Owen Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I have a bass which I love dearly, but fancy a change of pickups. At the moment I have a pair of EMG 45TW in it, but fancy a more organic passive vibe. (http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=29803) The problem is that the pickups are 6 string size, but the bass is a 5 string. With EMGs it makes no odds because the magnet is a blade all the way across the pick up so spacing is not an issue. Unfortunately this means that I need a pickup the same size as a 45TW so I cannot drop any normal 45TW sized pickup in because the pole pieces will be in the wrong place. Can anyone suggest a manufacturer who might be able to knock something up for me. Wizard do not do that size TIA as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullrangebass Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Villex pickups. They will give you the tone you are after, and then some www.villex.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-basser Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 wizard will do a set any size if you ask them nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Jim Fleeting will make a P/U to order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Have you spoken to Andy at Wizard? Only reason I ask is that when I wanted pups to drop into my Warwick Infinette there wasn't a pup in the Wizard catalogue (JJ) that fitted, so I spoke to Andy and he quite literally made me one the correct size/shape (cut the lugs off the J pups and joined with a poly strip in the middle). It still ended up costing pretty much the same as if I'd just bought a pair of pups off the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 [quote name='fullrangebass' post='308897' date='Oct 17 2008, 08:24 PM']Villex pickups. They will give you the tone you are after, and then some www.villex.com[/quote] Enough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Thanks y'all! I emailed Andy at Wizard but he said he can do EMG 35 + 40 but not 45 I have emailed Villex and they can help, I will look for Jim Fleeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I spoke to Andy at Wizard a couple of weeks ago about p'ups for my Jazz 5 and he couldn't help. I'll be giving Villex a look then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Doesn't anyone offer a service to retro-fit new internals into old pick-up housings? Can't go wrong with that - at least they'd definitely fit whatever they came out of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_the_bassist Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='309147' date='Oct 18 2008, 11:46 AM'][/quote] OT, but WWH, that's one DAMN sexy bass!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I think Aaron Armstrong (Kent Armstrong's son) does some custom winding. I've got one of his pickups in my Sei 7 and more will be in my forthcoming ACG 9. After a quick Google, I found that there's a website under contruction [url="http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk"]www.armstrongpickups.co.uk[/url] which says that he does do custom windings and repairs. This from the web page: Contact: Tel | 01233 822120 e-mail | [email protected] Would definately be worth a call or e-mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='309852' date='Oct 19 2008, 02:55 PM']Doesn't anyone offer a service to retro-fit new internals into old pick-up housings? Can't go wrong with that - at least they'd definitely fit whatever they came out of...[/quote] Pretty sure Andy @ Wizard does this...? Definetely a good idea to look into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Aaron Armstrong will do that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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