AKA Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 I'm after some advice guys, i've got a project on revamping my lefty westone thunder 1 and the last thing to change is the pickups, now to me the size of the existing pickups look in similar size to the fender P-bass pickups, so my query for any advice is, does anybody know if it is possible to fit original Fender P-bass pickups into the body of a westone thunder 1? also if it is possible is there any particular year model that i should be looking for? hope you guys can help as the old westone is starting to look very cool but its in need of a heart transplant!!! will put some pic's up on here when it is finished. Andy Quote
Ou7shined Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 Post the dimensions of your pups and we'll compare. Quote
Ou7shined Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 Here's the standard dimensions off the SD site.... sorry they are in old money.... Quote
AKA Posted July 24, 2011 Author Posted July 24, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1315063' date='Jul 24 2011, 08:08 PM']Here's the standard dimensions off the SD site.... sorry they are in old money.... [/quote] That looks spot on with wot i've got, so size wise thats looking good, my guitar has 1 volume knob n 1 tone knob, which i think is pretty standard with on the P-bass, so will have a look about for some decent pickups now many thanks. Andy Quote
brensabre79 Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 check out wizard pickups, hand made and half the price of your regular brand name production line pickups! Andy is a legend Quote
Conan Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 I am really impressed with the ones I just got from here... [url="http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Bass-Guitar-Pickups_c_97.html"]http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Bass-Guita...ckups_c_97.html[/url] Quote
stevie Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 There's a useful comparison of some P-bass pickups here: [url="http://www.atkinsonbasses.com/multimedia"]http://www.atkinsonbasses.com/multimedia[/url]. The GFS ones certainly sound good (no Wizards though, and no Fralins). Quote
dave_bass5 Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 One thing i want to add if you do go for a Wizard. Ive written about this a few times but my Wizard Thumper was not the same size as the SD pup listed above, and this caused me problems with the PG on my Squier. The Thumper case was just a bit larger than a standard (Fender/SD) pup and it meant i had to file the PG down. This was with the stock PG and one brought on line. Both have the same spec's and would easily fit a SD/Fender pup. Im sure it will be fine but just wanted to point this out, especially as the Westone doesn't have a PG so might need a bit more work. Im also sure this isnt the norm for Wizards. Fantastic bass by the way, i had one when they first came out. Quote
BassHertz Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 I would be interested in your old Westone pickups if you still have them Quote
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