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freefrog replied to the thread Rails versions of classic pickups?.Tinkering with pickups for 45 years, I've worked for several foreign pickups makers these last decades. Thousands of lab and studio... -
freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.Yes. :) I wish the inductance was mentioned more often, in the same time than DCR, that said... If it has been possible for PU's like...
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Yeah, wasn't thinking of that as I typed. You're right. But in the Duncan lineup, I think it's rare that they do that, isn't it? The...
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freefrog replied to the thread Rails versions of classic pickups?.No but it will convey its magnetic field differently... :) And yes, I've already experienced "drop outs" between strings with normal...
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freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.Depends on the wire gauge used. :) I've dealt more than once with humbuckers (often Asian made like in some old Ibanez guitars) whose...
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freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.Sure, it depends on the guitar... I recall to have upgraded once a PRS copy with a Seth Lover b in neck position. It sounded really good...
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Don't get me wrong - I can make a Bridge HB work in the neck position. It's just darker versus its calibrated/dedicated neck version...
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Does he run them in parallel, though? I know he does that with Super Distortions.
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freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.Personally, I've mounted bridge P.A.F. replicas in neck position several times without issue... :-) My strategy in such situations is...
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freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.I have a Wilde L500L in the neck slot of my Steinberger Spirit. Works very well in a 24 frets guitar like this, without much body...
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freefrog replied to the thread Rails versions of classic pickups?.The JB Rails is officially described as giving "enhanced string-to-string balance". Makes sense to me: experiments done here with rail...
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freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.Absolutely. With a DCR and an inductance divided by four, hi-gain PU's in parallel come closer to Filter'Tron's or Tarback neck HB's... :-)
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freefrog replied to the thread What's up with 4 coil pickups?.Not new: a now retired luthier / winder for whom I've worked had a model like that in his catalog. The interest of the thing was in the...
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freefrog reacted to magillver's post in the thread Shout Out To Artie, Jeremy and Mincer! with
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Jeremy and Mincer, thank you for your pickup suggestions, my new build has rapidly gone from bench science project to first string (pun... -
freefrog replied to the thread Bridge Pickups in the Neck.A JB, a Custom or any high gain humbucker should appear as super clear neck pickups once wired in parallel, FWIW. ;-)