Bartolini MK1 Soapbar sized pickups that sound like Active EMGs

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43 minutes ago, bnt said:

According to a thread on TalkBass, the 5-string EHB models come with BH2s in the P4 size, which is 117x32mm. That corresponds with the E6W dimensions given above, just about: 119 vs 117mm length. so the magnet length would be correspondingly longer, maybe another 10mm to 76mm. That makes more sense, given that the pickups are slanted. Spacing is 18mm at the bridge, maybe 17mm at the bridge pickup position, meaning 68mm from B to G. Add a few mm above and below, and a few more mm to cater for the angle, and a 76mm magnet looks about right.

From the same email I mentioned above, as I was asking about a 6 string bass, which in typical Ibanez (and Cort) style uses the 5 string dimensioned PUs for the 6s. So mebbe the router will have to come out.

 

The 6-string size would be suitable probably, but that one will be 118mm long with an 87.6mm magnet length.

 

I wouldn't fuss about the 1mm differences mentioned until I was trying to fit the pickups into the cavity as the slight numerical differences I see all over the place re these PUs are likely conversion rounding errors and the EMGs are actually accurate to the Bart dimensions as it would make little sense for EMG to do anything else.

 

Strange that these ExW PUs still aren't on the EMG site.