Purple_String Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Been considering upgrading pickups on my Epi Viola bass, thinking it might make the bass a big step up like Epi electric guitars. But those mini humbucker shape bass pickups seem really hard to find than P/J or MM shape pickups. If I'll have to choose EMG 35HZ passive or DiMarzio DP120 Model One kind, there will need some serious modification in terms of appearance. Does anyone have any suggestions? Under $100 per each is more preferable. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Ampeg_Guy Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I have no idea if they'll fit, but it can't hurt to have a look at these Gotoh bass pickups on the Guitar Parts Resource site (the smaller ones in the middle of the linked page) that are stated to be for Gibson and some Epiphone models. You can contact them about whether they'll work, and the guy there was pretty straightforward in steering me away from parts he stocks but which would not fit my guitar. I've only bought from this vendor once, but it was a quick and pleasant experience. At this point he only takes PayPal, however. Hope they work for you. Old Ampeg Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_String Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Thanks, Old Ampeg Guy! I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Ampeg_Guy Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 My pleasure, Purple_String! FWIW, I was thinking that two of the bridge pickups might work, not the big neck one (based on what I recall of the pics of the Viola I've seen). Old Ampeg Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 G&L pickups fit in the Thunderbird. Don't know if that's relevent, but you might wanna check it out. And Bartolini makes a pup for just about everything too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelake07 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Curtis Novak works on many different types of different pickups, maybe a custom rewind would interest you: http://curtisnovak.com/pickups_repairs.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_String Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Curtis Novak works on many different types of different pickups' date=' maybe a custom rewind would interest you: http://curtisnovak.com/pickups_repairs.shtml[/quote'] Interesting...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_String Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 How about this Seymour Duncan pickup? Seymour Duncan SRB-1n The left one. It is supposed to be a replacement for Rickenbacker 4000-series bass neck pickup. I checked the dimension drawing and compared my rough measurement of Viola mini humbucker. They seem to share very similar shape and mounting dimensions. (Seymour Duncan SRB-1n dimensions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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