8-Sting Bass pickups

[tdog]

I'm in the design stages of an 8-string bass build. Aside from going the custom built route with say...Seymour Duncan (this is my first option as I see it now), are there any pickup companies making pups for 8-string basses? Since the octave strings are so relatively close, would a normal 4-string pickup do the job?

Greg

[jbkim]

I think that should be fine. You can go with a blade type pickup if you're worried about pole pieces lining up.

[krazyderek]

the emg 45 series might be wide enough ?? they're blades

[lovekraft]

My 8-string BC Rich uses a standard DiMarzio P & J setup - unless you're using extreme string spacing, a standard pickup will work fine. F'rinstance, my 12'vers are 'bout as wide as a driveway, but only use EMG40 size HZ's. Basically, if you can play it with one finger, it only needs one pole piece.

[tdog]

Thanks to everyone for the input. It is time to get to work.