Bob Hoover Ross
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Anyone have any recommendations for pickups in a 6-string (BEADGC) Gecko bass?
I'm leaning towards something that I can use passively, but that will also work with an active preamp/eq if I so desire ...and who am I kidding? I'll probably desire that 5 minutes after I get the passive electronics all wired up! But I want to start out with a simple, austere, purist build for now.
I think string spacing will be ~16.5mm but I'd prefer a pickup that doesn't have individual polepieces so I don't get pigeon-holed into one spacing.
Based on some minimal research, the pickups that should work include:
- Aguilar DCB
- Delano SBC6
- Lace Alumitone 4.5
- Nordstrand Dual Blade
- and several Bartolinis (although I haven't had a lot of success running Barts in a purely passive instrument. *LOVE* them in combination with an active preamp, but ideally I want something that will sound at least as loud as a stock P Bass without batteries, and the Barts I've tried don't quite meet that standard.)
Anyway... anyone have any opinions about any of those pickups, or other suggestions? Anyone have a 6-string Gecko and if so, what pickups did you use?
Thanks.
I'm leaning towards something that I can use passively, but that will also work with an active preamp/eq if I so desire ...and who am I kidding? I'll probably desire that 5 minutes after I get the passive electronics all wired up! But I want to start out with a simple, austere, purist build for now.
I think string spacing will be ~16.5mm but I'd prefer a pickup that doesn't have individual polepieces so I don't get pigeon-holed into one spacing.
Based on some minimal research, the pickups that should work include:
- Aguilar DCB
- Delano SBC6
- Lace Alumitone 4.5
- Nordstrand Dual Blade
- and several Bartolinis (although I haven't had a lot of success running Barts in a purely passive instrument. *LOVE* them in combination with an active preamp, but ideally I want something that will sound at least as loud as a stock P Bass without batteries, and the Barts I've tried don't quite meet that standard.)
Anyway... anyone have any opinions about any of those pickups, or other suggestions? Anyone have a 6-string Gecko and if so, what pickups did you use?
Thanks.