Artec “Fat Pole” pickups

68Tele-Bass

68Tele-Bass

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Oh hey!! I grabbed a P/J set of these from Guitarmadness with plans on throwing them into my Squier Jaguar bass. It presently has the “Duncan Designed” AlNiCo P and J bridge pickups, which are probably made by Artec as well! :thumbsup:

Anyone have any experience with these?? They definitely give a chunky look, and something different to the table.- might be fun- but anyone out there used these??
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Here is a Jazz set- I’ve got the P and a jazz bridge..
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Thanks for any input- C-Note:cool:
 

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BeefPie84 said:
I've had several types of Artec pickups over the years, and they've all been quite good. I think at $42 bucks you probably are going to be pleased w the results.
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Yes- I think they also make pickups for Wilkinson and other “branded” stuff as well- they seem to be great value for the coin.
I’ve got an Epi EB-3 I’m thinking about grabbing the “Hot Sidewinder” from Artec as well-

cmcbass said:
I got a set of alnico strat pickups through guitar madness a couple years ago. They're good quality, and I like how they sound. I don't know if everything guitar madness sells is made by artec, and I have no experience buying bass pickups through them.
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Yes- I’m pretty pleased with the service and inventory and prices at GuitarMadness- they get lots of like over on TDPRI forums (the Telecaster pages- I’m active over there as well :cool:)

thanks for the replies!! :bassist:
 
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I haven't tried that set, but I've used a lot of their guitar pickups and hardware over the years and have always been happy with the cost/performance ratio.

I got a Squier PJ on Monday as the foundation for a fretless project... your post has me heading over to ebay now for pickups.;)
 
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I put a set of the Artec fat pole precision bass pickups in a parts bass I have, just because I wanted to try them. I replaced a set of Fender Original P bass pickups I had in it. The bass sounded very good with the originals but I have to say I really like the fat poles. Comparison wise I would say that the fat poles are a little more focused and articulate with a bit more output IMHO. I did find that pickup height adjustment is something that needs to be payed attention to. YMMV
 
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digmeout said:
I put a set of the Artec fat pole precision bass pickups in a parts bass I have, just because I wanted to try them. I replaced a set of Fender Original P bass pickups I had in it. The bass sounded very good with the originals but I have to say I really like the fat poles. Comparison wise I would say that the fat poles are a little more focused and articulate with a bit more output IMHO. I did find that pickup height adjustment is something that needs to be payed attention to. YMMV
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THANKS!!! You are the first person who seems to have actually thrown them into a bass and played them!!:cool:

I’m inspired to get them into my Jaguar longscale PJ now!
 
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68Tele-Bass said:
THANKS!!! You are the first person who seems to have actually thrown them into a bass and played them!!:cool:

I’m inspired to get them into my Jaguar longscale PJ now!
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I was originally thinking about trying the Delano PMVC FEM2 Series P Bass pickups but not knowing anything about fat pole pickups I thought I would give the Artecs a try. Turns out I like what the big poles do, so I might just order a set of the Delano's. Nothing wrong with the Artec's but the Delano's are in a different league I suspect. YMMV
 
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digmeout said:
I was originally thinking about trying the Delano PMVC FEM2 Series P Bass pickups but not knowing anything about fat pole pickups I thought I would give the Artecs a try. Turns out I like what the big poles do, so I might just order a set of the Delano's. Nothing wrong with the Artec's but the Delano's are in a different league I suspect. YMMV
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Yeah, but for 2 hundo v. $28.
 
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I put the ceramic version in this 2021 CIC Squier Jazz. I don't hear a dramatic difference between them and the factory pickups, but I think they look cool, they were $20 shipped, and it satisfied my curiosity, so I'm happy. jfyi, the pickguard is a Musiclily from Amazon. It needed a little work with a file in the neck area, and that's it.

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Does anyone know what the deal is with the output for these pickups? The neck shows 5.7K ohms. Is that right? Seems really low. I was looking at some similar big pole pickups by Dragonfire, same thing. Really low ohms. Is there something unique about these kinds of pickups that causes this low reading?

I ask because I was considering trying a big pole neck pickup to put in my J bass, to pair with a quarter pounder-style bridge pickup. I was just wondering if the big pole would be too weak. Can anyone shed some light on this? Any info would be appreciated, thanks.
 
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Supernaute said:
. Is there something unique about these kinds of pickups that causes this low reading?
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DCR figures roughly follow wire wind count. 4mm pole pieces in a bobbin allow for more wire than 9mm pole pieces in the same size bobbin.

While there's a wee bit more to DCR, thinner gauge gives a higher wind count, what you're seeing is mostly down to physical constraints.
 
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