Lick My Face Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Gives you more control over your sound. Something like EQ I think, and can be adjusted for every string. Ahhhh, so you could balance out your sound, so you get more beefy low-end and then get some sweet searing highs for the Solos for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick My Face Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Something like that. Sweeeeeeet. I see they do Bass pickups as well, though I've yet to hear a halfway-decent sound bite of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Sweeeeeeet. I see they do Bass pickups as well, though I've yet to hear a halfway-decent sound bite of them. I listened to a demo some guy did between them and his Bartolini pickups on the TalkBass forum (I think...) and they seemed to sound good. The Q-tuners seemed to have much more clarity, while still being nice and bass-y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick My Face Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I listened to a demo some guy did between them and his Bartolini pickups on the TalkBass forum (I think...) and they seemed to sound good. The Q-tuners seemed to have much more clarity, while still being nice and bass-y. Sweeeeet. Well, if I ever feel like it, I'd have to go for the BS pickups, seeing as how I have a Yamaha 5-String "Jazz" bass. Still, ~£140 for a matched pair sounds alright I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 they're expensive though. although for both the quality of sound, and the sheer amazing look of them, i'd pay it. i think that possibly they could easily rank up there in the best pickups around... possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 they're expensive though. although for both the quality of sound, and the sheer amazing look of them, i'd pay it. i think that possibly they could easily rank up there in the best pickups around... possibly. All the research I've done indicates that they are (taste permitting) definitely some of the best (at least bass) pickups out there. And hands down the best looking pickups I've ever laid eyes upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 yeah, i agree with the best looking one. on the site, under gallery, there's a silver one too which looks great. definitely if thats what you're into, you cant go wrong. i agree with that totally. speaking of good looking pickups, i think the alumitones have a great vintagey look to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick My Face Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 All the research I've done indicates that they are (taste permitting) definitely some of the best (at least bass) pickups out there. And hands down the best looking pickups I've ever laid eyes upon. Agreeeeeed. Wonder if the red/clear ones would look good on a black Bass? Scratch that, they would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 thats like saying, i wonder would a pint go well when ireland are kicking englands ass at rugby in croke park. the answer will always be yes. (joke by the way, england beat us in croke park the following year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick My Face Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 thats like saying, i wonder would a pint go well when ireland are kicking englands ass at rugby in croke park. the answer will always be yes. (joke by the way, england beat us in croke park the following year) Yeeeeeeeah, so you keep your mouth shut! But yeah, I get your point. Now I think about it, it would look rather sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 lol! pity we suck at rugby at the moment... it's a wonder why there arent more amazing looking pickups around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 lol! pity we suck at rugby at the moment... it's a wonder why there arent more amazing looking pickups around... Because where music is concerned, function over form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 true, but q-tuners are an example of how both the function and form are both awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 true, but q-tuners are an example of how both the function and form are both awesome. Yes, but nobody* would buy them if they didn't sound great, and nobody* would buy them solely because of how they look, so there isn't that much incentive to make pickups look great. *excluding idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 true. for my first build, however, i'm going for the best i can get out of a cheap budget. the way i see it, if i make a balls of the wiring or whatever, then a set of crappy pickups can be like test subjects. it's pointless in me spending a lot of money on fancy pickups incase i mess something up. if i wire up the cheep ones good, then it would make more sense then to go buy good ones. that all makes sense, right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 true. for my first build, however, i'm going for the best i can get out of a cheap budget. the way i see it, if i make a balls of the wiring or whatever, then a set of crappy pickups can be like test subjects. it's pointless in me spending a lot of money on fancy pickups incase i mess something up. if i wire up the cheep ones good, then it would make more sense then to go buy good ones. that all makes sense, right?? I don't see why you would bother. You'd have to be clumsier than a blind leper to fuck it up so badly that you make the pickups unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 so if, hypathetically (cos this would be the worst case scenario imo) i wired/soldered the pickup wires wrong, and realised that, if i unsolder, and do them correctly, everything will still work fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 so if, hypathetically (cos this would be the worst case scenario imo) i wired/soldered the pickup wires wrong, and realised that, if i unsolder, and do them correctly, everything will still work fine? Unless you make some brilliant new innovations in the field of failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 lol! cool. i just had some random worry out of nowhere that pickups were like, seriously delicate, seriously fragile, and easily fucked up. so really, the only thing i've to worry about when soldering is solder burns?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Simply put, yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I've said this before but try Swineshead if your after good sounding pickups with that unique look, they have loads of finishing options and if you don't like anything they have they will make you custom ones to what ever you want. http://www.swinesheadpickups.co.uk/ Also it's pretty hard to mess up wiring pickups and they are pretty hard to break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Q-tuners look way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Yeah I know, they are much more expensive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lick My Face Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Q-tuners look way better. Plus they come in Bassy flavours, so there's happiness all-round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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