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Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 20th, 2014, 10:24 am
by Brock
I bought a 74 - 75 BC Rich Seagull without any parts. It calls for Bartolini Hi A humbuckers that are only 2 - 3/4" wide + bezel. I have a pair that are 3" wide with really cool wooden bezels that I can trade or cash will work too!
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 20th, 2014, 10:27 am
by andrew
Hi Brock, welcome to the board!
Cool bass, good luck with the restoration.
Hi-A pickups sound great. Wonderful clarity and detail.
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 20th, 2014, 2:11 pm
by Brock
Thanks Andrew! Being that my love for particular axes (brands & models) is shared here, I do feel welcome
Please let me know if I cross any lines. I need parts & my friend needs lefthanded basses in his book.
I can share an article I wrote for the BCRich Players Forum on reversing Grover Titans & that the Schaller version is NOT reversible at all....
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 20th, 2014, 2:49 pm
by andrew
Brock wrote:Thanks Andrew! Being that my love for particular axes (brands & models) is shared here, I do feel welcome
Please let me know if I cross any lines. I need parts & my friend needs lefthanded basses in his book.
I can share an article I wrote for the BCRich Players Forum on reversing Grover Titans & that the Schaller version is NOT reversible at all....
Go for it!
Not crossing any lines, that's what this forum is here for! It's tough enough finding lefty basses and info, hopefully this place can make things a bit easier for us all. There's some really knowledgeable guys here on all things lefty bass.
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 22nd, 2014, 12:15 pm
by Frenchy-Lefty
Are those the pickups that Jeff Berlin has on his bass?
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 22nd, 2014, 12:16 pm
by andrew
Frenchy-Lefty wrote:Are those the pickups that Jeff Berlin has on his bass?
Not a current bass. Hi A pickups were made by Bartolini, I believe before the namesake company.
Re: Looking for Hi - A pickups
Posted: October 22nd, 2014, 7:28 pm
by Brock
andrew wrote:Frenchy-Lefty wrote:Are those the pickups that Jeff Berlin has on his bass?
Not a current bass. Hi A pickups were made by Bartolini, I believe before the namesake company.
Story goes Bill Bartolini started his line of pickups in the 70s as Hi-A but the factory burned down in 1978.
When he regrouped, the company & pickups were forever more called Bartolini. I am not aware of anything
made after Bill's regroup that will properly fit in this bass - certainly nothing in his current lineup will do.
It's a restoration on a rare bass - so correct parts (at least that mount as original for now) are a must!!!!!
Rerouting for the wider Hi - As that I have (although period correct) doesn't even seem fair to this bass.
Close-ups of the correct Hi - As from my newer shape 75 BC Rich Seagull:
