Where about are some good sites for bass pickups

[tommorichards]

Im looking for some pickups for my next project, but i dont really know of any decent places online to get pickups, besides ebay.

Anyone got any ideas or sites to help a fella out?

[soopercrip]

would help if you could narrow it down a bit, type budget etc..
Andy

Edited February 19, 2012 by soopercrip

[simon1964]

Wizard Pickups. Excellent service, excellent pickups and excellent prices.

[twentyhertz]

If you're after something cheap, Axes R Us is a handy resource: http://www.axesrus.com/AxeBassPup.html

As for others... I'm trying to think of the name of the place where I got my Duncan QP's a few years back, but I can't remember now...

[silentbob]

Bareknuckle
https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=bass

Wizard
http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass

[One Drop]

Wizard rewound a '70s PUP for me, sounds incredible.

[brensabre79]

+1 Wizard Pickups, Andy is pretty helpful if you talk to him about what you want. you can pretty much spec your own custom pickups for a few quid more than his off the shelf stuff (which is very reasonably priced). I've got custom wound '70s Jazz pickups and a set of off the shelf '84s, both are a vast improvement on the standard Fender pickups (including the deluxe MIA ones!)

[TheGreek]

A friend of mine just had a set of custom p/ups built by Martin Herrick who's training as a luthier..my friend is very impressed with the £120 pair of Jazz P/ups - he specified what type of tone he wanted, Martin hand built them..You can contact Martin:

[email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email]

[tommorichards]

Sorry about being a bit vague. Im more on about places like thomann that stock a range of pickups.

Ideally, im trying to find a set of pickups that are MM shaped, with no exposed polepieces. But in general, if im looking at some pickups, the only places i can think of are Ebay or thomann.

Thanks for the wizard suggestion though.

[73Jazz]

You may have a look here, top of the pops pickups
If you need help, just let me know

http://www.haeussel.com/index.php?lang=en

http://www.barfuss-pickups.de/

[BassBunny]

Wizard. No contest. Tell Andy what you want and he will deliver.

[tommorichards]

I checked with wizard, and while they do have MM type, he said they dont do sabre ones. Looks like my search continues.

[woodyratm]

Delano? I got a MM style one with no poles. Not bad priced.

[apa]

[quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1329775336' post='1547278']
Wizard. No contest. Tell Andy what you want and he will deliver.
[/quote]

Unless you want 5 string Jazz

A

[brensabre79]

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1329856689' post='1548693']
I checked with wizard, and while they do have MM type, he said they dont do sabre ones. Looks like my search continues.
[/quote]
The Sabre pickups are a little bit smaller than the Stingray ones. They are seriously hard to come by too. I was looking for a replacement for one of mine for nearly a year before I got Andy to re-wind the existing one. Even Ernie Ball UK/US don't have them! Good luck with your search, but you might have to consider using the larger Stingray type ones or something else....

[Kiwi]

+1 for Andy @ Wizard as first choice. However he's having to pull back his operations a little due to health problems, so doesn't do epoxy potted pickups any more.

Alternatively, try Aaron Armstrong, son of Kent for any custom work.

[Hobbayne]

I recently ordered a Seymour Duncan SPB 1 pickup for my Squier. I was looking at a Wizard Thumper or a quarter pounder, but I wanted an old school vintage sound, and these came highly recommended.