Product: Bartolini 6RT Neck Pickup
Price Paid: US $$90-130 used
Submitted
02/14/2005
at
10:07pm
by
Fistnbone
Email: fistnbone at hotmail<dot>com
Features
:
Pickup features: Dual Coil/Humbucking, Passive
Impedence or other specs:
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: Rickenbacker 4003
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: Stock pups
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Rock, Psychadelic, Funk, Blues, Metal, Prog, etc...
Reason for pickup change: Wanted a humbucking pickup from a quality manufacturer.
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: Medium Hot.
Tone: Bassy, dark, smooth... not so trebly.
Sonic evaluation: Mesa Boogie Bass 400 with an SWR 4x10.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play prog/hard rock with blue/funk/psychadelic overtones. It works well.
Overall Rating
:
8
Comments: This pickup is definately bass heavy. But not muddy. It has a dark, smooth, defined quality to it. I wish it had just a little more treble to balance it with it's mate but between the two pickups, I have a wide variety of quality tones to choose from.
