Stealth Woofer Pickup

[therealting]

Has anyone added a "stealth" woofer pickup to their bass for those EB-style lows? I have one on my Yamaha Attitude Special and it sounds great mixed in with the P pickup. I'd love to have one hidden on a normal-looking P bass, I imagine I'd have to use quite a powerful one since it would be below the pickguard.

[Dood]

I love the idea but I can't get my head round the lack of efficiency having a pickup so far away from the strings under the pick guard. It's got to be a massively overwound pickup to get the level high enough or the P pickup quiet to balance it's output?

[therealting]

Well this is what I want to know (:

On my Strats, my neck pickups are generally lowered to balance with bridge and middle pickups which have to be raised to increase their output.

[EBS_freak]

My mate had a John English "Stealth". Like this - https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/SOR00522/electric-guitars/second-hand-fender-master-built-john-english-stealth-esquire

All very cool... apart from one problem. It did sound kinda sh1t when the stealth pickups were used.

[therealting]

Wonder if it's because those were vintage spec pickups, and a more powerful pickup might help? I only want it for the low end frequencies really.

[pineweasel]

Here's a neat one I was reading about recently: http://www.callowhillbass.com/lafave/

[therealting]

[quote name='pineweasel' timestamp='1477418612' post='3162111']
Here's a neat one I was reading about recently: http://www.callowhillbass.com/lafave/
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YES. That is perfect.

[EBS_freak]

That bass Callowhill bass is pretty cool.

Sadly Tim Cloonan (Callowhill builder/owner) recently passed so I'm not sure if any more new Callowhill basses will surface.

[karlfer]

[quote name='therealting' timestamp='1477296741' post='3161101']
Has anyone added a "stealth" woofer pickup to their bass for those EB-style lows? I have one on my Yamaha Attitude Special and it sounds great mixed in with the P pickup. I'd love to have one hidden on a normal-looking P bass, I imagine I'd have to use quite a powerful one since it would be below the pickguard.
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If it's the bass I think it is, then it's not really a "stealth" pick up is it?
What you might like to consider is getting such a pick up, WITH a cover, then routing the body and cutting a hole in the scratchplate.
Sorry I've not got many photos of what I mean, but you can just about see it on this one.

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[Kiwi]

If you asked Aaron Armstrong to make you a woofer pickup using neo magnets, I'm pretty sure it could be done.

[therealting]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1477484828' post='3162516']


If it's the bass I think it is, then it's not really a "stealth" pick up is it?
What you might like to consider is getting such a pick up, WITH a cover, then routing the body and cutting a hole in the scratchplate.
Sorry I've not got many photos of what I mean, but you can just about see it on this one.

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Yeah, the Attitude Special I have looks just like that one (but black), but I'd love to have a stealth one in a normal-looking P bass. The Callowhill example is a good one.

[MoonBassAlpha]

You could use an active circuit to balance the relative volume of the pickups out. Woofer problem solved.

[Bigwan]

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1477477849' post='3162442']
That bass Callowhill bass is pretty cool.

Sadly Tim Cloonan (Callowhill builder/owner) recently passed so I'm not sure if any more new Callowhill basses will surface.
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That is pretty much my ideal bass I think... Awful news about Tim Cloonan.