'59 pole spacing narrow compared to most Humbuckers?
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Re: '59 pole spacing narrow compared to most Humbuckers?
Thanks for the input. Its just that with the '59 both E strings are sitting above the outer edge of the poles instead of directly over like my other pickups do, although I can't say I notice any weakness in those strings, which I could always raise the poles to make up for it anyway.
Thanks for the input. Its just that with the '59 both E strings are sitting above the outer edge of the poles instead of directly over like my other pickups do, although I can't say I notice any weakness in those strings, which I could always raise the poles to make up for it anyway.
uOpt
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Re: '59 pole spacing narrow compared to most Humbuckers?
Newer Gibson humbucker pairs have wider pole spacing for the bridge, older didn't. Pretty much all other humbuckers have roughly the same, but not same enough to freely interachange covers (annoying).
I haven't tested it, but the change in the magnetic field, from wider spacing between the polepieces, will certainly make a difference in how the whole thing behaves. But that's just the thing, the wider string spacing isolates the strings more, they don't mess with each other's polepieces as much anymore.
Newer Gibson humbucker pairs have wider pole spacing for the bridge, older didn't. Pretty much all other humbuckers have roughly the same, but not same enough to freely interachange covers (annoying).
I haven't tested it, but the change in the magnetic field, from wider spacing between the polepieces, will certainly make a difference in how the whole thing behaves. But that's just the thing, the wider string spacing isolates the strings more, they don't mess with each other's polepieces as much anymore.
mudpuppy
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Re: '59 pole spacing narrow compared to most Humbuckers?
I've noticed that the spacing on my demon pickup is narrower than I expected: I thought that the distance between centers of the outer pole pieces should be 2.00". Mine measure closer to 1.90". 2.00" would have been dead-on for my LP. I don't notice any problem with sound, just looks a little funky.
I've noticed that the spacing on my demon pickup is narrower than I expected: I thought that the distance between centers of the outer pole pieces should be 2.00". Mine measure closer to 1.90". 2.00" would have been dead-on for my LP. I don't notice any problem with sound, just looks a little funky.
uOpt
Something Cool
Re: '59 pole spacing narrow compared to most Humbuckers?
That's why Gibson now make the bridge pickups wider.
That's why Gibson now make the bridge pickups wider.
