Remember the Les Paul bass that I built a couple of years ago?
I am still very happy with the ergonomics of the bass and the looks. But the sound of the pickups jiust wasn't right for me.
And therefor I didn't take this bass out to play very often. Which is a shame of course.
A few weeks ago I asked Eugen Wulff of Gun Guitars to build new pickups for this bass.
They had to fit the routing of the two Gibson S1/G3 single coils.
These Gibson pickups sound too thin and airy for my taste. I was looking for more punch and more density.
Eugen Wulff is an incredible craftsman; he makes his own hardware, build pickups from scratch. Very impressive.
I knew he could help me out.
Here's the result:
He made the bobbins. Wound the pickups, made the pickup rings. And wired the whole bunch together again.
The wiring is similar to the G3. The front single coil is normal polarity. The middle single coil is reverse polarity. They can be combined as a humbucker.
I'll post more later.
Off to work now