Simon B's Custom ESB-4 Build.

[fender3x]

I hope this time it works out, but have been thinking about what to do if it does not. One that I considered...

At one time it was not uncommon for to see DiMarzzio X2N-B in basses. Quite a few guitar players used them too although they were designed for bass. It's not in their regular lineup anymore, but you can get them from the custom shop, and it's relatively easy to find them on eBay. I didn't find a link on YouTube do a bass player using them, but they were common enough there should be some...



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[fender3x]

Forgot to mention that I have gotten great service from DiMarzio.

I also hear good things about Kent Armstrong pickups, but I've never used them...

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[Dedman]

Duesenburg sell bass humbuckers. I'm sure they would be tasty.

[fender3x]

Lots of clips of Duesenbergs on semi hollows on YouTube...

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[Simon Barden]

Duesenburg sell bass humbuckers. I'm sure they would be tasty.

Only guitar ones from my searches.

[Dedman]

they hide them

https://www.rockinger.com/index.php/...ickups/l-WG105

[Simon Barden]

But hide them very well indeed in Duesenberg's own store! https://store.duesenberg.de/en/pickups/?p=1

[fender3x]

Only guitar ones from my searches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPa0c-XDuE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwXCf44zopE&t=24s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkPe78DBGEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18HNBG64N8o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDUwa_M42YM

Not all great, but all Duesenberg "humbucker" size. Most on their "Starplayer" bass.

[Simon Barden]

Well, it looks like I may finally be getting a pristine set of pickups arriving tomorrow. I've been sent pictures of said pickups, so hopefully they get here OK.

On the down side, I finally got round to cutting out a cardboard headstock shape and trying to fit the standard size Hipshot tuners plus the Xtender on, and failing miserably. I just couldn't fit them on without the two bottom edge tuners being really bunched up and the clover leaf 'ears' almost touching whilst the top two tuners could be spaced well apart. To do even that, the tuners had to be right on the edge of the headstock with a lot of ear sticking out.

So they've been put aside and I've bitten the bullet and ordered some of the Hipshot Lite tuners. I've got these on my Lakland bass so I know they are a lot more compact and can fit them on in standard positions. The gear ratio on these is less at 20:1 compared to the 27:1 of the larger Hipshots, but I know mine keeps in tune and if they were good enough for Neil Murray to use for over 500 shows, then they'll be good enough for the chap I'm putting the bass together for.

[Simon Barden]

New pickups arrived today. At last, an unblemished set!



I've now got no excuse not to learn how to make some templates and rout out some pickup cavities. Apart from the weather, which is currently very cold with some light sleet, and I'm going to need to work outside.

First though I need to get some plywood and other timber to make a cradle for the body and a raised platform to stand over the body that I can rout from. Payday tomorrow!