Tele Bass Humbucker?

[Flashback]

I cannot find a tele bass humbucker for nothing! Do you guys know of anyone who happens to sell them or could make me one from vintage spec?

[JohnnyCrash]

Seymour Duncan makes a side by side humbucking pickup for the single coil P-Bass (like the '51 reissue). I believe they have a "vintage" one too.

So far I'm happy with the stock single coil on my '51 RI...

[Tim Armstrong]

I think he's referring to the fatboy Fender put on 'em in the early 70s....

Don't know of anyone making them today, perhaps you can find one used on eBay?

Cheers, Tim

[Flashback]

Dang... that sucks man. I looked on ebay and cant find anything.

Wonder if OC Duff could wind me one?

[Dave W]

They do come up on eBay now and then. The problem with getting one wound is that they have threaded CuNiFe magnet polepieces, and those won't be easy for a custom winder to come by.

Here's a pic of the innards. BTW, these were designed by Seth Lover.

[GUITARmole]

There's one that sold on fleabay last week for about $400. I also know of one in a local music store with a $399 price tag on it. They are available but prepare to pay!!!

Also, as already stated...you won't be able to get anyone to wind you a custom one due to the unavailablility of CuNiFe magnets.

[Flashback]

so I am screwed huh? That sucks...

[Dave W]

I think if you're patient you may be able to land one for about $200. Or you could certainly get a custom winder to make you a humbucker with magnet polepieces (instead of the typical guitar humbucker with steel polepieces and a magnet below) wound to vintage specs. But unless he could come up with some threaded CuNiFe polepieces from his old parts box, he would have to use unthreaded AlNiCo polepieces.

[stevetat]

This one just showed up on the 'Bay (no affiliation)

http://cgi.ebay.com/72-Fender-Teleca...2238QQihZ005QQ

[4mal]

at the risk of getting flamed (yeah, this means you ...) Chef over at TB & the Dudepit dropped a Dark Star into his Tele. Might be worth a search for him and a PM to see what his thoughts are. Obviously not a direct repalcement tonally, still an interesting choice and appraently an easy fit. Beyond that, I'll let Chef do the talkin'

A link to the thread

A manly bass if ever there was one...

[Dave W]

Originally Posted by 4mal

at the risk of getting flamed (yeah, this means you ...)

Me? I couldn't care less if someone wants to put a butt ugly Dark Star in his bass. I just object to the rampant cultism. It's not the be-all and end-all to everything. If Flashback wants his Tele Bass to sound like a Tele Bass, a Dark Star won't even come remotely close.

[Tim Armstrong]

Wait, you mean you don't have one on YOUR bass???







Sorry, Dave, I just couldn't help myself!

Tim

[Flashback]

Meh, I am ebaying for a Tele Humbucker. I want that awesome grind you get from those old tele basses with the humbucker. Geez I wish I could just steal my uncles pickup without him noticing. :D

Until then this project is on hold!

[4mal]

Originally Posted by Dave W

Me? I couldn't care less if someone wants to put a butt ugly Dark Star in his bass. I just object to the rampant cultism. It's not the be-all and end-all to everything. If Flashback wants his Tele Bass to sound like a Tele Bass, a Dark Star won't even come remotely close.

rampant cultism ? Jeeze Dave, maybe you could give it a rest... I never said this was the be all and end all. I also never said the pickup would sound like a Tele. I thought that maybe, just maybe Flashback would find Chef's bass interesting. Particularly in light of the fact that original tele humbucker's are pure un-obtanium at this point and the DS form factor is interestingly close.

Frankly from a tonal perspective the DS is closer to the original than about anything I know about - you got a better suggestion than ebay, a bank account and Maybe a Tele with a 51 RI single coil suspended in the humbucker's chasm ? That outta be cute ...

Your objections to my appreciation of the Dark Star are noted. Why you would feel it necessary to chime in in your particular style or lack thereof eludes me but as they say it is a free country...

[Dave W]

Originally Posted by 4mal

rampant cultism ? Jeeze Dave, maybe you could give it a rest... I never said this was the be all and end all. I also never said the pickup would sound like a Tele. I thought that maybe, just maybe Flashback would find Chef's bass interesting. Particularly in light of the fact that original tele humbucker's are pure un-obtanium at this point and the DS form factor is interestingly close.

