To fatten my C5...
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Gearjoneser
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Re: To fatten my C5...
Yeah, I made an overwound Custom 5 nickel as my UGD pickup. It's 15.3K.
I have it in my LP Goldtop with a 59, and that LP sounds downright evil with it.
It's basically a C5 with a bit more mids and the highs are pulled back just a hair. Lew's post about the C5 needing to be a tad hotter is correct. I wish Duncan would make that tweak and reintrduce it as the C-5 or C-5+ IMO, it beats the Custom, CC, JB, and C5
Yeah, I made an overwound Custom 5 nickel as my UGD pickup. It's 15.3K.
I have it in my LP Goldtop with a 59, and that LP sounds downright evil with it.
It's basically a C5 with a bit more mids and the highs are pulled back just a hair. Lew's post about the C5 needing to be a tad hotter is correct. I wish Duncan would make that tweak and reintrduce it as the C-5 or C-5+ IMO, it beats the Custom, CC, JB, and C5
BachToRock
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Zhangliqun
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Re: To fatten my C5...
It's true. Take a metal file and give it a try. It's a free mod and easily reversible if you don't like the sound and you have spare pole pieces laying around.
Shortening the pole pieces concentrates the magnetic field. Extending the field well below the baseplate as regular pole pieces do dilutes the magnetic field some by spreading it over a larger area. Shortening them shrinks the size of the magnetic field and makes it more concentrated and stronger.
Something else of interest -- Gibson pole pieces have bigger heads (slightly wider and almost twice as deep, much more mass) than Duncan poles and they add some beef to the tone too.
fab.regnaut said:
It's true. Take a metal file and give it a try. It's a free mod and easily reversible if you don't like the sound and you have spare pole pieces laying around.
Shortening the pole pieces concentrates the magnetic field. Extending the field well below the baseplate as regular pole pieces do dilutes the magnetic field some by spreading it over a larger area. Shortening them shrinks the size of the magnetic field and makes it more concentrated and stronger.
Something else of interest -- Gibson pole pieces have bigger heads (slightly wider and almost twice as deep, much more mass) than Duncan poles and they add some beef to the tone too.
Zhangliqun
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Re: To fatten my C5...
Sometimes cliches are true.
Isn't saying the same thing from a different frame of reference? It's not "scooped", it's just raised at both ends (bass and treble)?
To my ear, Alnico 5 is the "harshest" of the Alnico Bros. I'm not saying I dislike Alnico 5, far from it. For some pickups in certain guitars, it's the ideal magnet. I have one in my Seth Lover in my 355, and of course in my underwound Phat Cat.
Alnico 4 may sound "harsh" if the pickup had an Alnico 2 (or 3) in it to begin with, which means the wind (or the guitar it's in) is probably harsh to begin with so you can't blame the magnet. Because to my ear, A4 is like aged or smoother/mellower A5, a righteous vintage tone. It has a slight dip in the mids rather than A5's deep scoop. Yup, "scoop".
Lewguitar said:
Sometimes cliches are true.
Lewguitar said:
Isn't saying the same thing from a different frame of reference? It's not "scooped", it's just raised at both ends (bass and treble)?
Lewguitar said:
To my ear, Alnico 5 is the "harshest" of the Alnico Bros. I'm not saying I dislike Alnico 5, far from it. For some pickups in certain guitars, it's the ideal magnet. I have one in my Seth Lover in my 355, and of course in my underwound Phat Cat.
Alnico 4 may sound "harsh" if the pickup had an Alnico 2 (or 3) in it to begin with, which means the wind (or the guitar it's in) is probably harsh to begin with so you can't blame the magnet. Because to my ear, A4 is like aged or smoother/mellower A5, a righteous vintage tone. It has a slight dip in the mids rather than A5's deep scoop. Yup, "scoop".
