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Post by nooneknows on Jan 29, 2024 16:58:18 GMT
I've found the stock bridge TE-52 pickup too shrill, the fact you say with brass bridge is less dull scares me. In fact I had to put a 1nF cap across the bridge pickup to make it sound good, that way it's comparable (with original bridge and compensated brass saddles I added) with the Seymour Duncan broadcaster pickup I have on my Fender Telecaster
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pgreen
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Post by pgreen on Jan 31, 2024 16:34:09 GMT
Thanks for the link DefJef. Interesting stuff. So the amount and type of screening does have effect on sound. I also found this thread Duncan Designed SC101, Analysis & Review. It discusses the effect of shielding pickups with copper tape.
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pgreen
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Post by pgreen on Jan 31, 2024 17:02:44 GMT
I've found the stock bridge TE-52 pickup too shrill, the fact you say with brass bridge is less dull scares me. In fact I had to put a 1nF cap across the bridge pickup to make it sound good, that way it's comparable (with original bridge and compensated brass saddles I added) with the Seymour Duncan broadcaster pickup I have on my Fender Telecaster Thanks for your comment nooneknows. Let me make it clear. The sound is cleaner and more defined. If anything, slightly darker. I would not describe it as "shrill" at all. Before these mods i would usually play with tone on 7/10. I'm now getting the same lows with the tone setting on 9/10 but with cleaner highs from the bridge pickup. The brass bridge is 3mm thick and i also screened the pickup cavity with copper tape while the bridge was off. So i have no idea if the change in "tone" is down to the new bridge or the copper screening tape.... or even both. However.... both would have changed the flow of eddy currents effecting the magnetic field of the pickup and thus the "tone". One thing is fore sure.... screening adds capacitance. Have a look at my previous post. It has a link to someone testing pickups that have had their coils warped in copper tape. From what i understand, the copper shielding tape on the pickup is having an effect of adding about 30pF capacitance. Remember, the neck pickup of these TE-52s have both the coil windings... as well as the pickup poles, housed inside a metal can.... I'm sure all that screening contributes to the darker tone as well as it's position on the guitar. The original Fender Broardcaster had a blend pot instead of a tone knob. Maybe Leo Fender intended the bridge pickup to have very high highs while the neck pickup had low lows so that the "blend" knob would enabled one to dial-in whatever tone the player wanted. Anyhow.... all food for thought. I will try and post some pics.... we all like pic don't we?
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pgreen
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Post by pgreen on Jan 31, 2024 18:42:11 GMT
I haven't been able to get the BBCode to work to display my photos but here is a link Photos
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