Members Saturday Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 help me compile a list for replacement pickps for short-scale basses.. they are very rare and very few, and i need to consider which ones to put to my hi-flyer bass. so far:schaller bassbuckers. apparently hard to find. different sound, with more muscle, like a "mini-musicman singray".emg bass humbuckers. they sell these in stewmac. humbucker-sized, with 'blade polepieces'. i dont like the name emg. and they are very cheap (30 bucks a piece). in the univox.org site they recommend those actually, so perhaps they are better anyway than the originals.epiphone eb-0 pickups. i compared these in a store with mine and the size and distance is the same. dimarzio makes the model one, that is a direct replacement and they arent that expensive.darkstar pickups. these are expensive as hell (a bit less than 200 a piece) but they are supposed to be the best single-coil pickup for short-scale EVER. it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted September 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roguetitan Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 this is a no brainer for me the Hammon Dark Stars:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 Any pickup will fit a short scale bass just fine.Now if you're talking about the small soapbar form, most brands have them. EMG, Bartolini, Rio Grande, Hofner and many others.Artec has the widest choice I think.What makes the selection difficult is the lack of standard size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted September 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 these pickups are sized like a guitar humbucker is that what you call 'small soapbar'?the string spacing is 670mm, that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 these pickups are sized like a guitar humbucker is that what you call 'small soapbar'?the string spacing is 670mm, that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturday Posted September 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 thats pretty wide... what francois...JA..is saying is the string doesnt know what electronic instrument is picking up the vibes... if you have a rout which demands a certain shape you could be in trouble but if you rout to suit a generic P..any P will fit just get the ratios of scale length to pup to bridge sizes right for the P its scale over 6 and for the jazz nearly the same for the neck and around scale over 14 for the bridge... but for wider string spacings you may need to get a 5'er with bar coil pup design barts are pretty good what is the short scale bass maker sorry, it was .680mm (big difference) it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted September 7, 2007 Members Share Posted September 7, 2007 sorry, it was .680mm (big difference) it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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