Muahahahahaha (NPD - A8 59)
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Riley
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Re: Muahahahahaha (NPD - A8 59)
I'm not 100% sure what the implication here is about slightly thinner wire, but I thought I'd add a few points:
We've worked really hard to find the best vendors for the wire we use and at this point we've been using the same vendors for decades.
When we order wire we do it based on gauges, which are standardized across the industry. We also inspect 100% of the wire we use for consistency.
When we build pickups we don't wind to a DCR spec but rather to a number of turns, and there are several factors that can affect a DCR reading, including ambient temperature when the reading is taken, which means you can end up seeing some variety in readings for the same pickup model.
Hope that helps!
I'm not 100% sure what the implication here is about slightly thinner wire, but I thought I'd add a few points:
We've worked really hard to find the best vendors for the wire we use and at this point we've been using the same vendors for decades.
When we order wire we do it based on gauges, which are standardized across the industry. We also inspect 100% of the wire we use for consistency.
When we build pickups we don't wind to a DCR spec but rather to a number of turns, and there are several factors that can affect a DCR reading, including ambient temperature when the reading is taken, which means you can end up seeing some variety in readings for the same pickup model.
Hope that helps!
LtKojak
New member
Re: Muahahahahaha (NPD - A8 59)
1. at the manufacturer's factory when the spool is spooled a bit too tight for shipping.
2. when the actual p'up is wound, and that particular spool had only an area that was spooled too tight, the wire itself unspooling puts extra mechanical resistance to the guide, stretching it a little bit, lifting a little bit the DC reading.
Knowing how well monitored all winding processes are at the Co, that's the most common reason for the variance of DC readings, if all are taken at the nominal temperature of 20°C/68F°.
As for the sonic implications of what aforementioned, are close to nil. A 8.13K and a 8.41K '59s will sound exactly the same to everybody but your dog.
HTH,
Riley, for the record, even if you check a brand new spool of wire and verify its requested specs, those can change in the middle, and there's no way you or anybody can predict that, and happens in the following instances:
1. at the manufacturer's factory when the spool is spooled a bit too tight for shipping.
2. when the actual p'up is wound, and that particular spool had only an area that was spooled too tight, the wire itself unspooling puts extra mechanical resistance to the guide, stretching it a little bit, lifting a little bit the DC reading.
Knowing how well monitored all winding processes are at the Co, that's the most common reason for the variance of DC readings, if all are taken at the nominal temperature of 20°C/68F°.
As for the sonic implications of what aforementioned, are close to nil. A 8.13K and a 8.41K '59s will sound exactly the same to everybody but your dog.
HTH,
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