dr.barlo
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Hey gang,
Thought that it could be beneficial to share my latest experience regarding my attempts (and success) to get more highs from my 8.70/7.70K antiquity HB set.
Recently I took out a set of timbuckers from my hardtail walnut warmoth strat (hardtail, walnut body maple/rosewood neck, H/x/H 2vol 2tone (with the use of 2 CTS500K pots and a 500/500K dual concentric pot) wiring). Those timbuckers replaced BB1 and BB2 in my R8, and are great. But anyway that's not the subject.
I installed the double cream ant hb's I got from John (Blackrose), and decided to try out (again) various magnets in them. All but the a5 sounded kinda dark and too round in the bridge. It might be that this particular guitar is uppermid heavy and lacks the highs. Even a5 was not as punchy as was expected. The timbuckers were more open, more upfront and they screamed more.
I ended up liking the a5 bridge a3 neck the best, but still the bridge was not punchy. I think I like pickups on the bright side. And have to confess that I am using the bridge pickup quite high, very close to the strings just like on pauls. Lowering it was not a solution as lotsa growl was lost at the same time.
The solution was to play with the screws and lowering the slug bobin. In order to do that and not to mess with the magnetic field, I inserted a match under the screw side of the magnet. Then I dialed the screws half-.75 turns more than I generally use.
And guess what. It did the trick for that particular guitar.
I am not recommending you do this unless you know what it is about. I was very careful when I was lowering the slug coil not to break any wires.
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Thought that it could be beneficial to share my latest experience regarding my attempts (and success) to get more highs from my 8.70/7.70K antiquity HB set.
Recently I took out a set of timbuckers from my hardtail walnut warmoth strat (hardtail, walnut body maple/rosewood neck, H/x/H 2vol 2tone (with the use of 2 CTS500K pots and a 500/500K dual concentric pot) wiring). Those timbuckers replaced BB1 and BB2 in my R8, and are great. But anyway that's not the subject.
I installed the double cream ant hb's I got from John (Blackrose), and decided to try out (again) various magnets in them. All but the a5 sounded kinda dark and too round in the bridge. It might be that this particular guitar is uppermid heavy and lacks the highs. Even a5 was not as punchy as was expected. The timbuckers were more open, more upfront and they screamed more.
I ended up liking the a5 bridge a3 neck the best, but still the bridge was not punchy. I think I like pickups on the bright side. And have to confess that I am using the bridge pickup quite high, very close to the strings just like on pauls. Lowering it was not a solution as lotsa growl was lost at the same time.
The solution was to play with the screws and lowering the slug bobin. In order to do that and not to mess with the magnetic field, I inserted a match under the screw side of the magnet. Then I dialed the screws half-.75 turns more than I generally use.
And guess what. It did the trick for that particular guitar.
I am not recommending you do this unless you know what it is about. I was very careful when I was lowering the slug coil not to break any wires.
B
