EssentialTension Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Any of you engineers built some Dark Stars yet? If so I'll take two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1324986984' post='1478879'] That luthier is one of the guys who was building using Dark Stars and so I guess he can't any longer get them from Fred Hammon so .... [/quote] Hello from France, I am this guy and I can't get these pu's anymore... so. I did them for my basses first , improving, if possible, their mounting but I've keep all the essential part of the "darkstar" same magnets, bobine, laminated core and pole piece sizes. and it works! (some new pictures on the site) have a nice day. DR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1338553120' post='1676225'] Hello from France, I am this guy and I can't get these pu's anymore... so. I did them for my basses first , improving, if possible, their mounting but I've keep all the essential part of the "darkstar" same magnets, bobine, laminated core and pole piece sizes. and it works! (some new pictures on the site) have a nice day. DR [/quote] Very good. Do you have a link for the site? I couldn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 just type "daguet" and guitars on gogle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1338575707' post='1676761'] just type "daguet" and guitars on gogle... [/quote] So are all the basses now your own version of the Dark Star pick up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1338576074' post='1676768'] So are all the basses now your own version of the Dark Star pick up? [/quote] yes, plus my own ceramic lipstick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1338620344' post='1677213'] yes, plus my own ceramic lipstick [/quote] Do you have any sound files for your Dark Star clones? Are you selling pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 very soon now, just the time to find a day which will be longer than 24 hours... seriously, very soon. I will sale two third of the serie I am making (50 sets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) the sound files are actually on the site, I did several tracks with various basses recorded the same way at same level on the same amp in order to compare. have a nice day. Edited June 30, 2012 by Rockaction5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 hello , by french curiosity, what does mean "rumours afoot" is it that kind of "rumours"? http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/club-dark-star-731040/index25.html Have a good night all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1344627862' post='1767421'] hello , by french curiosity, what does mean "rumours afoot" is it that kind of "rumours"? [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/club-dark-star-731040/index25.html"]http://www.talkbass....40/index25.html[/url] Have a good night all. [/quote] Looks very nice and a good review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1344627862' post='1767421'] hello , by french curiosity, what does mean "rumours afoot" is it that kind of "rumours"? [/quote]It means nothing more than there are rumours around saying that something might be about to happen. Pretty much anything can be afoot http://www.thefreedictionary.com/afoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 some news from the other side of the channel, Jaguar type "DR" with DR re-designed bisonic type pickups. Elected "bass of the year 2012" in the french magazine "guitariste and basse magazine" plus some pictures of these pickups parts :sorry for the pictures sizes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Those look great. No need to be sorry about the picture sizes, I'd rather have a good sized, clear photo that takes a couple of seconds more to load than some crappy little thumbnail sized image that shows you nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 For those who know , you'll recognize the same effective parts found in a Bisonic /darkstar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Rockaction5, many thanks for posting this info. It's always great to see a new and different maker/pickup become available - choice is good Have you considered a 5 string version? G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Looking good. I like the reverse headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too. [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/BS-DS.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/BS-DS.shtml[/url] He also makes one that fits in a Gibson mudbucker housing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1371913503' post='2119536'] Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too. [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/BS-DS.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.c...ups/BS-DS.shtml[/url] He also makes one that fits in a Gibson mudbucker housing! [/quote] Is that definite? The new Guild Bisonic is being supplied by Curtis Novak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 From what I understood, yes. Which seems amazing, as the new Starfire bass is fairly affordable considering the retail value of a separate CN Bisonic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1371802416' post='2118218'] some news from the other side of the channel, Jaguar type "DR" with DR re-designed bisonic type pickups. Elected "bass of the year 2012" in the french magazine "guitariste and basse magazine" [/quote] wow... turn the headstock the right way, stick an old style bridge on that and paint it a solid colour and that might be the bass of my dreams based on looks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 [quote name='LeftyJ' timestamp='1371926866' post='2119769'] From what I understood, yes. Which seems amazing, as the new Starfire bass is fairly affordable considering the retail value of a separate CN Bisonic. [/quote] That's why I had thought that they had reverse engineered it in Korea to get the price. But also there's a youtube clip, which I can't find at the moment, where the Guild guy says they bought vintage instruments and sent them to Korea to be reproduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1371802416' post='2118218'] some news from the other side of the channel, Jaguar type "DR" with DR re-designed bisonic type pickups. Elected "bass of the year 2012" in the french magazine "guitariste and basse magazine" [/quote] This looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaction5 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Hello everybody! I'll try to answer to everything (life death and so on... answer will be... 42... joke) - "[color=#0000ff]Have you considered a 5 string version?[/color]" yes, just ask , give pole spacing and I 'll do it. - "[color=#0000ff]Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too[/color]." false : Curtis novak make one bisonic "clone" for sale at a certain price... they are not intend to be first mounted on the new guiLd bass . - "[color=#0000ff]He also makes one that fits in a Gibson mudbucker housing![/color]" true... and quite false, the one Curtis mounted inside the EB mudbucker is more a big P90 than a real bisonic system, no sandwhich core, no adjustable pole pieces, different magnet, different bobin geometry and different bobin ohm value, it's still a bass pickups though... See picture somewhere in US Talkbass forum. - "[color=#0000ff]wow... turn the headstock the right way, stick an old style bridge on that and paint it a solid colour and that might be the bass of my dreams based on looks![/color]" well, contact me for an order and you'll get it right (beside this, this one has a set and carve adjusted neck) (see picture) and finally here's another "DR" bisonic housed in a PAF pickup cover for mounting on a "special" EB bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 [quote name='Rockaction5' timestamp='1372083671' post='2121341'] - "[color=#0000ff]Curtis Novak is now making Bisonic pickups. They're in the new Guild Starfire Bass too[/color]." false : Curtis novak make one bisonic "clone" for sale at a certain price... they are not intend to be first mounted on the new guiLd bass .[/quote] You're right, I'm mistaken. A friend of mine was at the Messe in Frankfurt, played the new Starfire Bass, and spoke to both Curtis Novak and a Fender representative. I thought he'd said Novak makes the new Guild Bisonic pickups, but you're absolutely right. Sorry for the confusion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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