Cieran

Price drop - £50 ono

My lack of experience with pickups meant that the original price was too high - dropping the price to reflect this.

Mike bought some short scale strings of me.

Prompt payment, great communication and seems like a genuine & nice guy.

I would have no hesitation in buying/selling with him in the future.

Cieran

[quote name='Stuee' post='1105718' date='Jan 27 2011, 11:46 PM']I think I'm going to give the D'Addario nickels a go too, especially as they are the least expensive short scales I've found at £18.95 per 1 set from [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/2407-d_addario_exl_nickel_wound_short_scale_bass_exl160s_exl170s_exl220s_"]Strings Direct[/url]. Elites are 2nd cheapest at £19.95 from the Bass Centre.

I found some Optima Golds but at 50 quid a pop I won't be trying them any time soon. That's why I was interested in buying some from you

Cheers, Stuee.[/quote]


The D'addario Nickels are exellent imo - sound very bright for nickels and their tension is pretty decent for a short scale. Funnily enough out of all the strings I tried I found that the Elite Steels were my second favourite but I couldn't get used to the rougher feels of SS.

Optimas are also pretty decent. I ordered them from [url="http://schneidermusik.de"]http://schneidermusik.de[/url] which works out a little cheaper - plus you can order individual Optima strings if you so desire. The only downside to them is that as a pick player I found they squeaked a little bit which isn't a problem when using your fingers. I even managed to track down the makers of Optima strings who agreed to make me custom gauges, but I couldn't afford them at the time.

[quote name='Stuee' post='1103027' date='Jan 26 2011, 12:20 AM']I might be up for one of these sets, but you have omitted to list individual prices Cieran.

Any chance? [/quote]

Sorry but they have already been sold! I had interest for the entire lot a couple of days ago - was just waiting for payment to be recieved.

What strings were you interested in? I can point you in the right direction to get some if need be....

£75 + P&P or best offer.....

For sale the stock pickup from my Gretsch G2202 short scale. I have owned the bass for just over a year and decided to upgrade to a TV Jones Thunder'Tron. Some of the reviews I have seen for this pickup describe it as 'hot' and a 'behemoth delivering more sound than twice the pickups on other basses costing up to twice as much'. You can see some reviews of the bass (and pickup) here:

[url="http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/46714"]http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/46714[/url]
[url="http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/46714"]http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/46714[/url]
[url="http://www.musicgearreview.com/reviews.php?man=Gretsch&cat=Bass_Guitars&mod=Electromatic%20Junior%20Jet%20G2202"]http://www.musicgearreview.com/reviews.php...r%20Jet%20G2202[/url]


I contacted TV Jones who made the pickup and he informed me that it was 'Gibson style mini humbucker under a Rickenbacker style cover'. It is an english mount version (EM-2) and a Gretsch style pickup ring (bezel) is included. If you need me to give you exact dimensions please let me know and I will be happy to oblige. You can see a picture of the english mount style on TV Jones blog below as well as the measurements (which are practically idential):

[url="http://tvjones.com/wp/the-english-mount-demystified"]http://tvjones.com/wp/the-english-mount-demystified[/url]
[url="http://www.tvjones.com/tech_specs/techspecs.html"]http://www.tvjones.com/tech_specs/techspecs.html[/url] --> click 'Pickup Dimensions - English Mount' and 'Pickup Ring Dimensions'


This is in excellent condition and would make an excellent addition to any bass. l live in London if anyone wants to check it over before commiting to purchase, or alternatively I can post it to you. Paypal would be the prepared method of payment. Please let me know if you have any questions or need pictures taken from different angles etc....

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Many thanks,
Cieran

Removed from my Gretsch shortie and Fender Precision bass. Owned both basses for less than a year.

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Many thanks,
Cieran

I've been playing bass for just over a year after upgrading from regular 6 string guitar. Decided to go for a shortie as I guessed it would be a fairly easy transition for me and then went through the process of buying different types/brands of strings - testing feel, sound and string tension; until eventually I settled for some D'addario short scale nickels. I typically only played each set of strings for a few days before I decided if they were right for me or not. So....

For sale are 4 x hardly used, rare and hard to find short scale strings including some custom made Rotosounds.
and 1 x brand new unused custom Rotosound pack.

These would be perfect for someone like me who wants to try out lots of different short-scale strings. As any shortie owner knows the selection of short strings available is pretty limited - I had to order these hard to find strings from abroad (US & Germany) and even arranged for Jason How at Rotosound to make me 3 custom sets. Their details and pictures are:

Optima Gold (formally Maxima - used by John Entwistle) - 50/65/85/105
La Bella Hard Rocking Steel's - 54/75/90/111
Ken Smith Round Wound Steel - 44/63/84/106
Rotosound Swing 66 custom - 50/70/85/110

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l live in London if anyone wants to check these over before commiting to purchase, or alternatively I can post them to you. Never sold anything on here so I guess paypal would be the prepared method of payment.

