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WerkSpace
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Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:19 pm Posts: 1889 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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DIY pickups on Reverb?
I saw this DIY Grand Stick pickup on Reverb this morning. I didn't know that people were making their own pickups? https://reverb.com/ca/item/74842367-diy ... v-2-pasv-4
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Captain Strings
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Joined: Thu May 30, 2013 2:45 pm Posts: 801 Location: Sylmar, California
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
I've seen a few other home brew modules. Some better than others. I've considered trying my hand at something like that but I'm pretty satisfied with my Stickup and my PASV-4. Nowadays I'm using my energy to play.
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Scronk
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Joined: Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:21 am Posts: 296 Location: Straya
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
For sure, yes people have developed their own pickups. This is from a chat with Jaap who pioneered an ACTV-3, which sounds very nice. You’ll recognises the EMG quality immediately! viewtopic.php?p=130485#p130485Here’s a couple of demos: https://youtu.be/QgRFYw5A6fs?si=oEngtY0GDuhbsETehttps://youtu.be/uQJMeW8XqD0?si=zYkerE_glZoJ3Ki8I had plans a while back to fabricate an ACTV-4. The EMGs can be driven with 18v for extra headroom, which you hear on some bass and guitar forums occasionally. On the active side it would be possible to make a phase inversion circuit to get that hollowed-out sound from the EMGs. One day… I’m interested in a pickup like this going into a stereo parametric EQ with memory presets. Not sure what that pedal is, but it must exist.
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earthgene
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Joined: Wed May 25, 2011 3:28 pm Posts: 4150
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
These do look enticing... It has been great to see Jaap doing his thing with these pickups. @Scronk, check out the - Source Audio EQ2 - it's essentially a 2 channel EQ workstation.
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Big George Waters
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Joined: Tue May 14, 2019 4:16 pm Posts: 471 Location: East Derby, CT
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
Trey Gunn had something pretty crazy mounted on his Grand Stick when KC played in Argentina, it literally looked like a P bass set up mounted on a metal plate with some cables coming off it.
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DavidWS
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 am Posts: 1227 Location: North West Scotland
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
WerkSpace wrote: I saw this DIY Grand Stick pickup on Reverb this morning. That pickup module is now fitted to my #5826, in place of the original PASV-4 (now carefully packed away). Very nice sound. Very like the genuine Stickup in #7472.
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WerkSpace
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Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:19 pm Posts: 1889 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: DIY pickups on Reverb?
I'm glad to hear that it worked out for you. Happy Tapping! DavidWS wrote: WerkSpace wrote: I saw this DIY Grand Stick pickup on Reverb this morning. That pickup module is now fitted to my #5826, in place of the original PASV-4 (now carefully packed away). Very nice sound. Very like the genuine Stickup in #7472.
_________________ #404 Stick - (1978) Angico hard wood. #6460 Railboard - Black with glow inlays.
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