Gaps in the product line?
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Dahla
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GilmourD
Burritotoneologist
Re: Gaps in the product line?
Is the PG+ still a Fender exclusive or has that exclusivity contract ended?
Is the PG+ still a Fender exclusive or has that exclusivity contract ended?
dominus
King Midas to Cheap Guitars
Re: Gaps in the product line?
They could always put a few extra wraps on it, call it something else and do what Dimarzio does with their OEMs and say what the closest production model is.
(Not a bad idea, actually. No need to pay the extra $10 for the PG name.)
They could always put a few extra wraps on it, call it something else and do what Dimarzio does with their OEMs and say what the closest production model is.
(Not a bad idea, actually. No need to pay the extra $10 for the PG name.)
GilmourD
Burritotoneologist
Re: Gaps in the product line?
So a few extra wraps on a pickup that has a few extra wraps over the PG?
dominus
King Midas to Cheap Guitars
Re: Gaps in the product line?
I was thinking a few like 3, not a few hundred. Just enough to say "this isn't a PG+ as spec'd out." Of course, the fact that it'd be a trembucker would make it a slightly different wind anyway.
So a few extra wraps on a pickup that has a few extra wraps over the PG?
I was thinking a few like 3, not a few hundred. Just enough to say "this isn't a PG+ as spec'd out." Of course, the fact that it'd be a trembucker would make it a slightly different wind anyway.
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: Gaps in the product line?
We would do that as a Shop Floor Custom, which is only a small upcharge.
However
I agree with you. I'd like that too.
We would do that as a Shop Floor Custom, which is only a small upcharge.
However
I agree with you. I'd like that too.
atreidesheir
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
I would like to see a drop-in replacement SD tele neck pickup that is not duller or darker. Strattier or p90ish on the hot side. The choices for the tele neck rout are too stuck in the past.
I would like to see a drop-in replacement SD tele neck pickup that is not duller or darker. Strattier or p90ish on the hot side. The choices for the tele neck rout are too stuck in the past.
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Funkfingers
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
Not so much a gap in the product line, more a suggestion for a cosmetic change. Two-part tops for P-Rails. Cream and black. Probably, cream P90 and black Rail.
Why not steal an idea from EMG? Their RT model is, essentially, the SA inside a larger housing and with three screw lugs instead of two. The same could be done to a Blackout.
Shoulda read the thread from the beginning.
Not so much a gap in the product line, more a suggestion for a cosmetic change. Two-part tops for P-Rails. Cream and black. Probably, cream P90 and black Rail.
Why not steal an idea from EMG? Their RT model is, essentially, the SA inside a larger housing and with three screw lugs instead of two. The same could be done to a Blackout.
Shoulda read the thread from the beginning.
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Myaccount876
Amira-Maker
Re: Gaps in the product line?
Try tele neck pickups with 500K pots. It makes a world a difference. You can even wire the controls so that the bridge and middle positions "see" 250K pots, but the neck position gets 500K pots.
Try tele neck pickups with 500K pots. It makes a world a difference. You can even wire the controls so that the bridge and middle positions "see" 250K pots, but the neck position gets 500K pots.
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Funkfingers
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
Try a vintage style single coil with A3 rod magnets. Mount it directly to the body on wood screws rather than suspend it through the pickguard or one of those metal surrounds.
Leo got it right to begin with. Others messed things up.
Try a vintage style single coil with A3 rod magnets. Mount it directly to the body on wood screws rather than suspend it through the pickguard or one of those metal surrounds.
Leo got it right to begin with. Others messed things up.
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Funkfingers
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
A neck/Rhythm position companion to the Custom Shop '53 Tapped Tele Lead. Three conductors, two output levels. If it will not fit under the conventional metal cover, use a SM-1/Firebird cover.
A neck/Rhythm position companion to the Custom Shop '53 Tapped Tele Lead. Three conductors, two output levels. If it will not fit under the conventional metal cover, use a SM-1/Firebird cover.
iamthesuck
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
I think promoting awareness of the custom shop would be cool. I know I plan on using it when I get a big boy job out of school, but I'm sure a lot of people would use it if they were aware of it
I think promoting awareness of the custom shop would be cool. I know I plan on using it when I get a big boy job out of school, but I'm sure a lot of people would use it if they were aware of it
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Funkfingers
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
If memory serves correctly, I first became aware of the SD Custom Shop after a succession of production line pickups had failed to exactly hit the spot. In other words, I only became aware when the need for awareness arose. (Apologies if this sounds like Frippspeak.)
I'm not so sure. IMO, if you do not appreciate what might be missing from stock/off-the-shelf pickups, you are unlikely to feel able to justify the additional expense for the hand-fettled items.
If memory serves correctly, I first became aware of the SD Custom Shop after a succession of production line pickups had failed to exactly hit the spot. In other words, I only became aware when the need for awareness arose. (Apologies if this sounds like Frippspeak.)
I'm not so sure. IMO, if you do not appreciate what might be missing from stock/off-the-shelf pickups, you are unlikely to feel able to justify the additional expense for the hand-fettled items.
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Funkfingers
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Re: Gaps in the product line?
Orange P90s.
Orange P90s.
sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: Gaps in the product line?
Well... the original guitar that the '78 was designed to sound like was a single-humbucker guitar... so inventing a neck pickup for that one might come off as a little ingenuous.
Well... the original guitar that the '78 was designed to sound like was a single-humbucker guitar... so inventing a neck pickup for that one might come off as a little ingenuous.