Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

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Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by mynameisjonas » Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:52 pm

I have a guitar project on the way that I'm intending to use as my dedicated B standard/drop-A guitar, and I've come to the conclusion that the perfect pickup for that would be a Firebird style pickup. I know I could get some sort of conversion ring, but I'd prefer a full sized humbucker format to keep the guitar looking somewhat stock. It doesn't have to be exactly like a bigger Firebird pickup, anything that's in the same ballpark would be of interest.

So, what are my options?

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Re: Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:25 pm

Hy Jonas.
I know of D‘Urbano Big Birds (I beliebe they are from Australia) and I myself got a set of Rübezahl Tonabnehmer (now Heavy Horse Electronics) from Germany.

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Re: Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by mynameisjonas » Wed Apr 30, 2025 2:24 am

I have a set of regular sized Firebird pickups from D'Urbano, they're fantastic. I didn't realize (or had forgotten) he made big ones too. My only concern is the time they took to ship the last time, it was even worse than when I've ordered stuff from China.

I'll look into the Tonabnehmers, thanks!

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Re: Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by GilmourD » Wed Apr 30, 2025 4:46 am

I was going to say that sounds like something Tim at Sunday Handwould could do.

Then I realized that it's actually an on-menu item right on the site.

https://sundayhandwound.com/products/hb-fb

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Re: Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by manfesto » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:51 am

Lollar has "The Bird".

I've had their regular Firebird pickup, and it did what it says on the tin - bright and powerful.

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Re: Full HB-sized Firebird-ish pickups?

Post by BTL » Wed Apr 30, 2025 6:45 pm

Lindy Fralin’s Big Single is a riff on the original Bill Lawrence patent. It’s a hum-cancelling design with a single-coil magnet aperture, stock format is standard humbucker size.

I’m a fan of the custom P90 variant, myself. ;)

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