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henry norton
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[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 ....
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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

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[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
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Very good. Do you have a link for the site? I couldn't find it.

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[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.
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Looks very nice and a good review.

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[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

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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!

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[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!
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Is that definite? The new Guild Bisonic is being supplied by Curtis Novak?

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[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!

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[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.
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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.

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[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"
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This looks fantastic!

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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 B) (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...

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[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!

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