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    Interesting upright electric bass pickup

    I was fixing an upright bass with interesting magnetic pickups (piezo pickup is also installed). Does anyone know details of such pickups? They have very low impedance (<200 Ohms). The sound is OK but I prefer the piezo pickup sound.

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    nice wood! It looks a little like a Specimen "bootheel" pickup, but I don't think they are low imp.

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    • #3
      Looks like one coil per string. Appears to be a ceramic magnet in a copper tube?
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      • #4
        Yes, this is one coil per string. Each coil can be moved up or down independently. I'm not sure about the magnet - I already returned the bass to the owner.

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        • #5
          They look like they are wrapped in cork to isolate them from the body -maybe to reduce handling noise.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by David King View Post
            They look like they are wrapped in cork to isolate them from the body -maybe to reduce handling noise.
            Yes, that's correct. The cork makes it possible to move pickups up, or down without any additional mechanism.

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