The glory of italian fetish guitars from the sixties.
I've done a search for barts on this and on google.lots of hits for bass, but nothing usable for guitars. My reason for looking for info: I HAVE barts.In the 80s, a buddy of mine gave me a set of bartolinis for my strat. I loved them then, and then took a bit of a hiatus from serious playing.Fast forward to now where I'm playing regularly again: played some production strats and a few high-priced boootikers for kicks and guess what: I'm even more impressed by my barts. Have I compared them side by side to Lollars or Fralins? Nope.but I.would. like to play a set of Kinmans on my rig just because I'm really curious.For reference, I can get nice spanky clean with good quack as well as good mild-crunchy blues tones.
Dial in the OD on the amp and the bridge sings with rich tone: solid bottom, good bite, and good string definition. Maybe the fact that they are 80s pups give you some idea of how they were wound?? Overall, I like them so much that I.was. interested in trying Fralins because of the rep, but no longer (though still curious about Kinmans.maybe for another strat ). Hope that helps you somewhat. If any of you have better luck getting info on these pups, let me know, would ya?
Even Bartolini wouldn't return my email query. Sucks, but at least that's my only complaintEdward. Oh and let's not forget the price diff too when comparing to wcrs.i'll say this. The barts are killer and worth MORE than you pay for. The wcrs are worth what you pay for - they're great paf style hbs - at least the ones i've played. If you want TOTAL vintage tone, you should go w. The wcr sets similar to the ones i've mentioned.
If you want great clarity and definition without sounding HIFI the barts are it. It's not vintage nor is it hifi sterile.
Very full and well balanced. Top notch in quality all the way. The 'taking off a blanket' cliche description applies big time to the barts.Try them out. You can easily roll them and not lose much if it's not your thing. Ebay takers are out there. They're just not really around on tgp - just yet.
The best jazz sound ever (and I have some nice vintage archtops, including one with a real PAF) comes from the Bartolini in the Melo chambered singlecut that came my way courtesy of Clemduolian. I'm not sure what model of Bartolini it is, but it seems to have two different taps for three different sounds: all of them are usable, and in full humbucking mode it's simply luscious.I also have a very old set of Bartolini-made Hi-As in a MIJ Strat, and it sounds like a 50s Fender with just a hair of midrange boost.still sweet, but more present, somehow.I'm kicking myself for not buying some NOS Hi-A minibuckers that turned up on eBay a while back.they would have been nice in the hacked-up Epi Professional I use for fusion-type playing. Necro thread, sorry.
Had Bartolinis in a '70s Les Paul Deluxe for ages. Bridge routed for full humbucker, neck still a mini.
Used a V88 for the bridge and a 2C for neck - keeping w/ the lower output of the minis. Incredibly articulate, accurate sound - bell-like clarity. Great choice for the amps I was using back in the day (Pearce head w/ JBL cabs). Recently put some more vintage spec DiMarzios in the LP to better contrast my G&L Strat-style guitar, but Bartolinis (and Hi-A) are among the best guitar (and obviously bass) pickups made.
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