BanditPanda
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Jimi Hendrix™ Signature Strat
Are these pups available as singles or is the only option to buy the full set?
Thanks.
BP
Are these pups available as singles or is the only option to buy the full set?
Thanks.
BP
Jimi Hendrix™ Signature Strat
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Thank you Dave. I wonder if the next development will be a noiseless set of these?
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Thank you Dave. I wonder if the next development will be a noiseless set of these?
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Dave so you figure I could ask the Custom Shop to put together a noiseless neck pup based on the Jimi Hendrix Signature neck pup or would I/we still be locked into purchasing the full set?
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Dave so you figure I could ask the Custom Shop to put together a noiseless neck pup based on the Jimi Hendrix Signature neck pup or would I/we still be locked into purchasing the full set?
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Thank you. I will inquire of them the cost to do so.
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Thank you. I will inquire of them the cost to do so.
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hmmm a noiseless set could be cool. I'm really digging the set I have in my Squier Deluxe, but there is that obvious hum that just doesn't happen in my other guitars with humbuckers. In saying that, they seem reasonably quiet though.
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hmmm a noiseless set could be cool. I'm really digging the set I have in my Squier Deluxe, but there is that obvious hum that just doesn't happen in my other guitars with humbuckers. In saying that, they seem reasonably quiet though.
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That is a nice looking Strat !
Curious. Is that a " mind blowing " set of pick ups?
Hey I learned something today which perhaps you already knew.
The 60 cycle hum is not caused by the pick ups.
It is caused by the wiring of the building.
The pick ups merely "pick up" the sound and it becomes audible through the pup/amp!
Ya learn sumtin new every day! lol
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That is a nice looking Strat !
Curious. Is that a " mind blowing " set of pick ups?
Hey I learned something today which perhaps you already knew.
The 60 cycle hum is not caused by the pick ups.
It is caused by the wiring of the building.
The pick ups merely "pick up" the sound and it becomes audible through the pup/amp!
Ya learn sumtin new every day! lol
shadowfire90
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cool guitar with the Jimi Hendrix guitar pickups in I put a silver pearl pickguard on a similar MIM strat. Think it was Daphne blue
To me it's hard calling a set of pickups a Jimi Hendrix pickup set a signature set when they are hum cancelling as he never used anything like it on his strats. Kind of like if there was a world war 2 documentary where the soldiers are storming Normandy and you see one of the soldiers with a digital watch or a cellphone out texting their friends. All the hum cancelling methods didn't start popping up until much later. Dimarzio with the stacked single coils to Seymour Duncan's rails to name a few. I'm sure Jimi would have loved to try them but either way I'd ask the custom shop for a hum cancelling set with the same winds and all.
Yeah if anything go with the custom shop or wait a few years as hopefully they will sell them individually. Sort of like when the black winter humbucker set came out it was an Europe exclusive for the first year or so. Always remember though Jimi used a 0.1uf (100nf) capacitor. I haven't really brushed up on my Jimi Hendrix gear in a while but I'm almost certain it was a cheap green polyester capacitor similar to what is in a modern day squier. No sense in getting or going with ceramic capacitors. Even in passive guitars as stage lights cause them to produce some unwanted noise. But for just jamming out in your bedroom all the power to you. Standard nickel plated steel or pure nickel strings will do the trick too. Roger Mayer was the man who designed a lot of Jimi's pedals back in the day which a lot of them you can still get. Another important thing is Jimi played right handed guitars left handed so his pickups are at a unique angle. I've seen a few pickguard makers make them the "right" in Jimi's way pop up. If it's just a squier or something you've played to death and don't mind potentially drilling into a guitar body a new set of holes I'd go with China.
Hum comes in all shapes and sizes
ceramic capacitors with stage lights produce hum
60 cycle hum from single coils
EMI - this is why you shield your guitars in various ways and see copper tape on certain pickups - willseasyguitar did a great video on this for getting less hum out of single coils.
plugging an amp into a wall of an older house, same goes for most guitar pedals into the wall - always use batteries if you play live. Joe Bonamassa I remember someone said he changes the 9v every night
this is without going into buffer pedals and all to help clear up the signal
One trick a really talented guitar tech I used to spend a lot of time with mentioned to get a power bar that has RFI and EMI protection. Sweetwater the guitar website used to sell them a while back. They weren't cheap like 40$ American give or take. You plug your amp and or pedals into the power bar. The power bar into the wall. Even with every trick I know to get rid of hum that power bar you'll hear differences outside an oscilloscope.
In terms of wire in a pickguard the less wire you use the better for ground wires. Most techs aren't showing off doing this. Eric Johnson is a really serious tone chaser and I remember I inadvertently got the tip from him. Both the single coils 2 wires and if you use two separate wires going out to the input jack an old radio trick is to twist the wires up tightly. It looks professional and apparently helps with hum. But any of this take with a grain of salt.
I've seen guys wrap their single coil wires up tighter than this but this is a somewhat "vintage" build as I swear there is a blower switch or 7 way mod in this. I did this a while back using a 0.1uf tone capacitor for reference of how some people twist their wires.
