A4 in a Phat Cat bridge anyone?

JB6464

JB6464

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Just wondering if an A4 in the bridge of a Phat Cat set replacing the A2 would make the pickup warmer but still P90ish.
 
Yeah. Not warmer. Brighter, and with more low-end, but not to such extremes as A5.

So yeah, maybe "fuller" or "fatter" from the extended lows, but definitely not warmer.
 
Any other magnet (other than the A2) is NOT going to make it warmer. A2 is the warmest magnet so anything else is going to make it brighter.
 
Bummer, with a tone pot or going with a 250k pot the Cats start sounding too soft to me.
I can live with the neck but the bridge with an A2 sucks, it's just too damn bright and underwound.
 
i really like the a2 cat bridge, its the a2 cat neck that i find overly thick. do you have separate controls for both pups? if so, i might try a5 or a8 mags in the bridge with 250k pots and a4 or a5 mags with 500k pots for the neck
 
jeremy said:
i really like the a2 cat bridge, its the a2 cat neck that i find overly thick. do you have separate controls for both pups? if so, i might try a5 or a8 mags in the bridge with 250k pots and a4 or a5 mags with 500k pots for the neck
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Right now, a 500k volume pot and 3-way blade, didn't care for the tone pot or the 250k pots.
I find the A2's smooth and articulate. But the A2's lacks some ass and or needs the top end tamed without sounding dull or bland.
 
Do you want to buy my 12k Phat Cat bridge?

It seems there's nothing else possible if you don't want to use volume or tone, and you can't use mags since A2 is the warmest mag.
 
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Given that the OP says an A2 is bright and underwound - what do you folks think about trying A8?

I would also try to get the pickup closer to the strings.

Otherwise - Clint’s 12k one may be better.
 
A8 is less inductive because it contains less iron but has normally more magnetic strenght than A2. Should therefore make a pickup sound brighter, all other parms being equal. Now experimenting is not forbidden and empirical findings often relativize theory, depending on the player and his actual gear + signal chain.

JB6464 said:
Bummer, with a tone pot or going with a 250k pot the Cats start sounding too soft to me.
I can live with the neck but the bridge with an A2 sucks, it's just too damn bright and underwound.
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https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/s...e-of-my-pickup
 
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