Hybrid question.

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Re: Hybrid question.

Zhangliqun -
Yes, that is my exact intention. As the slugs are short and flat, they pick up more sound anyway, no lost magnetism under the bridge like the screw poles, so this gives me a chance to get some strong highs/mids, as opposed to a fatter, more muddy kind of sound.
The thicker bottom strings gives me more of a snap like a Fender scale but are to muddy, solution: lower the now weaker poles into the bobbin and bang - tighter snap, no mud. If I was a winder, I would make them like this for myself.
gregory -
These hex screws you talk about, are they available everywhere, I never looked, and they sound like a much better idea than those way too long pole screws, which I tried to cut once, couldn't with a wire cutter, had to borrow a bolt cutter, and they take forever to saw off with a real nice hack saw. Is there a favorite "flavor" or are they all the same alloy? Thanks in advance for any insight. All you guys are very resourceful and helpful. Thanks.
Steve Buffington

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Hybrid question.

Somebody else was talking about hex screws, not me.

Easiest way to cut pole screws is a bandsaw. I have a hunk of wood with 5/40 screw holes in them that I screw a set of poles into, and it's the right thickness so that if I cut them flush with the wood, they come out the desired length. Just screw them into the holes and then prevent the bandsaw from turning the screw by having a flathead screwdriver in the screw head slot while the bandsaw blade cuts the screws.

On the other hand, if you want a double-slug pickup, just get two of the same one and match the slug coils. Somebody else out there would dig a 12-screw version of it so you probably wouldn't have much trouble selling that.