HotWire Pickups
A bass can only sound as good as the pickups it has in it. In the years 2000 we tried all the brands and then decided we wanted our own pickups. The cream of the crop must be our W-Bucker which we developed in 2010, and we are constantly refining. Availalbe as a Dual Coil or Multi Coil Unit. Go from “serial” to “parallel” to “single coil” at the flick of a switch! Hear the various sound variations here:
These passive pickups pick up everthing the player gets out of the instrument. They also work great with active electronics. You will appreciate it when recording at the computer with the bass, working in the studio, or playing on a stage with lots of lighting.
HotWire Stacked Pickups fit any four- or five-string bass with single-coil pickup routings. We are also happy to make them to order and sell them separately. HotWire pickups upgrade every bass and can be ordered directly from us. On request, we also install them.
The motherbucker pickup has two stacked jazz coils in one cover, and a mini three way switch to switch from 60s "Jaco" to 70ies "Marcus" and have an extra fat tone when both coils are in operation!
The neck pickup has the same possibilities, i. E. two different jazz-neck sounds, and when they're together, a fat P-sound! Both pickups together provide access to many nuances - so you can offer all the variations of vintage bass sounds!
Our W-Bucker, Soapbar and MM pickups can also be wired as a split coil. These pickups are always shipped with four wires plus ground wire. This means that you can use a push-pull pot or a mini switch for different wirings and thus different sounds. Possible are e.g. Humbucker / single coil and serial-parallel options. Hear the different settings in our video:
Send your questions to: bert@hotwire-bass.de
or call the Hot Wire Hotline: 0049 6753 94571