are they the same size?

[spideyjg]

Aren't there any famous replacement pickup companies or small handmade pickup shops out there that provide replacements for Sabres? And: Did you contact EBMM Customer Service about this? (maybe silly questions, but sometimes the obvious gets overlooked)

Actually I offered one my Sabre for reverse engineering but they wanted to gig me $50.00 an hour to allow them to devise a new product they could sell.

Nope.

Jim

 

[spideyjg]

is that a G&L? it look way to big!

i don't want to route the body..

I wasn't going to tear the Sabre or the pickup apart. They are the same size and the apparent difference is an illusion due to the other pup sitting on top of the strings.

Jim

 

[rhythmCity944]

i can remember that the sabre pickups are a tad bit smaller than stingray pickups, so that's not an option either. I think the bass is rare enough with odd pick up sizes that it isn't practical for an after market company to build any sort of copy. The sabre seems to be more of an enthusiast instrument. You best bet might be to go on a treasure hunt or pay someone big bucks to make a copy that'll fit into the routings already in place in the sabre bass.

 

[bassvid75]

I wasn't going to tear the Sabre or the pickup apart. They are the same size and the apparent difference is an illusion due to the other pup sitting on top of the strings.

Jim

jim,

if you say so,i believe.

thanks once more.

Pedro

 

[cellkirk74]

Some of the small bass and pickup manufacturers over here make their own pickup covers out of wood. That may look totally different, but you can hide almost any coil combination with it.

May that be an option?

 

[bassvid75]

Some of the small bass and pickup manufacturers over here make their own pickup covers out of wood. That may look totally different, but you can hide almost any coil combination with it.

May that be an option?

it could be an option for shure...

i can wait for the original pups untill that apenned i just want to play it.

thanks!

Pedro

 

[oli@bass]

Check out this one. Pretty beat up, the neck is probably bad, maybe those of you who need parts can share this one?

MusicMan Sabre 1979 No Reserve - eBay (item 160431615638 end time May-08-10 19:11:16 PDT)

 

[bassvid75]

Check out this one. Pretty beat up, the neck is probably bad, maybe those of you who need parts can share this one?

MusicMan Sabre 1979 No Reserve - eBay (item 160431615638 end time May-08-10 19:11:16 PDT)

got that to late

thanks any way

Pedro

 

[Chuck B]

I'm sure that there is a pickup maker somewhere out there that makes you any pup you want.

 

[bassvid75]

time has passed and I havent found anything to fit on the Sabre bass.

 

[barginkov]

i love the sound of the MM basses, thats why i own them if you dont like the sound , just get a different bass, and let someone else love that bass as it was made .

 

[Rano Bass]

i love the sound of the MM basses, thats why i own them if you dont like the sound , just get a different bass, and let someone else love that bass as it was made .

Dude..... Read the thread, the OP does not have the original pickups, he owns the bass without them.

I say get the g&l pups and shape those to fit the bass instead of routing the body.

That way you can play the bass until you find a set of original Sabre pickups