spud19870 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Hi guys, I have owned one of these for a fair while http://www.dv247.com/guitars/epiphone-thunderbird-iv-goth-bass--37231?gclid=CJKjof-albYCFeXLtAodTEkAIg I am looking to replace the pick-ups to something better but struggling to find anything, maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Any Suggestions? I would be running it with an ABM EVOII 500 and my Ampeg HLF410 Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 The best Thunderbird pickups you can buy are: [url=http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Lull_pickups.html]Mike Lull T-Bass Pickups[/url] [url=http://www.thunderbuckerranch.com]Thunderbuckers[/url] [url=http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=270]Lollar Thunderbird Pickups[/url] However even the cheapest set will cost more than the price of the bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud19870 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 I have had the bass quite a long time and can't really afford to buy myself a new bass which is passive. So this is the next best idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Might be more effective to put some kind of pre-amp in it. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 How will putting a pre-amp in make it any better? The OP already has an amp with fairly sophisticated tone-shaping capabilities. I can't see any pre-amp bettering those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 If the OP is convinced that a change is essential, I'd suggest it would be better to leave the bass alone and buy an outboard pre amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I still don't see how adding any kind of pre-amp on-board or external is going to give the OP more than the controls on his amp already do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud19870 Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Im just doing a bit of research Haha. Im not against a outboard pre-amp. Suggestions to either are welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmachine2112 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Cheap as chips upgrade time Behringer bdi21 pre amp-DI box all in one Get one s/h nice and cheap,if you don,t like it-sell it on Lots of happy users on here Works for all basses even active ones. If you like what it does you can upgrade to hartke vxl,sansamp,line 6 and A N other plenty of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiipopes Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 EMG makes a reasonably priced passive T-bird replacement pickup in their HZ pickup line. I have a pair of the soapbar 40 HZ pickups in my 5-string, a pickup in the same family of pickups, and in my opinion they are well worth the money with good expanded frequency response and presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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