was away on a trip to Maine, and didn't have net access while I was out ...
thanks for sharing your experience Andrew. what you wrote is consistent with feedback I've received from several other players who have made the pickup switch
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Nice review, Andrew. Are these the same PUPs that Rod was selling at a discount to forum members a year or so ago? I ordered both the P and J PUPS but still haven't installed them in anything yet.
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Was thinking about putting them in the Schecter Model T.
Andrew has a set of our take on a vintage P - we use all of the vintage components (wire, AlNiCo V magnets, and bobbin materials) with a custom wind and potting material with the intension of fine tuning the upper mids just a bit.
The P4 pickup set offered here on LB last year was of our modern P - we use the same magnets, bobbin materials, and potting material as in the vintage set, but the wire and wind pattern is a bit different for increased top end presence an attack. this set is my personal fav for palm muting and pick playing.
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My Regenerate P Bass PUPs are handwritten in white, "RP4 6 131116" and "RP4 E" respectively
My scribbling actually reads RP4 G on that coil - the 'E' and 'G' designators note which string pair the coil is wound for. No problem if you get them installed opposite when installed as a single P pickup ... but of importance to get installed correctly when the installation is paired with one of our split-coil J4's in a P/J set
and in case you're curious, that set was rolled on Nov 16 2013. the vintage model didn't exist yet, so there is no lower case letter after the RP4. In the past year we have expanded our RP4 offerings to include this set designated as our modern wind (RP4m), a vintage set (RP4v), and a custom set for the Bill Clements signature model (RPJ4bc) which utilizes a RP4m coil set with a custom RJ4 split-coil.
we also have a similar offering in our RJ4 pickups - RJ4m, RJ4v, and RJ4s (split coil). The RJ4bc split-coil wind is subtly different than our standard split-coil, and is only available loaded in a Bill Clements sig model bass.
The RJ4s bridge coil is specifically designed to be paired with a RP4 neck pickup (either M or V flavor), with the goal of minimizing the 'dead zone' you typically get when utilizing a blend knob on a P/J set. Due to several requests we have recently begun offering the RJ4s as a J/J set for those who want a full split-coil configuration for their J basses.
I've been prototyping various coils for the upcoming RP5 offerings, but am not quite satisfied with everything to where I'm ready to offer an initial batch for introductory sale. they are very close to being ready, but there is no deadline date for these to be available.
RJ5 offerings are currently shipping only as a component of our basses. RJ5 pickups will be available for sale without a bass sometime in 2015.
There's a lot of additional R&D going on behind the scenes. Hopefully I'll have more to share on some of this work as new models become available in the coming year
all the best,
R