Pinball Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Hi, I was pleased to score an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V. I want to replace the pickups with something that doesn't cost the earth and gives a nice even volume across the strings. The existing pups are an unnusual size of 93mmx40mm. If I can't get reasonably priced replacements I'm quite happy to go slightly smaller and fit surrounds of to do a little routing. I have seen kent Armstrongs that sound good but no idea what to look for. I'm assuming they they are passive pups with an active pre-amp. Is that correct? Any advice would be much appreciated. The bass spec is here: [url="http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Bass/Thunderbird-Pro-V.aspx"]http://www.epiphone....bird-Pro-V.aspx[/url] Edited February 22, 2017 by Pinball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 IIRC the first batch of Thunderbird Pro Vs were fitted with 4 string pickups (either by mistake or because Epiphone thought they could get away with it), which is why the B string sounds really weedy. Later in the production run this was sorted out, so it might be worth getting in touch with Epiphone, explaining your problem and seeing if they will be able to supply the correct replacement pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487626745' post='3241384'] it might be worth getting in touch with Epiphone, explaining your problem and seeing if they will be able to supply the correct replacement pickups. [/quote] It's been a couple of days and I heard nothing back from Epiphone, despite a supposed 24hr web presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 It might be worth visiting your local [url=http://www.epiphone.com/Support/Dealers.aspx?mappath=/Support/Dealers/Europe/United-Kingdom]Epiphone dealer[/url] and asking them or at least getting a contact for the UK distributor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487839856' post='3243341'] It might be worth visiting your local [url=http://www.epiphone.com/Support/Dealers.aspx?mappath=/Support/Dealers/Europe/United-Kingdom]Epiphone dealer[/url] and asking them or at least getting a contact for the UK distributor. [/quote] Yeah, don't count on that. Epiphone/Gibson we are a pain when I worked for a main dealer. I'm lead to believe it's definitely not an improving situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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