Looks like Joe Barden is Back...

[LReese]

http://www.joebarden.com/main.php

[Mr 9finger]

I don't know about others...but I see this as very very good news! I don't see anything about the Joe Perry strat bridge pickup though

[Johtosotku]

Now, now, who knows how interesting this could be! Hopefully they'll get some more of his pups all the way here too. I wonder what'll happen to the prices of the earlier models.

[Loserchief]

if the pups sound the same as the old ones there should be a massive price drop on the older ones(lew might get angry for paying so much). I'm not a vinatge guy, but all who tryed the Bardens raved about them so i guess it's pretty cool to have the cmopany back up(like Kahler Trems)

[Jocelyn]

Intresting

[tone4days]

how long before there are 'old barden' vs. 'new barden' snobbery wars

[Zerberus]

how long before there are 'old barden' vs. 'new barden' snobbery wars

... but how true

Kudos to Joe for getting back on track

[Jocelyn]

how long before there are 'old barden' vs. 'new barden' snobbery wars

Yeah just like we have older JBs VS newre JBs.. The Hb and Hb seems intresting..

[ArtieToo]

The price on the webpage appears to be around $170 a pup.

I can imagine two groups of folks who might be upset:

1. Those who dropped 500-600 on a set, and . . .
2. Those who were holding on to them, hoping for the price to climb higher.

Artie

[Mr 9finger]

The price on the webpage appears to be around $170 a pup.

I can imagine two groups of folks who might be upset:

1. Those who dropped 500-600 on a set, and . . .
2. Those who were holding on to them, hoping for the price to climb higher.

Artie

I said the exact same thing to a buddy just a bit ago LOL!

[ArtieToo]

I said the exact same thing to a buddy just a bit ago LOL!

Yup . . . but as T4D alluded to, how long before we start seeing "vintage" Bardens on eBay?

[MikeS]

how long before there are 'old barden' vs. 'new barden' snobbery wars

A couple weeks, I suppose.

And despite the new ones being made with the same materials and techniques as the old ones, there will be those who claim to hear a difference. I kinda feel bad for some of the people who flipped the bill for a set on Ebay. It's now harder to justify that kind of purchase.

[Zerberus]

The price on the webpage appears to be around $170 a pup.

I can imagine two groups of folks who might be upset:

1. Those who dropped 500-600 on a set, and . . .
2. Those who were holding on to them, hoping for the price to climb higher.

Artie

Yep, and the second crop are the guys that will start the "Belief wars".... it´s happened with every brand so far that has "died and returned", such as Charvel and Kahler (though CHarvel never "died" in that sense...)

[guitarslinger213]

awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!

[zionstrat]

I was ready to try the SD version, so no brainer on ordering at least 1 strat delux right now-

Now that the supply issues have gone away, anyone looking for clean clear to dirty strat really need to give the delux s a try- It's clear and articlate on the clean side, warms up nicely (slightly less than a cool rail), and did I mention spin-a-split? Almost like a vari-tone quack producer in 2 and 4-

What a great day!

[BlueGuitar]

I was ready to try the SD version, so no brainer on ordering at least 1 strat delux right now-

Now that the supply issues have gone away, anyone looking for clean clear to dirty strat really need to give the delux s a try- It's clear and articlate on the clean side, warms up nicely (slightly less than a cool rail), and did I mention spin-a-split? Almost like a vari-tone quack producer in 2 and 4-

What a great day!

I was hunting around for a post made in December(?) about using a Spin-a-Split control with a Joe Barden (strat?) pickup... was that you?

I figure it must have been a strat pickup because there isn't a lot of room on a tele control plate for an extra control...

Can you tell us more about how the Barden pickups respond when used with the Spin-a-Split controls?

--Thanks!

[dnewhous]

Are these pickups really something more than overpriced Bill Lawrence pickups?

[the guy who invented fire]

Are these pickups really something more than overpriced Bill Lawrence pickups?

Bill Lawrence pickups and Joe Barden pickups are NOTHING alike...some of the lawrence have blades and that my friend is the only thing they have in common.

[dnewhous]

Bill Lawrence pickups and Joe Barden pickups are NOTHING alike...some of the lawrence have blades and that my friend is the only thing they have in common.

They are both low impedance designs, in fact Joe got the low impedance idea from Bill. But that doesn't mean they achieve the design goal the same way.

[Lewguitar]

They are both low impedance designs, in fact Joe got the low impedance idea from Bill. But that doesn't mean they achieve the design goal the same way.

I forget the actual DC Resistance of my Bardens, but they are high output pickups compared standard hi impedence single coils...let alone compared to the low impedence pickups I've owned. The Bardens use the same 250K pots Duncans and Fenders use. I don't think of my Bardens as being low impedence pickups...they have higher output and do not require a lo to hi convertor to make them useable with standard guitar amps.