Fat Bass Tone
9S L/S
DIRECT REPLACEMENT FOR MOST JAZZ BASSES®
FAT & WARM BARTOLINI TONE
SINGLE COIL CONSTRUCTION FOR OLD SCHOOL TONE
NO STRING SPACING CONCERNS WITH BAR MAGNETS
BART'S ORIGINAL DEEP TONE SERIES
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The original Bartolini design gives you the timeless tone that started it all – full and warm for that vintage voice you've been craving, enhancing the natural voice of your bass. Even though they are just a single coil, they are still pro-level. The magnetic circuit projects an even field to the strings which gives you a natural voice. They have a blade core design, so you don’t have to worry about string alignment. Original Barts bring out your voice, low and clear.
In the early ‘70s, Bill Bartolini leveraged his deep knowledge of acoustics to create pickups that produce the most natural, musical voice from the instrument. He added shielding to block radio signals and noise. He developed a method of sealing, isolating, and stabilizing the coils so they could be encapsulated in epoxy to eliminate “microphonics” – the nasty noise you get when you touch typical pickups.
Available in balanced specific bridge and neck versions.
Artists: Ric Fierabracci
Size (Neck):
3.6" [91.4mm] Long
0.73" [18.5mm] Wide
Size (Bridge):
3.73" [94.7mm] Long
0.73" [18.5mm] Wide
Coil Structure:
True Single
Cable Type:
Shielded Coaxial Hot Core
Magnetic Circuit:
2 types of carbon steel powered by ceramic (ferrite) magnets
Opposite polarity for neck and bridge
9S-S - Neck
9S-L - Bridge
This single coil offering from Bartolini has a nice smooth tone, a touch on the dark side - as we would expect from a 'deep' tone pickup. The mids are a bit more prominent than mids of other single coils, giving these a unique single coil tone of their own.
Put on a good set of headphones and check out the audio demo below to hear it for yourself.
As always, keep in mind that these are generalizations. Your experience could be different depending on many factors.