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  • Question About Flipping a (Necked) Fred w/ a Gravity Storm Bridge

    So I have a build in progress where I'll be using a Gravity Storm bridge and a Fred in the neck.
    It's a Maple body Floyd build (core wood), just for that info.
    So I don't expect a mud problem, tho you never know until you plug the thing in.
    I know Fred has unbalanced coils.
    I had this Fred in the bridge of a hardtail HSS build a few years ago, so I know it's general character (at least in the bridge)
    It was a reasonably bright pickup in that build.

    I read here somewhere about flipping unbalanced coil pickups around for different tastes.
    I don't know on Fred which coil is hotter or cooler, tho I could ohm them out, I would prefer to just ask.
    If I can save myself the trouble by just asking, so much the better.

    Should I be flipping the Fred around so the cable exits the upper horn side to get the brightest tone, since it is going to be a neck pkp?
    Thanks.

  • #2
    The coils of the Fred are balanced, however the wire gauge is different. The North coil is wound with 4.4k of 42g wire and is normally away from the bridge. It may be brighter with the orientation flipped but I have not tried it.

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    • #3
      From DiMarzio...

      Models that sound slightly brighter with the cable exit toward the bridge include:

      Blaze™ Neck
      D Activator™ Bridge
      D Activator™ Neck
      Evo 2™
      Evolution® 7
      Evolution® Bridge
      Evolution® Neck
      FRED®
      Mo' Joe™
      Virtual P-90™

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      • #4
        I bet in the neck you wont be able to tell.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Masta' C View Post
          From DiMarzio...

          Models that sound slightly brighter with the cable exit toward the bridge include:

          Blaze™ Neck
          D Activator™ Bridge
          D Activator™ Neck
          Evo 2™
          Evolution® 7
          Evolution® Bridge
          Evolution® Neck
          FRED®
          Mo' Joe™
          Virtual P-90™
          Got it, just what I needed, thanks.

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          • #6
            They forgot:

            Drop sonic
            Crunch lab
            Norton
            Tone zone
            Steve's special

            There are probably more

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