ordering pickups from the usa.........

[funkgod]

thought i would try some lollar pickups in my jazz

so a pair of dc pickups from the USA is £250

 

https://www.lollarguitars.com/

......................................................................

Cart subtotal £250.70

FedEx International Economy£24.26

Duties, taxes, and feesNothing due at the door

£80.46

Order total £355.42

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£80 tax

 

ahhhhhhh.... i think al shop about 😞

so does anyone know of anyone selling them in uk/europe ?

Edited April 2 by funkgod

[PaulThePlug]

Tonerider Jazz 'Duke'

https://tonerider.com/products/the-duke-jazz

For less than the tax!

[Delberthot]

Thomann sell Lollars but they only have the DC version as PJs

 

https://www.thomann.co.uk/pickups_for_4_string_j_bass.html?manufacturer[]=Lollar&gk=GITABA4J&sp=solr&cme=true&filter=true

 

Alternatively, try the UK dealers listed:

 

https://www.lollarguitars.com/dealers-europe

 

If they don't have them, they should be able to get them

[Owen]

Pickups = magnets, wire and bobbins. Talk to any UK winder and say "can I have something like this please". 

[Earbrass]

8 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Tonerider Jazz 'Duke'

https://tonerider.com/products/the-duke-jazz

For less than the tax!

So many reasons to choose UK products over US ones, apart from the price!

[PaulThePlug]

10 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Tonerider Jazz 'Duke'

https://tonerider.com/products/the-duke-jazz

For less than the tax!

Sorry... missed the DC - Dual Coil bit...

[mikebass456]

10 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Tonerider Jazz 'Duke'

https://tonerider.com/products/the-duke-jazz

For less than the tax!

Got a Tonerider precision pickup in one of my custom DC juniors - it's thunderous!! 😎🤘🤘

[Hellzero]

You'll pay almost the same over here @funkgod...

 

https://www.kitarapaja.com/lollar-dc-jazz-bass-set_1

 

https://www.tonefactory.nl/lollar-dc-j-bass

 

...

[Dan Dare]

4 hours ago, Owen said:

Pickups = magnets, wire and bobbins. Talk to any UK winder and say "can I have something like this please". 

 

This. Pickups are the electric guitar/bass world's equivalent of hi-fi's magic cables.

[funkgod]

6 hours ago, Hellzero said:

You'll pay almost the same over here @funkgod...

 

https://www.kitarapaja.com/lollar-dc-jazz-bass-set_1

 

https://www.tonefactory.nl/lollar-dc-j-bass

 

...

 

 

thanks guys

cheers for that

at the mo im using gold MECs from the thumb bass, nice but just wanted to try something different.

just to see if it does infact make a difference 🙂

but im not sure about spending £350 to find out.

al prob wait till a 2nd hand pair pop up, no rush.

be nice to have a uk list of pickup makers though.

[Owen]

Cat's Whiskers pickups consistently have done the business for me

 

https://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/

[Sean]

Toltec pickups from Leeds. They're from Laverack guitars. Lee is very helpful and makes a cracking pickup at very competitive prices. His J and P pickups are fantastic.

Edited April 3 by Sean

[ead]

The folks are also very good:  https://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/custom-handwound-pickups-from-the-creamery/scatterwound-bass-pickups.html

 

[LowB_FTW]

4 hours ago, funkgod said:

be nice to have a uk list of pickup makers though.

I'll add https://www.geminipickups.co.uk to the growing list.

Very good to deal with, incredibly helpful and receptive to emails.

 

Mark

[kodiakblair]

On 03/04/2025 at 19:12, funkgod said:

be nice to have a uk list of pickup makers though.

Bloodstone Guitarworks

Herrick Pickups.

Fletcher Pickups.

Armstrong Pickups.

Fife Pickups.

 

There's also a lad called Martin Harmer, I've an alnico 2 spilt coil from him along with a 51 alnico 2 single coil and a pair of 51 singles for a Tele jazz bass. For the latter Martin cut me custom bobbins to match my string spacing at neck/bridge positions, wound the bridge pickup hotter (to hold it's own against the neck position) and RWRP for hum-cancelling. 

 

Turnaround for the pair was 1 week and they were under £100 with postage.

 

 

[Sean]

3 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

 

Turnaround for the pair was 1 week and they were under £100 with postage.

 

 

That's cracking value and similar to Toltec. I was quoted more than double that (£240) for a pair with customisation from a well-known UK maker. I needed 2 pairs of Js made up as humbuckers and it's the difference between £200 and £480 for total job of 4 coils. And because I'm familiar with Toltec and not with the other more expensive one, it's a no-brainer.

[funkgod]

loads of great info coming in guys cheers,

Mods, can can we get a sticky to collect the info from here and add other pickup makers in the uk ?

i could start to collect and do a list in the op or another post, unless someone else wants a start one off ?

[ezbass]

There is Bareknuckle too:

 

https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickups/j-bass

https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickups/p-bass
 

And don’t forget Germany’s Delano (I have these in a couple of custom basses), great customer service too, https://www.delano.de

[kodiakblair]

If we're expanding the list to the rest of Europe, it'll get lengthy 😀

 

There's Hepcat over in France, Heaussel in Germany and Lundgren in Sweden. Spain had Jess Loueiro but I'm nit sure if he's still trading. 

 

Reckon I can add a few more when on lunch time break 👍

[NancyJohnson]

Oh, god, here we go.  

 

Honestly, just put anything in there.  You don't need to spend nearly £400 on pickups, even if they were hand wound by virgins in the mountains of Tibet and potted in wax from bees that produce manuka honey.

 

Buy some Warmans.  £20.  Tonally you won't hear any difference.  You'll want to hear difference, you'll believe you hear a difference, but there won't be any difference.

[Dan Dare]

2 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Oh, god, here we go.  

 

Honestly, just put anything in there.  You don't need to spend nearly £400 on pickups, even if they were hand wound by virgins in the mountains of Tibet and potted in wax from bees that produce manuka honey.

 

Buy some Warmans.  £20.  Tonally you won't hear any difference.  You'll want to hear difference, you'll believe you hear a difference, but there won't be any difference.

 

True dat. When I built my bitsa P, I intended to string it with knackered La Bellas and go for the Jamerson sound, Decided on the standard Seymour Duncan P pickup at about £40. For nearly three times the price, I could have bought the SD Antquity. The spec's were identical for both. The Antquity just came with worn looking plastic covers. Sounds just as I wanted it to.

[NHM]

On 03/04/2025 at 11:13, mikebass456 said:

Got a Tonerider precision pickup in one of my custom DC juniors - it's thunderous!! 😎🤘🤘

Being a DC Tribute player myself, I'd be interested in knowing how different the upgrade sounded on yours. What strings are you using?

[mikebass456]

4 minutes ago, NHM said:

Being a DC Tribute player myself, I'd be interested in knowing how different the upgrade sounded on yours. What strings are you using?

I'm using Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Short Scale 45-105 strings on both.

The Tone rider pickup gives me more of a jazz type sound (bit brighter than a P bass), but the Armstrong pickup is a lot deeper, with more thump.  The body on the darker bass is thicker and heavier than the lighter one as well, which will undoubtedly add to the difference.....