AngeR Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hmmm...like when all the toilets were stolen from my local Police Station...not much to go on... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) My best bet is a 5 string J pickup. And possibly a stacked coil design too. Edited March 18, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Ahahahah thanks for the tip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 https://www.avbasses.com/en/contact/ After asking Ales, you will tell us, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Awesome! Thank you sir. If I find something I’ll keep the post updated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 These are BassCulture stacked humbuckers (because of the wires colour). Ask Christoph Dolf there : https://www.bassculture.de/impressum.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Thank you sir! I will ask him if you’re right 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngeR Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 Confirmed! Those are early Bassculture stacked JB. Thank you all Guys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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