremlin · December 07, 2013, 12:04:39 PM

Hey Grog, are those minibuckers from original (60s/70) EB3/EB2Ds?

If so would you be willing to let one go - or at least the mounting ring? The reissues (EPiphone at least... haven't hecked the SG Bass ones now that I think about it) are metric and just don't fit.

Grog · December 07, 2013, 02:07:00 PM

Quote from: Granny Gremlin on December 07, 2013, 12:04:39 PM
Hey Grog, are those minibuckers from original (60s/70) EB3/EB2Ds?

If so would you be willing to let one go - or at least the mounting ring? The reissues (EPiphone at least... haven't hecked the SG Bass ones now that I think about it) are metric and just don't fit.

I might be willing to let one go after the holidays.......... The rings alone do pop up on ebay from time to time.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gibson-EB-3-Pickup-Ring-Mini-Bridge-1971-EB3-/190990569402?pt=Guitar&hash=item2c77eccfba

Granny Gremlin · December 07, 2013, 02:59:18 PM

You sure, I haven't looked in a while (gave up) but all the ones I saw were Epiphone reissues (even a few marked as vintage).

Let me know after the holidays.

Granny Gremlin · December 13, 2013, 10:02:31 AM

Did anyone here win the auction - winning bid was lower than I expected, but more than I could justify at the moment.

Basvarken · December 13, 2013, 03:44:56 PM

It wasn't me (for once)

Grog · December 13, 2013, 05:12:19 PM

I didn't notice that it was from Owatonna, Minnesota. I bid for & won a Gibson GSS-100 that I was able to pick up from Owatonna, about an hour drive. Not many useful things pop up from Minnesota!

Grog · December 13, 2013, 05:57:24 PM

Anybody with deeeeeeep pockets?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LES-PAUL-PROTOTYPE-HAND-MADE-PICKUPS-GIBSON-RECORDING-MODEL-BASS-GUITAR-PICKUP-/310813237742?pt=Guitar&hash=item485de9a1ee

Dave W · December 13, 2013, 07:41:32 PM

Quote from: Grog on December 13, 2013, 05:12:19 PM
... Not many useful things pop up from Minnesota!

I don't know about that. When I needed a tuner bushing for my EB-OF, one did pop up.

Basvarken · December 14, 2013, 05:13:42 AM

Quote from: Grog on December 13, 2013, 05:57:24 PM
Anybody with deeeeeeep pockets?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LES-PAUL-PROTOTYPE-HAND-MADE-PICKUPS-GIBSON-RECORDING-MODEL-BASS-GUITAR-PICKUP-/310813237742?pt=Guitar&hash=item485de9a1ee

Wow!

How are you supposed to
Mount these??

amptech · December 14, 2013, 05:23:44 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on December 14, 2013, 05:13:42 AM
Wow!

How are you supposed to
Mount these??

The idea was to hook up some brackets to some of the three point bridge bolts, maybe?

Granny Gremlin · December 14, 2013, 10:06:45 AM

Quote from: Grog on December 13, 2013, 05:57:24 PM
Anybody with deeeeeeep pockets?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LES-PAUL-PROTOTYPE-HAND-MADE-PICKUPS-GIBSON-RECORDING-MODEL-BASS-GUITAR-PICKUP-/310813237742?pt=Guitar&hash=item485de9a1ee

The hand-wrtitten notes on the back are very intersting; just frantically right-clicking and saving all thopse pics/text over on my end. Gonna compare it to the notes I made about what wire was what and measurements of all coils when I had my Triumph apart years ago.

Over the years I have seen so many folks rewire these pups and use the wrong wire for ground... and it doesn't help that Gibson wasn't so good at sticking to colour schemes to begin with. Now we have a reliable benchmark (coil DCR) to compare to when looking at these things.

I am a little too excited about this!

Also, check out his custom built/modded basses at the bottom (also that SG is HOT.... and the archtop acoustics are making me feel so swoony - It's like looking at a prototype of me own Maude)!