Many thanks,
Cieran

Does anyone know if/ where I can get these in the UK?

Found a couple of places selling them in the US but I would rather avoid shipping/ customs costs if I can.

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

Cheers!

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[quote name='henry norton' post='879634' date='Jun 28 2010, 10:20 AM']The EMG HB is basically the EMG P pickup squashed into a guitar humbucker sized case - yeah, they sound pretty good although it is an active pickup so may sound a little too harsh or bright in comparison to your TV Jones. The DiMarzio Model 1 has the narrow spacing you need but is not a guitar humbucker size or shape so won't fit your Gretsch. It's designed to drop into a Gibson Mudbucker neck position so won't tick any of your boxes. The Squier P will give you all the P growl you'd need and if you've got a nice TV pickup in your Gretsch already why not spend your hard earned on a DiMarzio/Wizard/Seymour Duncan/Lollar pickup for your Squier?[/quote]

Thanks for the info Henry. After weighing it up I think I will do as you suggested and stick with the Thunder'Tron - that way I have a larger range of sounds available from both basses.

Next on the agenda is saving enough money to get myself a Jaguar Bass VI...............

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[quote name='neepheid' post='878106' date='Jun 26 2010, 12:59 PM']The EMG-HB is a split rail humbucker in a P-like configuration. Can't speak specifically about the HZ/Select passive versions, but I have the active HBs in my Epiphone Les Paul bass, just slotted right in.

I think the Schaller Bassbucker is guitar humbucker sized, check the excellent techy info on the Schaller site:

[url="http://bass-pickups.com/hp135071/Bass-Humbucker.htm"]http://bass-pickups.com/hp135071/Bass-Humbucker.htm[/url][/quote]

Thanks for the info guys. Wasn't even aware of the Schaller humbucker - have also come across the DiMarzio Model One & model G, as well as the Seymour Duncan Hawkbucker, which are all guitar sized humbuckers.

The Schaller seems the best as far as I am concerned - have used Schaller gear before and from my experience it is quality made. Am I right in thinking the Schaller will be very p-bass sounding?

Also do you think it will make much of a difference over the TV Jones Thunder'Tron which is also a guitar sized humbucker? I am fairly new to the world of pickups and would rather not spend unnecessary money on getting a new one if it is not going to make that much difference.

The Thunder'Tron specs are: DC resistance - 4.8k, Inductance - 2.05 H, Pole to Pole .676", Alnico magnets (these figures mean nothing to me but thought someone else might understand them!)

I have only been playing bass for just under a year and the players that originally inspired me were JJ Burnel/ Stranglers, Bruce Foxton/ Jam, Paul Simonon/ Clash - I really dig that p-bass/ rick sound with Rotosound strings. However I know this information now but didn't when I orignally purchased my short-scale Gretsch G2202. It has been a really steep learning curve with all of this and so far I have swapped pickups, replaced/ soldered the electronics and given it a whole new paint job all by myself. I have also since gone on to buy a cheap squier p-bass.

So basically I don't know whether I should leave my Gretsch/Thunder'Tron bass as it is for a nice deep, boomy sound and then use my squier p-bass when i need a typical p-bass sound or whether I should try to make my Gretsch sound more p-bass like which will essentially give me 2 guitars with a similar sound and thus limit the range of sounds/ styles I can get with the 2 of them.

Thanks once again for the info....

Not sure if this is the right place for this topic but here goes...

I am looking for a direct replacement (with as little modding as possible) for my TV Jones Thunder'Tron which I currently have in my Gretsch G2202.

As far as I can tell the only likely candidates that are passive and are the same dimensions as a standard guitar humbucker are:

- Rio Grande Pitbull (14k) $100+
- EMG-SEHB Select Bass (8.2k) $25+

Does anyone have any experience with either of these pickups? I am ideally after as close to a p-bass sound as possible. Or does anyone know of any other candidates other than these two?

Many thanks

Hello everyone - this is my first post on basschat so please be kind!

I am new to the world of bass and only last month got my first guitar - a short scale Gretsch G2202 electromatic junior jet. I love it's scale length as it provides a fairly easy transition from regular guitar which I have been playing 5+ years. Since I got it I have been going through the process of trying different types of strings - chromes, nickels, gold-plated and finally steels.

I'm currently using some La Bella Hard Rockin' steels which I am really happy with - tone and tension wise, but was thinking of trying some Super Steps after reading up on them. However from what I can tell the general consensus is that taper/ exposed core strings have less tension due to their reduced mass - is this right??

I detune this bass a fair bit with heavy gauge strings (54-111), so it is essential I crank as much tension out of the strings as possible. Also on a side note I have read on another forum that it is possible to get a similar taper/ exposed core tone out of regular strings by bending them at the bridge and nut to create a good 'witness point'. Is this something that anyone has come across??

Any advice or suggestions are welcome. Thanks!