bcLr+ohni PICKUPS AND ELECTRONICS -120- mV mV J-250oj^ ETC-S, E90, ETC-D With Full Treble Boost -110- Gibson* L6-S - 1C, LCE40 -300 PAF* X2N* _ -100- - ETC-S, ETC-D Without Treble Boost - 2C, SBC, SRC, MME,IE -275- -90 -- 6S h 80 - -250- - 3S Gibson* 70 — IS, 28, 6RS, 16L-HB Patented as, IT, 2T, 4T, 6RT -225- Humbucker - LCE70 3X, 5J, 64H Precision Bass* - 60 - 9S, 94J -200- Jazz Bass* — 50 — 1HC, 2HC, SBHC,6RHC, 5K Rickenbacker* SDHP* — r- LCE60 4001 -40 - 36L, 44L, 8HC -175- Stratocaster* 16L, 16L-HC, 26L — 30 - Telecaster* - IB, LCE50 Rhythm 9V, 3XV, 84L Super II* ~ -150- E90 Without Treble Boost - 3A - 20 - - 3AV - 2B, SBB -125- -10 - Gibson* L6-S — - 1C, LCE40 L- 0 J PAF* -100 ^ PICKUP OUTPUT LEVEL COMPARISON PICKUPS Bartolini pickups are made to satisfy the musician's demand for superlative sound quality. Each type of pickup has been designed to fill a specific need and to provide unmatched tonal response and performance. Each of the following types of pickups is available in a wide variety of shapes to fit many different stock and custom instruments. In the diagrams the aperture(A) is the length of string sensed by the pickup.Single coil pickups have narrow aperture and brighter, more defined sound. Dual coil pickups have wide aperture and fuller, mellower sound.The string sensing coils are shown with a solid line and the hum cancelling coils with a dashed line. The DC resistance and peak impedance values shown are for the large humbucker size pickups. For comparison: Gibson Patented Humbucker-DC resistance: 7.4 K-ohms Peak impedance: 250 K-ohms Fender Stratocaster 5.5 K-ohms 530 K-ohms SINGLE COIL "N SINGLE COIL (S) — Narrow aperture, medium output pickups with warm, full range sound. Increased high and low frequency response yields more clarity and dynamic range than conventional designs. Very low noise and A hum, due to lower peak impedance. ± DC resistance: 6.7 K-ohms Peak impedance: 200 K-ohms C ) J SPLIT HUMBUCKER SPLIT HUMBUCKER (T) — Same aperture, output level and excellent tone as the single coil pickups plus the same low noise and hum of dual coil designs. Coils can be wired in series or parallel for added high frequency response or separately for stereo output. DC resistance: 7.5 K-ohms Peak impedance: 220 K-ohms HUM CANCELLER HUM CANCELLERS (HC) — Narrow aperture, slightly lower output level than S or T designs with extended high frequency response. Highest clarity and definition coupled with maximum rejection of hum and noise. The 1 HC, 2HC and SBHC models can be capacitance tuned to deliver the same A resonance and midrange emphasis(without hum)as the best P90 single coil 1 pickups. DC resistance: 7.5 K-ohms Peak impedance: 160 K-ohms T VERTICAL HUM CANCELLERS(V) — In narrow pickups (Jazz Bass*, Strat* and our acoustic model 3AV) the hum cancelling coil is stacked under the string sensing coil. Interaction between the stacked coils results in improved attack characteristics and lower output levels. The response of these pickups is unsurpassed for punch, clarity and lack of noise. DC resistance: Jazz Bass* 9.0 K-ohms Strat* 8.2 K-ohms Acoustic 1.5 K-ohms Peak impedance: (9V) 120 K-ohms (3XV) 105 K-ohms (3AV) 48 K-ohms PICKUP RESPONSE For an explanation of pickup response, impedance, tone quality and testing, see pages 12-15 of this catalog. The output level of the pickups is measured with a 12" length of .017" plain string tuned to A440 picked medium strong by a mechanical picker with the pickup face held 3/16" away from the string. The output level is measured with an AC voltmeter with VU response. The average output level for chords is approximately 3 times higher. For very hard picking, peak output levels from chords can be 8 to 10 times higher. "Telecaster,""Stratocaster," 'Jazz Bass." "J-Bass,""Precision Bass"and "P-Bass" are registered trademarks of CBS Inc. "Rickenbacker"is a registered trademark of Rickenbacker, Inc. "Gibson"is a registered trademark of Nortin tAusicaf Industries. "PAP,""Super II,""SDHP, "and "X2N"are registered trademarks of DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc. Bartolini Guitars is not in any way affiliated with CBS Inc., Rickenbacker, Inc., Norlin Musical Instruments or DiMarzio Musical Instrument Pickups, Inc. Bartolini pickups are covered by U.S. Pat. Nos. 39837777 and 39837778. DUAL COIL DUAL COIL (0) — Widest possible aperture dual coil design. The large C humbucker size (10) pickup has a 40% wider aperture than conventional T humbuckers. The sound is very warm with excellent treble response. Lower A peak impedance yields very low hum and noise levels. The coils can be easily connected in series, parallel, out-of-phase and single coil con c 1 