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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 8:41:36 GMT
interesting idea. Might do this on me L-450+
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 11:05:36 GMT
The lad in the video above only used his nails and some sort of knife gently removing the wax. Im sure he could not have removed what was inside the windings. I would not mind having a guitar with microphonic pups. You never know what such pups might inspire By the way, you have heard how my cheapo chinese pups sound in the last track (Chop wood carry water). Yours cant be worse than mine and I think mine sound great.
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Post by salteedog on Jul 5, 2016 14:21:39 GMT
Treble bleed CAN be a great idea. Sometimes I like the fact that I can roll off the volume to reduce the treb and then whack it back up for leads but the variation of sounds that those humbuckers are making seem to make it worthwhile. As for dewaxing the pickups there will be pluses and minuses to it. If you don't mind your pups becoming microphonic and you're only playing at low levels it might really suit you. Quite a faff to undo though if you don't like it. Perhaps unwaxing my cheapo Chinese single coils is the only way to save them. Was thinking about those pups again. I'm sure yours could be made good. I need to re-read your post because I think you mention you have a modified wiring scheme in that strat (or maybe it's the other one) and that might be a contributor to your problem.. At any rate too much treble should be solvable. At the very least you could wrap your pups in aluminium foil - make sure the foil is grounded (perhaps it is if in contact with the alnico pole pieces) and see if that reduces the treble. Just an experiment mind
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Post by DefJef on Jul 5, 2016 14:28:09 GMT
By the way, you have heard how my cheapo chinese pups sound in the last track (Chop wood carry water). Yours cant be worse than mine and I think mine sound great. It was good to try to compare my Chinesoids with yours. There's just no comparison though. Mine are still awful. Might come in useful for really brittle Nile Rodgers stuff but otherwise I can't find a good use for them.
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DefJef
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Post by DefJef on Jul 5, 2016 14:32:48 GMT
Treble bleed CAN be a great idea. Sometimes I like the fact that I can roll off the volume to reduce the treb and then whack it back up for leads but the variation of sounds that those humbuckers are making seem to make it worthwhile. As for dewaxing the pickups there will be pluses and minuses to it. If you don't mind your pups becoming microphonic and you're only playing at low levels it might really suit you. Quite a faff to undo though if you don't like it. Perhaps unwaxing my cheapo Chinese single coils is the only way to save them. Was thinking about those pups again. I'm sure yours could be made good. I need to re-read your post because I think you mention you have a modified wiring scheme in that strat (or maybe it's the other one) and that might be a contributor to your problem.. At any rate too much treble should be solvable. At the very least you could wrap your pups in aluminium foil - make sure the foil is grounded (perhaps it is if in contact with the alnico pole pieces) and see if that reduces the treble. Just an experiment mind You're right, saltee. This strat's got 7-way wiring that switches on the the bridge pup independently of what everything else is doing. I just don't love the characteristics of these pups though. There's none of the chime I'd expect from alnicos, just plasticky nonsense.
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