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thegummy said:Hopefully one of the very knowledgeable people can answer this:
When a pickup has a coil tap (genuinely meaning a coil tap, not a split) - when it is in the tapped setting, would it act exactly like as if the pickup only had that much wire to begin with?
Or does the fact there's extra wire on there, even if it's disconnected, affect the signal in some way, even if subtly?
I.e. is a coil tap always a compromise or can a hot pickup with a tap give the same sound as a lower output pickup (if it happened to be otherwise made the same)?
Hi Guys,
I just acquired a nice 1980s 335 in a trade with a friend which has a changed bridge pickup. My friend believes it's possible it could be a later sixties paf patent sticker number with the sticker missing. Wonder if any of you eagled eyed experts on here can tell with any degree of certainty from the pics I have.
Pics to follow
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Ash, sorry to lose you from the main part of the forum.
I have a question about magnetic pull from pickups in the neck position.
Do you know which types of pickups have the least magnetic pull? Are humbuckers better than Fender style single coils? What about Gretsch Filtertron or Gold foil types?
I'm mainly thinking in terms of the neck pickup of a T style guitar.
My question is....
When using a partial coil tap like PRS do so that a tapped 'bucker doesn't get quite as thin (and noisy) is there a way of calculating what would be a good choice for the resistor used?
Because it's multi-turn it's pretty easy to dial it in precisely.
I measured what I set the trimmers to and in my PRS spookily enough they came out to pretty close to stock even though I'm not using the stock pickups. In a Strat I have with a bridge humbucker I wanted position 2 to sound "normal" and it measured out to be 4.5k. The bridge split by itself is a far better match for the two single coils.than I was expecting.
Perceived wisdom is that A2 and A3 magnets soften the attack and improve natural string vibration over other magnets (I know that’s a sweeping generalisation and doesn’t totally hold water, hence the ‘perceived wisdom’ thing)... so why do so few bass pickups use A2 and A3 magnets. Surely based on this, that scenario would be ideal?
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OCP uses the same four colours but not necessarily in the same order.
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The big 'however' here is that some Ceramic humbuckers have very high string pull, and some even have direct magnets ,,, like the DiMarzio X2n. Also some Neodymium humbuckers that use bar magnets under the bobbins have innsanely high string pull.
Re the T style ... lowest string pull would probably be a vintage alnico 3 style Tele, followed by a Gibson style PAF in alnico 3,2 or four respectively Filtertrons use huge A5 magnets but are really no worse than a standard A5 Gibson type. As for Gold Foils ... they vary hugely, from ceramic to rubberised magnets ...
However with all these pickups lowering them a bit goes a long way to curing the issue (except of course with some Gold Foils that can't be lowered due to being body mounted).
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Is there a date or serial number after which the coil winding direction and the magnetic polarity orientation of single coils pickups was standardised?
Alternatively, would a serial number relate back to written records of the magnetic polarity within a given set of your replacement pickups for Stratocaster?
I currently have the one-off Masterwound Diamond Geezer pickup #11181965 from one of your 2018 clearance sales and the Route 66 trio #01192600/601/602. The magnetic polarity of the bridge and neck position pickups is the same but the coil wind direction on the DG is the opposite to the others.
I wish to understand what is going on so that I can plan an order.
One has to adopt one or other 'standard' and most aftermarket companies seem to go for the Duncan one ... so I followed ... and my pickups can be used with Duncan wiring schemes.
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BTW: Two flush pole Route 66s and a Scrapyard Dog Plus humbucker makes a rather nice set on my old Ibanez RG200. With American control parts and a carefully chosen partial coil split for the humbucker, the guitar should be fit for gigs and recording.
Alternatively I've got a scrapyard dog plus or a Void humbucker P90.
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Modesty probably prevents Ash from saying how closely his Void pickup would match with the BK 'Pig.
There is your answer. Enjoy.