figurations. DC resistance: 8.0 K-ohms Peak impedance: 190 K-ohms LAMINATED CORE HUMBUCKERS(LC) — Designed for the guitar player who demands maximum midrange punch and resonance. Best silicon steel laminated cores enhance midrange, distortion and sustain beyond the range of conventional humbuckers. Available in 4 different output levels, all with 4-conductor output cablefor series, parallel or single coil wiring. DC resistance: LC40 5.5 K-ohms LC50 7.5 K-ohms LC60 13.0 K-ohms LC70 15.8 K-ohms TAPPED COIL TAPPED COIL(B) — This pickup design features two regions of emphasis in its sound spectrum. Special winding and construction techniques yield impedance peaks at 1.5-2.5 KHz and at 4-6 KHz for midrange emphasis and T extended response at high output levels. The aperture of this design is slightly smaller than that of the Dual Coil design. Two separate windings on each coil form yield many possible tonal qualities. The windings can be wired to a 5 position switch to select output levels and tone qualities ranging from all windings in series to both coils out of phase. i TRIPLE COIL r TRIPLE COIL(E) — This pickup is a combination of the Dual Coil and Hum ( ) Canceller designs. Both sensing coils can be selected to form a wide aperture T dual coil pickup, or each sensing coil can be selected separately with full A r N hum cancellation. Switching between several of these options in series or \ J parallel can be done easily with DPDT switches. All coil configurations can be capacitively tuned just like the Hum Cancellers. Available in standard i( ) humbucker size and larger pickups. 5 and 6 STRING BASSES Our dual coil, triple coil and hum-canceller designs can be built to span the string widths of 5 and 6 string basses. The split coil design can be built to fit 6 string basses. The P-Bass* and single coil or vertical hum canceller J-Bass* pickups can also be built to fit 5 or 6 string PJ* basses. ELECTRONICS Bartolini electronic on-board preamplifiers, tone control modules and distortion effects complement and extend the tonal range and performance of any instrument. The on-board modules are easy to install, require only one battery and have very long battery life. They are fully shielded and feature extremely low hum and noise levels. ELECTRONIC PICKUPS Our electronic pickups are available in hum canceller and dual coil designs. The built-in preamplifiers have the same response and boost options as our on-board preamplifiers. They are available in large humbucker size and in Precision bass size. DISTORTION Our distortion effect, the Tube-it, is capable of distortion-sound qualities fully equal to that of the best stock or modi fied Marshall amplifiers. See back cover. LARGE HUMBUCKER SIZE PICKUPS All of our pickups, with the exception of the Laminated Core humbuckers, are electrostatically shielded and cast in special epoxy resins. They have very low hum, noise and microphonic levels. Their smooth, full range fre quency response makes them an excellent choice for both guitars and basses, these pickups fit the large humbucker mounting rings and will sense total string width of approx. 2Ve"{54mm). For pickup output level, refer to the front cover of this catalog. Warm, smooth, full range single coil sound and very low hum and noise. This pickup has more low and high frequency response than conventional humbuckers. The coil is below the logo, except for matched pairs in which the rhythm pickup coil is above the logo. Matched pairs have opposite polarity magnets for humbucking combination. Split humbucker design retains the smooth single coil sound of the IS. Each coil senses half of the strings. Both coils in series or parallel combination eliminate hum. This pickup can also be used as a pair of stereo single colls (3&3). Treble coil is below the logo. Hum canceller design for bright, smooth, clear single coil sound without hum and noise. Can be capacitor tuned to give the midrange enhancement of the best P90 single coils. Matched pairs with sensing coils above and below the logo are available. (the Beastie II) Dual coil humbucker with very warm tone, excellent treble response and very low noise and hum. Aperture is 40% wider than conventional humbuckers for warm, full lows. Unequal coll design has more clarity in dual coil modes, more tonal differences in single coil modes. Can be wired in series, parallel, single coils, out-of-phase. (the Beast II) Tapped dual coil design has multiple resonances for added midrange punch and treble clarity. Two separate windings on each coil can be selected with toggle or rotary switch to obtain a wide variety of tonal qualities ranging from all windings in series to both coils fully out-of-phase.