Frankly from a tonal perspective the DS is closer to the original than about anything I know about - you got a better suggestion than ebay, a bank account and Maybe a Tele with a 51 RI single coil suspended in the humbucker's chasm ? That outta be cute ...

Your objections to my appreciation of the Dark Star are noted. Why you would feel it necessary to chime in in your particular style or lack thereof eludes me but as they say it is a free country...

Mal, why would you chime in? He specifically asked about the Tele 'bucker, and he's obviously not looking for substitutes, yet here you are chiming in about the Dark Star. Last time, someone else asked specifically about P-bass replacement pickups, and there you were, claiming that the Dark Star -- a Guild replacement -- was the ultimate P-bass pickup. And you're not alone, I've seen the same behavior by others elsewhere. You and others obviously do think it's the panacea for just about everything except hunger and war, otherwise you wouldn't keep pushing it. There doesn't seem to be a bass-related problem that you think can't be solved by the Dark Star. That's cultism.

And the Dark Star isn't even remotely like the heavily overdriven 30K tone of the Tele humbucker. Why would you say such a thing?

If you want me to give it a rest, why don't you give it a rest?

[Dave W]

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

Wait, you mean you don't have one on YOUR bass???







Sorry, Dave, I just couldn't help myself!

Tim

Tim, it's cooling down a bit here in south Texas, but that's a long way from hell freezing over.

[everbmore]

Originally Posted by Flashback

I cannot find a tele bass humbucker for nothing! Do you guys know of anyone who happens to sell them or could make me one from vintage spec?

dude, i own a 72 tele bass and i might have a spare pickup. i believe what you're looking for is a fatboy vintage pickup. is that correct? get back to me. ever.

[rhomco]

the big mudbucker in the new Squire Vintage Modified P-Bass. It really does sound good and approximates the look. You could probably buy the whole guitar for less than the cost of an old mudbucker on ebay.
Rob

[Flashback]

I actually lemmy'd this bass.

It has a Duncan Quarter Pound in the middle. and a Seymour Duncan overwound firebird pickup in the neck.

Both are wired to the jack and it SOUNDS HUGE.

[Shoved BassVIII]

A gibson budbucker might do it if you want to explore that route. its not quite as hot with only 25k. But hell, at that many coils I dont know how much difference would be there between 25k and 30k. some experimenting might help

[Dave W]

A Gibson mudbucker has very little in common with the Tele Bass mudbucker other than being muddy. The Tele 'bucker is very midrange heavy, the Gibson is midrange deficient. And the routs aren't identical.

The Squier Tele bass pickup looks like the original but sounds nothing like it, the internal construction is very different.

But as flashback already said, the issue is solved anyway. Not surprising considering that the thread is over 2 1/2 years old.

[Flashback]

Originally Posted by Dave W

A Gibson mudbucker has very little in common with the Tele Bass mudbucker other than being muddy. The Tele 'bucker is very midrange heavy, the Gibson is midrange deficient. And the routs aren't identical.

The Squier Tele bass pickup looks like the original but sounds nothing like it, the internal construction is very different.

But as flashback already said, the issue is solved anyway. Not surprising considering that the thread is over 2 1/2 years old.

Nothing muddy about my Mini Guitar humbucker in the neck of my P/T-Bass!



Badass II Bridge, Quarterpound in P slot mini Hum in Neck. 1 pc. 22 Fret Maple Neck. Rotosound Flatwounds into a Silverface Bassman 100 one Marshall 4x12 and a Ampeg 4x10.

[Tim Armstrong]

As long as this thread has been brought back from the dead, I gotta say that the big ol' Music Man copy humbucker I put in Hoss (the Tele bass in my avatar) is a PROFOUNDLY great sounding pickup.

It's a GFS MM Pro Plus Alnico Music Man style pickup.



Seriously, the best bass tone I've ever had!

Tim

[Dave W]

I'm a big fan of MM-style pickups.

[Shoved BassVIII]

Thabnks for the3 input there dave. I knew the shapes were different, but had never compared the tome

[Shoved BassVIII]

Here is a reisue one on the bay

[Dave W]

Originally Posted by Shoved BassVIII

Here is a reisue one on the bay

That's a bit high, isn't it? I've seen originals go for less than that.

[Shoved BassVIII]

It wasn't so riduculous earlier....