ARGH Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 [quote name='Villex_Europe' post='96902' date='Nov 30 2007, 07:13 PM']We do, as special orders. Tigran[/quote] No further questions your honour...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 standard pickups but in wooden covers instead of plastic, like p,j or soapbar style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villex_Europe Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 [quote name='metalmaniac' post='96916' date='Nov 30 2007, 07:37 PM']standard pickups but in wooden covers instead of plastic, like p,j or soapbar style.[/quote] Standard pickups? Mmm... How would one go about all the different wood finishes then? Tigran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 well what i mean is just offer replacement pickups for basses, but wooden covers. Surely if a company can mass (to an extent) produce wooden pickups it would push the price down seeing as the only way to get em atm is to get them custom made which costs ££££££££££ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='96851' date='Nov 30 2007, 05:52 PM']I've lusted after a sliding pickup arrangement for ages. For standard pickup designs it usually requires a whacking great trench to be taken out of the middle of the bass to let the pickup move. Unless someone can build a very flat profile (ie shallow) pickup, the only other way is to put a pickup on both sides of the string which is what happened with the Ovation etc. referred to earlier. I wonder if it could be achieved with an optical pickup though?[/quote] Sliding Pickup? No problem. [url="http://www.westone.info/railbass.html"]Westone Rail[/url] Sliding pickup in a good looking bass? er... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Spalt did a semi sliding / hinged pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Alembic made a bass for Jack Casady with 2 sliding pickups back in the 70's, but it looked horrible. putting a cover like one big pickup over them would improve the looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGH Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 [quote name='Villex_Europe' post='96925' date='Nov 30 2007, 07:46 PM']Standard pickups? Mmm... How would one go about all the different wood finishes then? Tigran[/quote] Get the customer/luthier to supply the wood they want to use,Wal have had that option/idea when it comes to tops and veneers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 [quote name='SJA' post='96965' date='Nov 30 2007, 08:40 PM']Alembic made a bass for Jack Casady with 2 sliding pickups back in the 70's, but it looked horrible. putting a cover like one big pickup over them would improve the looks.[/quote] Yeah I've seen that, I really liked it! Westone Rail requires the whole bass to be designed around the sliding pickup idea which doesn't always arrive at the most ergonomic solution. Mr Spalt also tried a more literal sliding pickup on a prototype bass first, but then opted for the radial option - it still takes a hunk out of the bass though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) Not a sliding pickup but the same effect I think - 12 individual switchable coils under a ramp .... (and a handy door knocker ) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=5525&view=findpost&p=98351"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...ost&p=98351[/url] Edited December 4, 2007 by OldGit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 MB1. Not enough room between the neck and pickup for my liking,that pickups much too close to the end of the neck!. Theres a right place for leo too, and i dont think its here?.........Too many switches.........not enough time!.Dont care for the body shape and lower batwing!Awful dot markers,circular tailpiece?,colours a bit grim.......... Short of that it seems alright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneal6 Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Built-in distortion/overdrive. Already been done on a few but if there was a nice onboard distortion with a couple of different sounds, and maybe with the low-end filtered out and clean (or lows coming from another pickup), that'd be ace. Also, I think a flanger type comb-filter would be nice. So you'd have a knob for controlling the delay between signals, then you could choose which part of the sweep you wanted it on a leave it there. Loads of tonal options there. Also you could play with hammer-ons and make time-synched flanger sounds by moving the knob! It's a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villex_Europe Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 [quote name='kneal6' post='99644' date='Dec 5 2007, 03:15 PM']Built-in distortion/overdrive. Already been done on a few but if there was a nice onboard distortion with a couple of different sounds, and maybe with the low-end filtered out and clean (or lows coming from another pickup), that'd be ace. Also, I think a flanger type comb-filter would be nice. So you'd have a knob for controlling the delay between signals, then you could choose which part of the sweep you wanted it on a leave it there. Loads of tonal options there. Also you could play with hammer-ons and make time-synched flanger sounds by moving the knob! It's a winner.[/quote] Very interesting point on distortion! We can produce one very easily (a passive one for onboard installation), and we discussed this a while ago internally. We came to a conclusion that most players wouldn't like to put one in their guitar/bass! So I am really anxious to know whether more people would be inerested. Will have to come back to you on a flanger type comb-filter - are there any active ones I could read on? Tigran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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