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cool guitar with the Jimi Hendrix guitar pickups in I put a silver pearl pickguard on a similar MIM strat. Think it was Daphne blue
To me it's hard calling a set of pickups a Jimi Hendrix pickup set a signature set when they are hum cancelling as he never used anything like it on his strats. Kind of like if there was a world war 2 documentary where the soldiers are storming Normandy and you see one of the soldiers with a digital watch or a cellphone out texting their friends. All the hum cancelling methods didn't start popping up until much later. Dimarzio with the stacked single coils to Seymour Duncan's rails to name a few. I'm sure Jimi would have loved to try them but either way I'd ask the custom shop for a hum cancelling set with the same winds and all.
Yeah if anything go with the custom shop or wait a few years as hopefully they will sell them individually. Sort of like when the black winter humbucker set came out it was an Europe exclusive for the first year or so. Always remember though Jimi used a 0.1uf (100nf) capacitor. I haven't really brushed up on my Jimi Hendrix gear in a while but I'm almost certain it was a cheap green polyester capacitor similar to what is in a modern day squier. No sense in getting or going with ceramic capacitors. Even in passive guitars as stage lights cause them to produce some unwanted noise. But for just jamming out in your bedroom all the power to you. Standard nickel plated steel or pure nickel strings will do the trick too. Roger Mayer was the man who designed a lot of Jimi's pedals back in the day which a lot of them you can still get. Another important thing is Jimi played right handed guitars left handed so his pickups are at a unique angle. I've seen a few pickguard makers make them the "right" in Jimi's way pop up. If it's just a squier or something you've played to death and don't mind potentially drilling into a guitar body a new set of holes I'd go with China.
Hum comes in all shapes and sizes
ceramic capacitors with stage lights produce hum
60 cycle hum from single coils
EMI - this is why you shield your guitars in various ways and see copper tape on certain pickups - willseasyguitar did a great video on this for getting less hum out of single coils.
plugging an amp into a wall of an older house, same goes for most guitar pedals into the wall - always use batteries if you play live. Joe Bonamassa I remember someone said he changes the 9v every night
this is without going into buffer pedals and all to help clear up the signal
One trick a really talented guitar tech I used to spend a lot of time with mentioned to get a power bar that has RFI and EMI protection. Sweetwater the guitar website used to sell them a while back. They weren't cheap like 40$ American give or take. You plug your amp and or pedals into the power bar. The power bar into the wall. Even with every trick I know to get rid of hum that power bar you'll hear differences outside an oscilloscope.
In terms of wire in a pickguard the less wire you use the better for ground wires. Most techs aren't showing off doing this. Eric Johnson is a really serious tone chaser and I remember I inadvertently got the tip from him. Both the single coils 2 wires and if you use two separate wires going out to the input jack an old radio trick is to twist the wires up tightly. It looks professional and apparently helps with hum. But any of this take with a grain of salt.
I've seen guys wrap their single coil wires up tighter than this but this is a somewhat "vintage" build as I swear there is a blower switch or 7 way mod in this. I did this a while back using a 0.1uf tone capacitor for reference of how some people twist their wires.
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I get that Hendrix never used hum-cancelling single coils, but anything made by the Custom Shop probably wouldn't be called signature Hendrix pickups. They would just be wound to sound as close as they could to the real thing without the noise. I would think the sound is the important thing, not the label.
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I get that Hendrix never used hum-cancelling single coils, but anything made by the Custom Shop probably wouldn't be called signature Hendrix pickups. They would just be wound to sound as close as they could to the real thing without the noise. I would think the sound is the important thing, not the label.
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Thanks. It arrived to me with what appears to be water damage, so I've had to do a lot more work than I expected from a one year old guitar. Still sorting out a bunch of stuff with it.
As to whether or not they are mind blowing, I haven't played a proper decent set of vintage, or vintage style humbuckers in a long time, but these definitely sound like the real deal to my ears. I just want to wire the bridge to a tone control so I can tame the high end a little, but otherwise, they sound great.
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Thanks. It arrived to me with what appears to be water damage, so I've had to do a lot more work than I expected from a one year old guitar. Still sorting out a bunch of stuff with it.
As to whether or not they are mind blowing, I haven't played a proper decent set of vintage, or vintage style humbuckers in a long time, but these definitely sound like the real deal to my ears. I just want to wire the bridge to a tone control so I can tame the high end a little, but otherwise, they sound great.
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I like John Mayer’s quote about 60 cycle hum being like the sound of someone breathing.
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I like John Mayer’s quote about 60 cycle hum being like the sound of someone breathing.
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Lol. If you're ever in the vicinity of a person whose breathing sounds like a 60 cycle hum run like hell and then call NASA.
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Lol. If you're ever in the vicinity of a person whose breathing sounds like a 60 cycle hum run like hell and then call NASA.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences and info.
Really appreciate it.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences and info.
Really appreciate it.
Closing thread.
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