Old 12-02-18, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fender1
Nice! I would definitely reccommend the Lollars. They are expensive but I think they are great. I tried the lower cost ebay T-Bird pickups but they did not have the same lows and range of tones to my ear. Accoridng to the Lollar website they were reverse engineered from a set of 1964 T-Bird pick ups. I have another set in a 2014 T-Bird, replacing the original ceramic magnet, humbuckers. Pretty much nails the Quadrophenia era Who bass tone.

As an example of how close they sound to original T-bird pickups my wife (who does not play bass) and I were in the car and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesady Gone" came on the radio and she said "Hey, that sounds like your bass! Not scientific but a pretty good endorsement.....
I always say *THE* T-Bird sound is the Kids In The Hall theme "Having An Average Weekend" by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.

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