franzbassist Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) if you want to see the pickup switching he's got going on... https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09818389&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%26Sect2%3DHITOFF%26p%3D1%26u%3D%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fsearch-adv.htm%26r%3D19%26f%3DG%26l%3D50%26d%3DPTXT%26S1%3D(%2522beers%2522.AANM.)%26OS%3DAANM%2F%2522beers%2522%26RS%3DAANM%2F%2522beers%2522&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page Edited December 10, 2021 by LukeFRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 They look nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 He keeps them hung up in the wardrobe. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Hmmm. They're hitting the spot for me. That Candy Tangerine one is lovely. The only thing that's a bit weird is the presenter's Lancashire/US accent. A bit like Phoenix Nights meets The Sopranos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I wonder why the 5 string pickup is so much further back than the 4 string pickup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 To give the B string more definition(?) Just a guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Like the look of those and great to see at least some deviation and progression of yet another Fender clone. The pickup sounds interesting, same idea as the Sims Quad Coil Pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Bassfinger said: He keeps them hung up in the wardrobe. oooof! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubis Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Like the LPB one, what sort of price are they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The disappointment that he’s not opened a brewery instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Wow, and only $4,000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplumber Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Does he make beer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I'd be more interested in buying just the pickup/electrics on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents? Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation. Edited December 16, 2021 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Hands Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I was really liking the look of the 5 string slab....and then he said the price....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, EBS_freak said: On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents? Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation. I did look at the patent and wonder which bit was actually patentable! I'm not sure either a 4 coil pickup, or a blend control with push pull switch is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, EBS_freak said: On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents? Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation. Very true. And the persistent magnetic fields of said inactive parts of the circuit will still affect the strings, too. That'll also make it sound less like a single coil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: I did look at the patent and wonder which bit was actually patentable! I'm not sure either a 4 coil pickup, or a blend control with push pull switch is! Very true. Not sure either. And you can't patent a circuit anyway. I'm not sure the Sims system is patentable either. It's just a case of dropping coils - which is no different to splitting coils in a Les Paul. And of course, dropping coils is only half the story. The windings of one half of a humbucker is not equivalent to a single coil. And lets not forget that a traditional single coil is not made up of two bobbins side by side... and a P is not spit coils like a humbucker, they semi overlap. And you need to drop the magnetic fields when not in use. You could even drop the coils by tapping them - but that's not a new concept either. I get it - it's a one bass that tries to do it all. But for 4k, you could get a Stingray, a P and a J bass and get the real deal sounds. And of course, how many people REALLY keep swapping basses or pickup settings between tracks live? (Because if you do, you'll probably pee off the sound folk something rotten anyway). It's kinda a novelty solution to a problem that doesn't exist. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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