Juanhanglo
Active member
Hey guys,
I was toying around with polepieces today on my full shred loaded ec256.
I'd been running all long slotted poles instead of the short hex ones for years.
And for years, I was scratching my head when everyone says theyre bright when my experience was anything but.
Its the polepieces.
Bridge:
The short hex ones are tighter sounding in that the attack feels faster.
The bottom end seems to be not as full sounding. Not frequency mind you, but thickness.
The long standard poles seem to make them sound not just a bit fatter/smoother, but also more even eq wise.
Neck: the same applies here. The change in attack is more apparent though.
With the standard poles, they feel like dimarzios, which is cool. Its just that I hate the sound of them that way.
Filisters offer a different Flavor.
***please keep in mind I used a pretty high gain to test this, as any attack changes become more apparent. Lower gain or clean tones will be more subtle. ***
Stock, they're ok
With pole change, they're my favorite duncan set.
Another trick is to bump up the bass at the amp. It fills out the bridge pickup, while the neck becomes even more fluid.
Very cool.
I kinda was around during the whole pole piece/mag swap and hybrid pickup building craze here.
Is it the length that is making the difference here? Or the hex? Or both?
I was toying around with polepieces today on my full shred loaded ec256.
I'd been running all long slotted poles instead of the short hex ones for years.
And for years, I was scratching my head when everyone says theyre bright when my experience was anything but.
Its the polepieces.
Bridge:
The short hex ones are tighter sounding in that the attack feels faster.
The bottom end seems to be not as full sounding. Not frequency mind you, but thickness.
The long standard poles seem to make them sound not just a bit fatter/smoother, but also more even eq wise.
Neck: the same applies here. The change in attack is more apparent though.
With the standard poles, they feel like dimarzios, which is cool. Its just that I hate the sound of them that way.
Filisters offer a different Flavor.
***please keep in mind I used a pretty high gain to test this, as any attack changes become more apparent. Lower gain or clean tones will be more subtle. ***
Stock, they're ok
With pole change, they're my favorite duncan set.
Another trick is to bump up the bass at the amp. It fills out the bridge pickup, while the neck becomes even more fluid.
Very cool.
I kinda was around during the whole pole piece/mag swap and hybrid pickup building craze here.
Is it the length that is making the difference here? Or the hex? Or both?
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