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WTB - 4 string bass soap bar pickup

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SnazzyGeezerSnazzyGeezer Frets: 36
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Im looking for a four string soap bar pickup to go in to a Cort GB bass. 

Preferably a MM style,but willing to entertain a regular soap bar (i can always mod the scratchplate somehow) 

Looking for something like an EMG,Bartolini,etc to replace the cheap pickup in there at present.

 

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  • SnazzyGeezerSnazzyGeezer Frets: 36

    Im looking for a four string soap bar pickup to go in to a Cort GB bass. Preferably a MM style,but willing to entertain a regular soap bar (i can always mod the scratchplate somehow)Looking for something like an EMG,Bartolini,etc to replace the cheap pickup in there at present.

     

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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    Which exact model of Cort GB series bass guitar are you modifying? 

    Which of its pickups are you replacing?

    I assume that the stock pickups are Powersound or Mighty Mite generic, passive SJ and MM types.
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  • SteveRobinsonSteveRobinson Frets: 6565
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    How about this? It's made by Schaller in Germany and from the late 80s. 

    Should clean up okay.


    Lacquer demos here: https://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/category/finish/
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  • DrBobDrBob Frets: 2969
    edited August 2022
    I’ve got an EMG 40DC on the parts pile at home if that’s any use ?

    https://i.imgur.com/TJWot1w.jpg


    https://i.imgur.com/5cHoPWX.jpg

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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    SteveRobinson said:
    Schaller … Germany … late 80s. 


    Somebody from my ancient past installed a pair of those into his defretted project Kay Travel bass. (The Austin Hatchet shape.) I forget whether he wired their coils in series or parallel. 
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  • SteveRobinsonSteveRobinson Frets: 6565
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    Somebody from my ancient past installed a pair of those into his defretted project Kay Travel bass. (The Austin Hatchet shape.) I forget whether he wired their coils in series or parallel. 
    Each coil has a DC resistance of around 7KΩ. It's a monster of a pickup.
    Lacquer demos here: https://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/category/finish/
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    I vaguely recall the "hatchet" bass having mini toggle switches. These might have been wired series/off/parallel, series/single/parallel or series/off/single. Their contribution to the overall output would have been governed by the individual volume pots.
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  • SnazzyGeezerSnazzyGeezer Frets: 36
    The Cort bass is a GB44
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    edited August 2022
    The pic helps. Thanks.

    Wisest to confine your search to direct replacement Stingray style pickups.

    I liked the Bartolini MMC in a Sterling RAY34. Parallel coil interconnection for the win. (Series mode was loud, dark and overbearing.)

    Plenty of other good brands out there. I cannot comment on them because I have not tried them.



    EDIT: Steve Robinson's Schaller bass humbucker should fit into the Cort's MM pickup cavity but would need the mounting surround to hide the gap between pickup and pickguard.

    I'm not sure how well the four screw holes in the Schaller mounting surround would align with the wood around the pickup rout. They need something into which to bite.
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