Wizard pickups closes

[Mook]

Delighted to have the 84's in my DJ Lakland.....going to treasure them even more now. Good luck Mr Wizard

[jim_bass]

What a bummer. Just went onto his site to see about getting a set of jazz pickups.

(Been putting it off for about a year)

Oh well best of luck to him.

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='jim_bass' timestamp='1385223344' post='2285788']
What a bummer. Just went onto his site to see about getting a set of jazz pickups.
[/quote]

Buy my Roadworn Jazz and steal the Wizards out of that... then sell it on with your pups installed; as good as a free set of Wizards! [size=4] [/size]

[Minty]

A total shame! I found out a few weeks ago whilst trying to find Andy's email address on the site. The P in my Big P/J combo didn't have an even output across the board...although it does seem alright again right now. Maybe just a loose wire. They sound amazing when working right!! Very dark and heavy...especially when pushed through a mess of over-driven tube amps and an old Russian Big Muff like here! [url="http://caves.bandcamp.com/track/3-koala"]http://caves.bandcamp.com/track/3-koala[/url]

[matybigfro]

Love the sound on that Track minty, makes me wish I could still get hold of a WizPup

[mart3442]

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1376308934' post='2171895']
Out of interest, what happens to all the leftover stock? Surely there must be boxes of ready made pickups that we could still buy until he runs out, or was it a case of the pickups were made when you placed an order?
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From my experience, Andy made pickups to order as and when required.
He did all my rewinds though, anyone have recomendations on who to use now?

[cameltoe]

Happy with my Thumper. More grind than a standard P pickup, but doesn't sacrifice it's sweet spot in the mix to achieve it, as others tend to do.

[yepmop]

[quote name='mart3442' timestamp='1385491950' post='2288949']
anyone have recomendations on who to use now?
[/quote]

Just bought some from this guy.

[url="http://www.jlguitars.com/"]http://www.jlguitars.com/[/url]

Reasonable price but lives in Spain, well chuffed with the ones I received.

[doomed]

My Hammers and Thumper are great, shame I won't be able to get another set of Hammers for my VM Jazz though..

[cameltoe]

Bareknuckle if you want to stay UK handmade, but significantly more expensive than Wizard were.

[Minty]

[quote name='matybigfro' timestamp='1385488214' post='2288894']
Love the sound on that Track minty, makes me wish I could still get hold of a WizPup
[/quote]

Thank you!

[Jonnyboy Rotten]

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1377020631' post='2182339']
It's always such a shame when someone like Andy retires without someone to pass it all on to. All that knowledge and experience, all gone
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Yeah you would have thought he would sell on the business or train up someone to take his place. His business is clearly worth a fair bit in good-will alone. It seems a shame it wasn't carried on. Oh well. Best of luck to him and his circumnavigation of the British isles!

[bassintheface]

Bummer to hear he's closed down!

I bought a pair of 84's for my Jazz in March and they are awesome.

I'm not going to let them out of my sight now!!

[bassintheface]

Bummer to hear he's closed down!

I bought a pair of 84's for my Jazz in March and they are awesome.

I'm not going to let them out of my sight now!!

[The Dark Lord]

That's a cool goodbye message he has on the site. I bought a set of Strat pickups from them way back in the day. Good they were.

[mart3442]

Hope it was his decision. My association with Andy goes back to the days when he was working for Kent Armstrong, when Kent moved back to the 'States, he recommended Andy as his natural successor to all his customers.
Andy got off to a great start as not only was his work on a par with Kents, (as you would expect, having worked alongside him for all those years) but he was also cheaper and remained cheaper than the majority of the competition until he retired.
I mean: A J Bass vintage SET for the price of ONE pickup from certain other UK companies......
Good luck Andy, enjoy your retirement.

[Musky]

Bump for some potentially good news!

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/229015-whats-like-wizard-84s-but-not-wizard-84s/page__view__findpost__p__2360142

[Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups]

We are the lucky folk continuing Andy's legacy, Full forum launch to follow, please check out our FB:

https://www.facebook.com/hotrodguitarparts?ref=hl

[gary mac]

Great news.

I've been over and liked your FB page. Wishing you luck and success.

[brensabre79]

Same here, this is great news!

[Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups]

Thanks very much guys, we have been working very hard hand in hand with Andy to respect his legacy and maintain his quality, We all have a background in the guitar industry and could have launched 6 months ago, but we have held off and invested the time (and money) needed to launch a product we are proud of. We also have facility for full custom builds (Eternal Guitars) and re-finishing in our bespoke spray facility.

[Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups]

Please check out our first of many bass pickup demos to come:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GauV3Y2HpiE&feature=youtu.be

Hot Rod Pickups
www.hot-rodpickups.com

[Thunderbird]

Had a look at your we site nice to see some of those pups again....I did not see any Tele bass pups though do you not do them?

[Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups]

We do do the Tele Bass pickup indeed, Please check out our Launch Party clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsDn0pN-1ac&feature=em-upload_owner

[Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups]

Hi Guys, Sorry for the radio silence, We have been extremely busy and I have been welcoming a new baby daughter to the Hot Rod family Below is a quick comparison demo of our Thumper P Bass set by session ace Don Richardson, He describes them as "Its like having a blanket lifted off of my amp", Love to know what you guys think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjzgCdNLLlw