BlueSnMettle
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Anybody try slapping an A IV in a 59 neck?
Results? Thanks.
Anybody try slapping an A IV in a 59 neck?
Results? Thanks.
Alnico IV/59?
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Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: Alnico IV/59?
Most every regular member on this forum has, I reckon. It fills in the mids a bit while cutting back on boominess in the neck position, and it makes for a mighty fine pickup, especially with a A4 Custom in the bridge. But like most A4 pickups, while some people may see it as tonally transparent and balanced, other people view it as bland, but I suspect bland amps are to blame for that.
It definitely "rawx", as the kids say.
Most every regular member on this forum has, I reckon. It fills in the mids a bit while cutting back on boominess in the neck position, and it makes for a mighty fine pickup, especially with a A4 Custom in the bridge. But like most A4 pickups, while some people may see it as tonally transparent and balanced, other people view it as bland, but I suspect bland amps are to blame for that.
It definitely "rawx", as the kids say.
ItsaBass
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Re: Alnico IV/59?
Yes, I have. I tried that pickup in the bridge and neck spots of a Dean Z. Results: better than stock, to my tastes, anyhow. More balanced e.q., not as "blocky" sounding, and hits the amp a little less hard. But still is in the same general neighborhood as A5. I view A4 as Diet A5. If you really want to significantly tame the output and stiffness of A5, try A3 as opposed to A4.
Yes, I have. I tried that pickup in the bridge and neck spots of a Dean Z. Results: better than stock, to my tastes, anyhow. More balanced e.q., not as "blocky" sounding, and hits the amp a little less hard. But still is in the same general neighborhood as A5. I view A4 as Diet A5. If you really want to significantly tame the output and stiffness of A5, try A3 as opposed to A4.
Discharged
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Re: Alnico IV/59?
The search engine is your friend. There must be literally several hundred threads treating the subject.
/Peter
This must be the most tried and talked about p'up mod since... forever?
The search engine is your friend. There must be literally several hundred threads treating the subject.
/Peter
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: Alnico IV/59?
An A4 59 neck with an A2 JB in the bridge has got to be the king of modded pickup sets. In fact, if I do rightly recollect, the Eclair set is a slightly rewound version if this set.
An A4 59 neck with an A2 JB in the bridge has got to be the king of modded pickup sets. In fact, if I do rightly recollect, the Eclair set is a slightly rewound version if this set.
Discharged
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Re: Alnico IV/59?
Allegedly, it's the set that Seymour actually uses in his Tele-Gib.
/Peter
Actually, they're based on the "Hot Rodded" set. The Ecllair neck is a slighly underwound, A4-modded Jazz neck, and the Eclair bridge is a slighly underwound, A2-modded JB.
Allegedly, it's the set that Seymour actually uses in his Tele-Gib.
/Peter
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misterwhizzy
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Re: Alnico IV/59?
Roughcast A3 in the 59n works better than A4 in my Les Paul. It's got a little more character in the high end and provides a bit of sweetness to contrast the raunchiness a bridge Les Paul pickup should have.
Roughcast A3 in the 59n works better than A4 in my Les Paul. It's got a little more character in the high end and provides a bit of sweetness to contrast the raunchiness a bridge Les Paul pickup should have.
beaubrummels
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Re: Alnico IV/59?
59/A4 set in my LP Studio is like a slightly hotter thicker but more even A2P set, and that is a good thing to me. I used polished in the neck and rough in the bridge.
59/A4 set in my LP Studio is like a slightly hotter thicker but more even A2P set, and that is a good thing to me. I used polished in the neck and rough in the bridge.