Gemini Pickups

[mike 110]

Hey guys can anybody tell me anything about them please ?

Thanks 

Mike

[ahpook]

These folks ?

 

https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/

 

Very good - I've used both their guitar and bass pickups and I've been very pleased.

 

I've a set of Dawn Lightnings in one of my jazz basses - a lovely, slightly mellower sound than your usual jazz units. I think they're great.

 

Their Degenerate SB 'EMG'-style (with one of the coils hotter than the other) is a really nice passive pickup with a more focused sound than your usual humbucker - iirc correctly they accentuated the difference in windings for me to allow them to be coil-tapped for a jazz pickup tone. Huge improvement over the EMG-HZs I was replacing.

 

I've also fitted a couple of my friends' guitars with their mini humbuckers and it was smiles all round.

 

Nice folks to deal with too.

 

 

HTH

 

Edited August 1, 2023 by ahpook

[mike 110]

That's  them thanks 👍

I thought I'd check with more knowledgeable people than myself ...

I've checked the vids on YouTube    but I thought I'd check on here for first hand experience...

[ped]

I have their Degenerate TB pickup and Surfrider single coil in my Mustang bass. I went for Gemini because I had a chat with the owner on Facebook and he was helpful in advising me which combo to go for. They came really nicely packaged and the pickups themselves are great quality - @Andyjr1515 who fitted them mentioned that they were very nicely made. I'm really REALLY happy with the sound of them both. Even right up agains the bridge the Surfrider is really high output and thick sounding. They blend together really well and I couldn't be happier. The lead time for the pickups to be made is (or was) quite short and I believe they were delivered earlier than expected.

[ahpook]

Deffo worth having a chat with them about your requirements as @ped says - very helpful chap.

[mike 110]

Thanks guys  much appreciated  👍👍

[Andyjr1515]

3 hours ago, ped said:

They came really nicely packaged and the pickups themselves are great quality - @Andyjr1515 who fitted them mentioned that they were very nicely made. I'm really REALLY happy with the sound of them both

Yes - they were very nice indeed 

[Skybone]

I have a set of Wave Rider's in a Rickenfaker, fabulous sounding pickups.

 

I bought them because, other than Retrovibe, they're the only company in the UK that makes Ric compatible pickups, and I didn't fancy any of the other alternatives.

[Bassman1974]

I fired a Gemini Rogue Wave N neck Humbucker into an old 4001 I used to own. What an insane output it gave compared to the standard Ric pick up. Had to trim the pickguard a little, but it was worth it

[foxyFuze]

I've a set of Mountain Lightning jazz pickups - very pleased with them  as a higher-output, chunkier alternative to stock pups.