"old" dave gilmour pickup...hot scatter wound SSL-1

[esandes]

found this by accident while searching for the benefits of scatter wound pickups...
http://www.stratcat.biz/ssl-1c-dg.shtml

....a pretty hot scatter wound SSL-1. wowzers!

btw, seems like a mix bag of reviews on the scatter wound. some say it's marketing. the manufacturers say it increases resonant peak and balances the pickup. what do real users here have to say about it?

 

[hamerfan]

Re: "old" dave gilmour pickup...hot scatter wound SSL-1

found this by accident while searching for the benefits of scatter wound pickups...
http://www.stratcat.biz/ssl-1c-dg.shtml

....a pretty hot scatter wound SSL-1. wowzers!

btw, seems like a mix bag of reviews on the scatter wound. some say it's marketing. the manufacturers say it increases resonant peak and balances the pickup. what do real users here have to say about it?

It's probably 43 awg wire. I would guess a down wound SSL-5 would come near...