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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 14:00:57 GMT
Spade connectors are my weapon of choice in pickup upgrades. Tone suck? I doubt it. Used them on a strat that was too bright and it stayed too bright.
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Post by micoli on Mar 8, 2017 14:20:52 GMT
That's a very good idea DefJef. That will give me even more options. I have three old humbuckers I took out of my Tokai SG50 last year that could be used as guinea pigs. They have tarnished gold covers but I think the covers can be replaced easy enough which will give me three brand new pickups for very little money. I like it! Any idea what the difference is between a Roughcast, an Unorientated and a plain Alnico magnet? Any info will save me hitting Google again for a few hours! Ah, now we may get into the area of 'tone metal'. I'm sure people can hear differences between polished and roughcast but my ears are not up to it. It seems that back in prehistory roughcast was the natural cheap choice for pickup manufacturers until they realised that folks like us might be ripping their tone machines apart again. Then the race was on to introduce as many varieties as possible! Most magnets have a preferred direction for charging but if you're not going to be charging them yourself (and lets be honest....) this doesn't concern you. An unoriented magnet is one that has been magnetised in a metal designed to have no particular preference as to which is the better direction to magnetise it. The 'grain' in the magnets will happily allow north or south charging but will also tend to be a little weaker. Again whether you or I can hear these things is open to debate. Personally I'd keep things simple and just choose between any type of standard Alnico numbers or you'll have so many variables you'll never know where you are. 'Again whether you or I can hear these things is open to debate' I've been deaf in my right ear since my teens, (a very loud music venue), and have tinnitus so I don't reckon I'll be able to hear the subtleties! 'you'll have so many variables you'll never know where you are.' I am starting to get confused, but I'm putting that down to my age! Thanks for the info! You've been a great help. |
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Post by micoli on Mar 8, 2017 14:29:06 GMT
Spade connectors are my weapon of choice in pickup upgrades. Tone suck? I doubt it. Used them on a strat that was too bright and it stayed too bright. I have a book on guitar electronics which I dip into occasionally to gen up on topics. Now I'm no expert but, from my experience, guitars components seem to be pretty low technology but there is a whole range of experts that will tell you otherwise. So I'm not too surprised that spade connectors haven't made any difference. Capacitors are another area I have a problem with. Human hearing doesn't have the range to hear nuances which different brands of capacitors supposed to offer, (I'm not talking about the values here). My dog, on the other hand, has great hearing and leaves the room when I pick up a guitar. |
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Post by micoli on Mar 8, 2017 14:30:50 GMT
Finding pickups that we like can be an expensive game of hit and miss so I hope you will find the Vansons agreeable. Magnet swaps and mods can be fun, and are reversible. If you foresee yourself going in and out of the box several times as you experiment with different pickups it might be an idea to fit a quick-snap-fit type connecter on a cable to the pots inside and another to your pickup leads to spare yourself the task of rerouting and resoldering as you go. Just a thought. Another very good idea. Thanks Vincent. |
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