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Post by universalgleam on Feb 2, 2018 11:22:30 GMT
I got lucky. The guitar was labelled "ex-demo" so they must have checked and set it up properly. A little thicker and heavier than I expected but no complaints at all. I think this will become my most used guitar.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 8:29:29 GMT
This is some advice I am quoting from a professional musician/technician of over 45 years standing <EDITED 'COS I CONFUSED DerAlex >: "If we know the resistance (ohms), AND the inductance (Henrys), we can calculate the frequency response. By knowing the peak and where it sits in the spectrum of frequencies the guitar produces we can make generalizations about it's output relative to other frequencies, but cannot say anything about it's overall output, since we have no information in about the Gauss measurements of the magnets.
Furthermore - the output and frequency response of the GUITAR's circuitry has just as dramatic an impact on timbre and output as the pickup. The resistance of the volume control has a huge effect on how the guitar sounds. The tone pot and bypass cap do as well.
So, in short, anyone who tells you what pickup you want based on resistance is basically, .....(you decide what you want to put here)
And face it, pots can have a lot more effect on how a guitar sounds than pickups. Are your pickups dull, wooly and lack definition? Instead of changing pickups, maybe you need to increase the resistance of the volume pot. Putting another brand pickup in there won't fix the problem. You'll just have an expensive wooly, dull, pickup. Then you'll get tired of the guitar and sell it, when all it may have needed was change to the circuitry.
Unfortuantely, pickup manufacturers sell snake oil and have the vast majority of players convinced a new pickup will:
1) make you a better player 2) make your guitar play better 3) make you amp sound better
I know what will come next. A few of the people here who know me will point out that I am an endorser for some of the most expensive, handbuilt boutique "superpickups" available on the market today. True. But ask me about them and I always tell everyone they will make a great guitar sound even better, but will not make a so-so one sound great, and no pickup in the wold will make a poor amp sound great.
Pickups, are the very last thing you change in your rig. Not the first. All the other foundation has to be there or the pickup change is not going to make a real difference. Get things sounding good in you chain and amp, and then fine-tune with pups. But don't expect pickups to completely change how you sound."A salutary lesson. Oh boy oh boy do I disagree with this musician/technician of 45 years of his own personal experience which he based on his own ears! My own experience tell a different story! But then again maybe Im hyper sensitive to sound (we never take this into account that folks dont hear the same). My Irontone Silvers most certainly make my Bugera sound awesome on almost all EQ settings and the guitar sounds better and balanced in all switch positions and all this makes me a better player as I lust to play such guitar all the time! What the science behind it is dunno, nor do I care. As a player (dare I say musician) all I have is my ears and I can tell easily what makes my gear sound awesome and what doesnt no matter how much I EQ it. Its the pickups as No1 for me! The wiring scheme also seems to change tone but PICKUPS ARE THE FIRST THING (after the fact that the guitar itself has to be playable of course).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 8:58:48 GMT
I think GFS has a quick plug PAF style Alnico V ears!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 10:24:14 GMT
Dont get me wrong though as a past salesman I know industry is selling snake oil all the time, they must if they are to make their shareholders happy. Im not disputing that fact. Im only saying that from my own experience so far I could tell that my Peavey Bandit sounded very bad until the guy that I sold it to came to test it with his Seymour Duncan pups! FACT! The amp sounded very good suddenly! My Bugera is same. With other pups I have I fiddle with the EQ all the time as soon I change the pickup selector! Not so with Ironstone Silvers! FACT! Good pickups can make your amp sound good Good pickups can make your guitar sound good (My TE-70BP sounds awesome unplugged but not so when plugged) Good pickups will make you a better player as you love getting lost in such great tone My rock solid view, care little about the snake oil, about 45 years of experience, about what folks trend to follow at this time etc ... have me ears have me gear to compare and draw conclusions. Everyone to its own I guess
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Post by john on Apr 1, 2018 10:34:25 GMT
I’m in camp @chedapapa on this one. I currently use a HB GA5 tube as my only amp. Nothing changes, volume is always full and EQ at mid that’s it for everything. Wilkinson’s sound great through it, my TE20 neck was hideous, swapped for a P90 Soapy Joe, sounds fantastic but humbuckers are horrible no matter what wood they’re sat in. Seymour Duncan hot rails work but only digging in hard, gentle playing is flat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2018 14:23:02 GMT
That a good idea defjef; now I can use my ST-62 to try out amps and see if they pass the test.
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Post by trb on Apr 29, 2018 6:54:12 GMT
Hi Guys
just ordered my 5th HB (TE90, ST70, TE70, CST24HB): the JA60. I wanted to test some mini humbucker, so I decided the JA60 to be a good candidate with a pretty nice quality for the price ! I ordered 2 SD SM3 in bridge and SM2 in neck. Will make a video. Bruno
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Post by DerAlex on May 2, 2018 10:55:43 GMT
Hi Guys just ordered my 5th HB (TE90, ST70, TE70, CST24HB): the JA60. I wanted to test some mini humbucker, so I decided the JA60 to be a good candidate with a pretty nice quality for the price ! I ordered 2 SD SM3 in bridge and SM2 in neck. Will make a video. Bruno Yes, please add some pictures as I would not expect the mini humbuckers to fit inside the P90 cavities. Humbuckers usually need a pickup ring covering the area where those "pieces on the side" (brackets?) are mounted in the wood. P90s have screws between the pole pieces so need no extra space around the covers. But I have no practical experience with mini-Hums so I am curious to see the pictures.
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Post by trb on May 5, 2018 9:15:19 GMT
what do you mean ?
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Post by trb on May 5, 2018 9:25:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 10:19:30 GMT
I wondered that too trb , when I first saw that post. I assumed @chedapapa must have posted something, realised it was nonsense and sort of deleted it with the message "EDIT; mindless rumble ... nothing to see here". That's what I THINK he's done but we are all curious! Indeed I wrote something that was not factual if I remember correctly. I deleted it now so it doesn't confuse.
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