PRICE. £240
Our all new 8 COIL MINI
Designed as a replacement for Factory type Bass Guitars using the Soap-Bar sized or 35DC type pickup. Featuring full Earth shielding & 8 individual Hand Scatter wound, (reverse wound, reverse polarity), matched coils . The Pickup is very quiet in operation with an absolute minimum of cross talk between strings.
Wired directly as a full Humbucker , the pickup has a near transparent bass response , giving a precise, full & detailed tone. Wired as 2 pseudo single coils, produces a slightly brighter response with a sweetness , exceptional clarity & definition with minimum noise.
This pickup is suited to higher quality Instruments as the tone woods used in a Bass Guitar play a big part in the overall tonal qualities with a pickup of this type fitted..
Connects directly to Series wired, standard factory electronics or can be wired passively. Instruments require a pickup cavity with a minimum 21mm depth to use the 8 coil MINI pickup. This pickup is highly suited to hand made Bass guitars & Franken-Basses using existing Necks & Bodies of a high build quality.
SPEC.
Individual Neodymium rare earth Magnets
Hand scatter wound coils with 42 AWG plain enamel wire 10 K.Ohm output D.C
5 point wiring on all 3 model options;
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Option 1. standard 8 coil MINI pickup
Available Coil outputs=
All 8 coils / full humbucker +
2x pseudo single (4) coil outputs
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Option 2. split 8 coil MINI pickup
All 8 coils / full humbucker + Split-p & reverse Split-p outputs =maximum tonal flexibility
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Option 3. 1 Humbucker per string 8 coil MINI pickup.
PLEASE NOTE* this version can only be used with an active coil balancing pre-amp* & has a single output option of all 8 coils together.
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All of our 8 coil MINI pickups are Wax saturated (potted) against Microphonic feedback. With Earthed steel chassis plates & adjustable Pole pieces, just like our popular MM 8 Coil.
Standard Coil Magnet polarities
Front: South,
Rear: North
Handmade covers with many colour options as standard. Including Black & White
DIMENSIONS.
Length 89 mm Width 38 mm
Height 23 mm
Screw spacings: 81.5 mm
Pole spacings: 1-4 = 57 mm
PRICE. £240
ALL Herrick pickups are supplied with fixing screws & metal coil springs. We strongly advise against using a FOAM type cushioning under our pickups as FOAM can distort or damage the pickup covers we produce & interfere with the pickup's ability to function correctly.