LtKojak
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Hi good folk at the SDUGF, I've taken some pictures of my original Dirty Fingers and I thought to publish'em here, just for the sake of sharing information and knowledge.
As you can see, Dirty Fingers have TWO rows of screws and three double-thick ceramic magnets. All other p'ups with different specs, although produced in the same era, are NOT DFs.
This is an ORIGINAL DF, taken out from a 1978 Explorer. This particular one has the Schaller bobbins, which makes it extremely rare.
It measures 16.32K @23°C, with the South Coil measuring 8.20K, and the North Coil 8.12K.
As the coil offset is very small to negligible, I think it's safe to say that the design calls for balanced coils, attributing the difference to a small inconsistency in diameter of the wire itself, although completely within standard requirements, which seems to be SPN AWG #44, so I think the nominal DC of this design should be 16K, consistent in 2x 8K bobbins.
The visual inspection of the coils indicate that the tension used in the winding of these coils is on the loose side, as you can see the wire moving when touching it with a finger.
No potting, the finished bobbins didn't even have a shielding or protective tape. Note the red dot, marking the North side of the spacer magnet.
You can see the three double-thick magnets used, plus how the South start is soldered to the baseplate.
This is how the coil joint was made. Kinda hacky, isn't it? Norlin in a nutshell. :naughty:
The interesting thing to see is the inverted-pyramid shape of the coil, a coil geometry shape consistent with several good-sounding PAFs I've seen. Seems that somebody was "doing something right" despite the Suit's policies at the time, which knew absolutely NOTHING 'bout guitars, music, tone and couldn't care less 'bout. For the record, NOBODY PLAYED GUITAR, NOT EVEN EVER HAD A GUITAR IN THEIR HANDS at Norlin's board at that time.
That was the people LEADING the company. Then tell me how GREAT Norlin instruments are! :naughty:
If something was made right at that time, was because of the nameless and faceless little guy, disobeying direct orders and risking his job because he still had pride in what he knew and what he did and just couldn't let go of being stomped all over by the arrogant and ignorant new masters.
Wow, it sounds just like the story of my life in Italy!
Enjoy! :cool2: :wave:
As you can see, Dirty Fingers have TWO rows of screws and three double-thick ceramic magnets. All other p'ups with different specs, although produced in the same era, are NOT DFs.
This is an ORIGINAL DF, taken out from a 1978 Explorer. This particular one has the Schaller bobbins, which makes it extremely rare.
It measures 16.32K @23°C, with the South Coil measuring 8.20K, and the North Coil 8.12K.
As the coil offset is very small to negligible, I think it's safe to say that the design calls for balanced coils, attributing the difference to a small inconsistency in diameter of the wire itself, although completely within standard requirements, which seems to be SPN AWG #44, so I think the nominal DC of this design should be 16K, consistent in 2x 8K bobbins.
The visual inspection of the coils indicate that the tension used in the winding of these coils is on the loose side, as you can see the wire moving when touching it with a finger.
No potting, the finished bobbins didn't even have a shielding or protective tape. Note the red dot, marking the North side of the spacer magnet.
You can see the three double-thick magnets used, plus how the South start is soldered to the baseplate.
This is how the coil joint was made. Kinda hacky, isn't it? Norlin in a nutshell. :naughty:
The interesting thing to see is the inverted-pyramid shape of the coil, a coil geometry shape consistent with several good-sounding PAFs I've seen. Seems that somebody was "doing something right" despite the Suit's policies at the time, which knew absolutely NOTHING 'bout guitars, music, tone and couldn't care less 'bout. For the record, NOBODY PLAYED GUITAR, NOT EVEN EVER HAD A GUITAR IN THEIR HANDS at Norlin's board at that time.
That was the people LEADING the company. Then tell me how GREAT Norlin instruments are! :naughty:
If something was made right at that time, was because of the nameless and faceless little guy, disobeying direct orders and risking his job because he still had pride in what he knew and what he did and just couldn't let go of being stomped all over by the arrogant and ignorant new masters.
Wow, it sounds just like the story of my life in Italy!
Enjoy! :cool2: :wave:
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