Paolo85 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Hi all, I have bought this Squier P with a Wilkinson pickup which I like a lot and I would like to put on another bass. The pickup has been there for at least over 5 years. The logo does not look like that on the WPB and MWPB pickups on sale now at various shops for £20ish. It looks instead like this pickup out of stock at Andertons described as "Wilkinson P bass humbucker set" and for double the price https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitar-strings-accessories/bass-guitar-pickups-electronics/Wilkinson-Alnico-V-Bass-Pickup-Pair I cannot find those pickups in stock at mainstream shops although some sellers have it on Reverb/eBay, also for £40-50 Do you happen to know what are/were they? Are they actual stacked humbuckers? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) I don't think each half are Stacked... I think they are conventionaly wound with the Humbucking Effect from each half being wound in an opposite direction... I think the price difference is in the more expensive Alnico v's the cheaper Ceramic Magnets. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.northwestguitars.co.uk/amp/wilkinson-pickup-shop/ Some Jazz pickups are wound 'stacked' to reduce the hum associated with a single coil Edited July 15, 2022 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blisters on my fingers Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 A typical run of the mill Precision bass pickup is by design "humbucking". Could well be wrong ( sure somebody will chip in if so) but I don't think there would be any advantage gained by stacking the coils. If the pickup is already humbucking what would be the point? This explains the Pbass pickup design http://whichbass.co.uk/bass-guitar-feature-series/bass-pickups-explained Sorry can't help with identifying that particular pickup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Thanks! I see that right now Wilkinson is selling Alnico V pickups for £23 https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/wpb-precision-bass-pickups-alnico-v-magnets/ I wonder if they are the same pickups and they have just cut the price.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 They look the same to me... I'd take em out and see if there is a sticker with the model on the underneath... They might be ceramics... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Post a pic of the underside of the pickups—that might help identification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 Right, so no sticker. Would you be able to tell me if this is alnico or ceramic? The magnets for the two pickups look quite different.. not sure if it is age? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 From looking at other pics on the net, and being put in a squier... back of the pickup having a bar magnet i'd say ceramic... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Wilkinson-M-series-WOPB-Bass-Humbucker-Pickup-for-PB-type-guitars-Precision-/112261429296?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 I think the Alnico's have magnetic poles https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Wilkinson-WPB-AlNiCo-V-Bass-Pickups-for-PB-type-guitars-Precision-/112531501958?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: From looking at other pics on the net, and being put in a squier... back of the pickup having a bar magnet i'd say ceramic... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Wilkinson-M-series-WOPB-Bass-Humbucker-Pickup-for-PB-type-guitars-Precision-/112261429296?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 I think the Alnico's have magnetic poles https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Wilkinson-WPB-AlNiCo-V-Bass-Pickups-for-PB-type-guitars-Precision-/112531501958?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 That's very helpful many thanks! It opens a massive dilemma for me This is a Squier Made in China 2008, with I believe alder body, and it sounds much better than my Squier Affinity PJ of recent construction with stock pickups and with poplar body. I was planning to get the same P pickup on both and see how they compare. But given that the Wilkinson Alnico has a much better reputation and only costs 4 pounds more.. I may just have to go for that. Decisions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) I think you answered your own question... Alnico it is then... £22.90 free Delivery from Vanson Guitars... Amazon cheaper than the bay... Wilkinson WPB Premium Range AlNiCo V Bass Pickups for 'PB' type Guitars, Precision Bass https://amzn.eu/d/iZ12HZL I've got a PJ set of Entwistle Ceramic Pickups on their way... Edited July 16, 2022 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) What would the point being of making each half of a P pickup, that by design, being 2 coils in series connection, already cancel out noise, having an additional stacked coil each, they won't cancel more noise for that reason? Each half having two side by side coils in series, like a true humbucker pickup would, now I could see the idea of that, like for instance the DiMarzio dual blade Split P, but I very much doubt this is the case either, with only one row per half of pole pieces on those pickups of yours. Bar magnets under the pickup also usually means Ceramic magnets, with steel pole pieces above to distribute the magnetic field, whereas Alnico magnets used in pickups will usually be the pole pieces themself. So almost certain yours are Ceramic magnet based pickups. Also magnets always got 2 magnetic poles, a North Pole and a South Pole, regardless of type, which is something entirely different than pickup pole pieces. Edited August 7, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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