JJW Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hey! So, i wanted to know how are rail pickups made? Are they the same as normal pickups with one strip instead of individual magnets like usual? Also could you use a Rail guitar pickup and put it in a bass, whilst it still giving an even sound on all strings unlike a normal guitar pickup which doesnt sound as good on strings out of line of magnets? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yes, a rail type strat pickup is often touted as the upgrade for a MusicMaster bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Yes, you can use rail type guitar pickups in a bass. Although I wouldn't stress too much about strings being exactly in line with poles - depending on how close you have your pickup. Early Rickenbarker basses used a 6 pole guitar pickup, as do some other basses, and most John Birch guitar pickups have 10 pole pieces! I recently swapped out the pickups in my friends Dean semi-acoustic bass for him, the ones that came from the factory were standard guitar humbuckers with a cover over. I replaced them with some Warman Warblades (rail humbuckers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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