Wizard Pickups?

[kevham]

Used my Aerodyne Jazz on a gig at the weekend and I noticed my D and G strings were very quiet so I decided to take a look at wiring.

Found a loose wire and that the P pickup has been replaced at some point with a Wizard 'Thumper'.

Anybody ever heard of these?

[Steve Browning]

Yes indeed. A lot of love on here for those. The guy behind them retired but they are now manufactured down near me by Eternal Guitars.

 

They are a hotter version of a vintage Precision pickup.

[kevham]

The jazz pickup has also been replaced with a Wizard '84'. 

[Lozz196]

You’ve had some good fortune there, the stock Aerodyne pickups were ok but Wizards are in a much different league.

[Supernaut]

Bit crap that someone sold you a bass without informing you that it was modded. Was it a seller on here? 

[Sibob]

32 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Bit crap that someone sold you a bass without informing you that it was modded. Was it a seller on here? 

 

Maybe they weren't aware that it was upgraded.

 

Si

[Supernaut]

Still - someone at some point modded it and never informed the next owner. 

[kevham]

On 23/08/2022 at 09:15, Supernaut said:

Bit crap that someone sold you a bass without informing you that it was modded. Was it a seller on here? 

Almost certainly unaware.

This bass is nearly 20 years old - probably been through many owners and mods get lost in the mists of time.

[Rumple]

I have a PJ set in my fretless, very nice indeed, as mentioned above there's a lot of love for their pickups on BC.

[Baloney Balderdash]

Yes, these pickups were original made by a guy named Bumbledork, however he died in bar brawl fighting an evil evil man named Waldomard, that started because Waldomard tried to kill Bumbledork's apprentice Perry Nutter, after having spiked his drink with LSD, who now makes the pickups. 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash

[ryancowell25]

You've lucked out with those wizards

 

Some info here from an old thread