mcnach Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) I have a pair of Jazz bass pickups made by Wilkinson. They have the original black covers with the Wilkinson logo, and I also have a set of cream covers that you can have if you want to. Looking for £12 delivered. Edited September 13, 2012 by mcnach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyeluke Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Which model are these pickups? As Wilkinson do alnico and standard ones. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) there is no "standard"... but if by that you meant "ceramic", yup, these are ceramic: two ceramic magnets, one on front and one behind the polepieces. That's nicer than a single magnet under the polepieces because it allows you to ground the polepieces easily with a strip of copper foil, for instance, if you want to. I don't have a model number for them. They were in a Vintage EJM96 bass. I'll post pictures later. edit: How are you liking your GB74? I got one not long ago and I'm quite chuffed with it Edited September 8, 2012 by mcnach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyeluke Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) I love my GB74 I have owned it a long time and never really felt the need to replace it, I love the versatility of it and the way neck feels when playing. The electronics in active mode are not the greatest, especially the mid boost function and it all sounds a little fake but switch it to passive mode and it growls away and responds very nicely to different playing styles How long have you owned yours for? and what colour?? Blue is best but natural looks lush aswell I am interested in the pickups and eagerly await a picture. Many thanks Lucas Edited September 8, 2012 by rallyeluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) [quote name='rallyeluke' timestamp='1347123788' post='1797229'] I love my GB74 I have owned it a long time and never really felt the need to replace it, I love the versatility of it and the way neck feels when playing. The electronics in active mode are not the greatest, especially the mid boost function and it all sounds a little fake but switch it to passive mode and it growls away and responds very nicely to different playing styles How long have you owned yours for? and what colour?? Blue is best but natural looks lush aswell I am interested in the pickups and eagerly await a picture. Many thanks Lucas [/quote] I totally agree about the GB74! I am a fan of active electronics, but I dislike the preamp in this bass and always play it in passive mode. I feel the pickups can be better, but I have gigged this bass a couple of times already and I have to say it's done very very well. My plan is to replace the pickups and remove the preamp. I already had a Seymour Duncan SMB4A for the bridge, which is a great pickup, and I have various Jazz pickups for the neck. Probably a Nordstrand NJ4SE. I was not going to spend that much cash on a pickup... but I had one of them die in my Jazz, and bought a replacement. Then, after mentioning this issue in TB, someone from Nordstrand contacted me and they say they will send me a replacement... I already bought the other one, so this could work really well in the GB74, making it an even better bass. I plan to remove the preamp, leaving a passive tone control and install a midsweep module from John East (which I already have). But I have to say it's a remarkable bass as it is... as long as you ignore the preamp. I bought it maybe a couple of months ago. I never had the chance to try one but seemed nice. Then one appeared locally, on gumtree, at a good price (£150), so I had to go and see it. It needed a bit of adjusting to get the action just right, but nothing else. New set of strings, and I did two gigs with it the week after. Mine is the natural one: as for the Wilkinson pickups, I just took a couple of pictures. The cream covers fit the pickups. If the buyer wants them, I'm happy to include them. Edited September 9, 2012 by mcnach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rallyeluke Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I do want them but they are £20 new and you seem like a top bloke so dont want to ask for money off cheers Lucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 [quote name='rallyeluke' timestamp='1347447327' post='1800842'] I do want them but they are £20 new and you seem like a top bloke so dont want to ask for money off cheers Lucas [/quote] are they? so they are!!! I never checked, to be honest. I assumed they'd cost at least twice that! Thanks for the heads up. Then I should definitely bring the price down. Maybe £12, including delivery (1st class recorded) and extra covers. seriously, I had no idea I was so off-target here, thanks for letting me know! I'm pretty sure they were more expensive 3 years ago. for some reason I had this mental image of "buy it now £37", but I could be mistaken. I am not mistaken often, but occasionally I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 If Lucas doesnt want them ill have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyeluke Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 DarkHeart they are yours. Wife will kill me if I purchase anymore bass parts this month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Go on then i'll take them, pm me your details and i'll sort payment out tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 [quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1347517948' post='1801820'] Go on then i'll take them, pm me your details and i'll sort payment out tonight. [/quote] PM'd selling on one condition... we must see pictures of the bass after you install them, especially if you use the cream covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Haha, of course ill post pics with the cream covers then put it to the vote as to which colour covers are staying on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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