Warning, this is off ebay. but I see very few like this, anf felt I must share. a Gold Lipstick pickup.... might have to build a tele http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1pc-Gold-...item4ac919331a
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Warning, this is off ebay. but I see very few like this, anf felt I must share. a Gold Lipstick pickup.... might have to build a tele http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1pc-Gold-...item4ac919331a
nice! how evil of you to post this up....
Lads - if you're going down this path - check out the ToneRiders http://www.pitbullguitars.com/?page_id=4112 - may not have the chick attracting lipstick look, but I think they'll win hands down in the sound stakes. Having heard the Gavmeister in person waxing lyrical about them - I gather they're top notch.
You guys might like these then....
http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Pro-...one_c_112.html
Psst! The Tele neck pickup isn't actually a lipstick tube, it just looks similar... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipstick_pickup
Try Danelectro or any of the Dan' made Silvertone, Coral, Harmony, etc instruments for the real thing. There are also lipstick pickups to retro-fit Stats, Jazz Basses too which are shorter and possibly wound differently to maintain similar resistance? (and often considerably more expensive...)
I just bought a pair (single tubes for neck + bridge position - perhaps one is reverse wound to get a humbucking effect in series, otherwise I'm not sure why they would distinguish between them?) with close to original Danelectro resistance of 5.1k/5.2k pretty cheaply (US$34 with postage). You can get them even cheaper than that but with uncertain specs and different mounts.
I confess that part of my interest in building a Danelectric clone bass is in these unusual and very retro looking pickups! :-)