Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
1Does anyone make them? They don't appear on any current models or in the Rickenbacker spares catalogue, is waiting for a vintage example to turn up sans bass my only option if I wanted to get one?
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
2tarandfeathers wrote:Does anyone make them? They don't appear on any current models or in the Rickenbacker spares catalogue, is waiting for a vintage example to turn up sans bass my only option if I wanted to get one?
pretty much. though they do turn up in the copies. greco, ibanez, rockinbetter, etc.
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
3tarandfeathers wrote:turn up sans bass
This got me thinking...
The SansBass pedal... by the makers of the SansAmp Bassdriver... Picks up the sound of your fingers, no bass necessary... Plug it into any amp and get a plethora of bass tones - P, Jazz, Rick, MusicMan, "coffee table bass" settings.
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
4Boombats wrote:tarandfeathers wrote:turn up sans bass
This got me thinking...
The SansBass pedal... by the makers of the SansAmp Bassdriver... Picks up the sound of your fingers, no bass necessary... Plug it into any amp and get a plethora of bass tones - P, Jazz, Rick, MusicMan, "potato bass" settings.
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
5that damned fly wrote:tarandfeathers wrote:Does anyone make them? They don't appear on any current models or in the Rickenbacker spares catalogue, is waiting for a vintage example to turn up sans bass my only option if I wanted to get one?
pretty much. though they do turn up in the copies. greco, ibanez, rockinbetter, etc.
Damn. I was sure there had to be some tiny pickup company out there making replicas. If anyone has one they want rid of, I'm probably interested...
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
6The toaster pickups in the basses are exactly the same as the ones in the guitars, if that helps. Somewhere must have one in stock. If not I recently put some Kent Armstrong replicas into a bass and they sounded pretty cool. You can get them from WD music if you email them.
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
7why not ask some respected luthier to build one for you? shouldn't be too hard.
so yeah, i'm a pussy.
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
8dangerboy wrote:The toaster pickups in the basses are exactly the same as the ones in the guitars, if that helps.
Ah, I didn't know that. Rickenbacker have a pickup for guitar in their catalogue, so I should be able to order one of those. Thanks!
Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
9Toasters are over rated. As a lifetime Ric player, I'm going to put in a vote for the newer, high outputs ones. I think they sound better.
Nothing wrong with the toasters, it's just that I don't think they merit the praise they get.
Curious - what is it that makes people go so crazy for them? My 1982 330/6 and my 1979 330/12 sound so much better than any other toaster'ed Ric I've ever had.
I've had the same experience with the basses.
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Nothing wrong with the toasters, it's just that I don't think they merit the praise they get.
Curious - what is it that makes people go so crazy for them? My 1982 330/6 and my 1979 330/12 sound so much better than any other toaster'ed Ric I've ever had.
I've had the same experience with the basses.
-A
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Toaster pickups for Rickenbacker basses?
10I'm interested because I like the bass sound on records I know were done with them. I've recorded basses with the new pickups and they sound really good, but not exactly like the sound I'm after. I'm thinking about picking up a 4003 and I was just curious about the possibility of putting one of these in to make it sound more, well, if I'm honest, more Squire.
I might be wrong because I haven't had a chance to play them side by side but the toasters seem a bit thinner, or maybe slightly scooped sounding in compariosn. I'd agree that in the guitars I've come into contact with the modern pickups sound better.
I might be wrong because I haven't had a chance to play them side by side but the toasters seem a bit thinner, or maybe slightly scooped sounding in compariosn. I'd agree that in the guitars I've come into contact with the modern pickups sound better.