tommorichards Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Im looking for some pickups for my next project, but i dont really know of any decent places online to get pickups, besides ebay. Anyone got any ideas or sites to help a fella out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soopercrip Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) would help if you could narrow it down a bit, type budget etc.. Andy Edited February 19, 2012 by soopercrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Wizard Pickups. Excellent service, excellent pickups and excellent prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentyhertz Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 If you're after something cheap, Axes R Us is a handy resource: http://www.axesrus.com/AxeBassPup.html As for others... I'm trying to think of the name of the place where I got my Duncan QP's a few years back, but I can't remember now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Bareknuckle https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=bass Wizard http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Drop Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Wizard rewound a '70s PUP for me, sounds incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 +1 Wizard Pickups, Andy is pretty helpful if you talk to him about what you want. you can pretty much spec your own custom pickups for a few quid more than his off the shelf stuff (which is very reasonably priced). I've got custom wound '70s Jazz pickups and a set of off the shelf '84s, both are a vast improvement on the standard Fender pickups (including the deluxe MIA ones!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 A friend of mine just had a set of custom p/ups built by Martin Herrick who's training as a luthier..my friend is very impressed with the £120 pair of Jazz P/ups - he specified what type of tone he wanted, Martin hand built them..You can contact Martin: [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sorry about being a bit vague. Im more on about places like thomann that stock a range of pickups. Ideally, im trying to find a set of pickups that are MM shaped, with no exposed polepieces. But in general, if im looking at some pickups, the only places i can think of are Ebay or thomann. Thanks for the wizard suggestion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73Jazz Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 You may have a look here, top of the pops pickups If you need help, just let me know http://www.haeussel.com/index.php?lang=en http://www.barfuss-pickups.de/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Wizard. No contest. Tell Andy what you want and he will deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I checked with wizard, and while they do have MM type, he said they dont do sabre ones. Looks like my search continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyratm Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Delano? I got a MM style one with no poles. Not bad priced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 [quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1329775336' post='1547278'] Wizard. No contest. Tell Andy what you want and he will deliver. [/quote] Unless you want 5 string Jazz A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 [quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1329856689' post='1548693'] I checked with wizard, and while they do have MM type, he said they dont do sabre ones. Looks like my search continues. [/quote] The Sabre pickups are a little bit smaller than the Stingray ones. They are seriously hard to come by too. I was looking for a replacement for one of mine for nearly a year before I got Andy to re-wind the existing one. Even Ernie Ball UK/US don't have them! Good luck with your search, but you might have to consider using the larger Stingray type ones or something else.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 +1 for Andy @ Wizard as first choice. However he's having to pull back his operations a little due to health problems, so doesn't do epoxy potted pickups any more. Alternatively, try Aaron Armstrong, son of Kent for any custom work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I recently ordered a Seymour Duncan SPB 1 pickup for my Squier. I was looking at a Wizard Thumper or a quarter pounder, but I wanted an old school vintage sound, and these came highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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