Please help me identify pickups on a AV Bass

[AngeR]

Hi guys!

 

A few months ago, I bought an amazing AV Bass AVJ5 secondhand. I'm very happy with the bass itself but the pickups somehow don't sound as I was expecting... Definitely don't sound like a normal J pickup, they have more a humbucker type sound. I know that these are stacked coil (people tend to say that stacked coils are more "soft" and have less highs that single coils)

When I contacted Ales Vichodyl (btw very cool guy to deal with, couldn't be more happier), he told that the bass was sold with Aguilar pickups. I really doubt that these are Aguilar.

 

Any ideas? Does anybody recognize the brand / maker or have any clue?

 

Thank you for helping me on this

[TheGreek]

Hmmm...like when all the toilets were stolen from my local Police Station...not much to go on...

[Baloney Balderdash]

My best bet is a 5 string J pickup. 

 

And possibly a stacked coil design too.

 

Edited March 18, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[AngeR]

Ahahahah thanks for the tip

[itu]

https://www.avbasses.com/en/contact/

After asking Ales, you will tell us, don't you?

[AngeR]

6 minutes ago, itu said:

https://www.avbasses.com/en/contact/

After asking Ales, you will tell us, don't you?

I did. He told me that the bass was sold with Aguilar pickups but I don’t think that Aguilar make stacked coil pickups

[itu]

12 minutes ago, AngeR said:

I did. He told me that the bass was sold with Aguilar pickups but I don’t think that Aguilar make stacked coil pickups

Me blind, sorry.

If you have a DMM, check the resistance. It may give a hint of the type. If you have magnet, or a compass, you can check the polarities.

 

Side by side humbucking pickups, like Status, the magnets are opposite, half N and half S.

 

https://www.aguilaramp.com/wp-content/uploads/aguilar-pickup-DCB-5J.pdf

These are side by side humbucking.

Edited March 18, 2023 by itu

[AngeR]

Awesome! Thank you sir. If I find something I’ll keep the post updated

[Baloney Balderdash]

14 hours ago, itu said:

Me blind, sorry.

If you have a DMM, check the resistance. It may give a hint of the type. If you have magnet, or a compass, you can check the polarities.

 

Side by side humbucking pickups, like Status, the magnets are opposite, half N and half S.

 

https://www.aguilaramp.com/wp-content/uploads/aguilar-pickup-DCB-5J.pdf

These are side by side humbucking.

I am pretty sure OP's pickups are stacked coils (on top of each other), not split coil (side by side), ("faux singlecoil") humbuckers.

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[AngeR]

23 hours ago, itu said:

Me blind, sorry.

If you have a DMM, check the resistance. It may give a hint of the type. If you have magnet, or a compass, you can check the polarities.

 

Side by side humbucking pickups, like Status, the magnets are opposite, half N and half S.

 

https://www.aguilaramp.com/wp-content/uploads/aguilar-pickup-DCB-5J.pdf

These are side by side humbucking.

Just tested with a magnet and definetly not a side by side humbucker. One pickup is N and the other is S

[Hellzero]

These are BassCulture stacked humbuckers (because of the wires colour).

 

Ask Christoph Dolf there : https://www.bassculture.de/impressum.html

[AngeR]

Thank you sir! I will ask him if you’re right 😉

[AngeR]

Confirmed! Those are early Bassculture stacked JB. Thank you all Guys