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Have a brand new Yahama pacafica 112j. ? Are the pups made in house court . Or a sub contractor brand. HSS.
Who makes the pups
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Thanks in the near future I want to get the Seymour Duncan custom custom with #2 athankyoulnico . The stock pickups sound pretty good . I like the way #2 alnico sound than you Daniel Dunkelberger. Perry Florida.
Thanks in the near future I want to get the Seymour Duncan custom custom with #2 athankyoulnico . The stock pickups sound pretty good . I like the way #2 alnico sound than you Daniel Dunkelberger. Perry Florida.
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So, if you decide to change p'ups, I advice you to get either a Haussel or Kinman p'up set or, as I did, a custom set made by David Plummer aka Zhangbucker, with the three different polepiece spreads. It's of paramount importance, due to the pretty narrow neck string separation at the nut (40.5mm) and the relatively narrow string spacing at the bridge/tremolo (52.5mm). A std. Fender p'up would leave the 1st string out of the magnetic field created by the magnetic rod in the neck p'up, so it'll sound too quiet in relation with the others, something I just couldn't live with when playing live.
Granted, in the studio you compress the hell of it and solve the problem without anybody getting any wiser, but in a live situation, to compress it at those levels will compromise the dynamics required and the pick attack, creating a "pumping" effect I personally dislike with a passion, hence my word of advice. However, once installing the Zhangbucker set, that lowly, hundred bucks guitar, surprisingly became one of my "money makers" in the studio, together with a PRS SE EG, loaded with active EMG SA p'ups.
/Peter
Subcontractor, in Korea. The alnico ones are OK, yours are ceramic, so it's up to you to decide if you like'em or not. I used to have the same guitar, so in my case I changed not only the p'ups, but the whole harness, replacing'em with top-quality components. The pickguard in the Yamaha Pacifica series situate the p'ups in a slightly different position than Fender does, so it'll sound in a "different" way than a strat, but I actually prefer the Yammy harmonic nodes reading over the Fender, so there you have it.
So, if you decide to change p'ups, I advice you to get either a Haussel or Kinman p'up set or, as I did, a custom set made by David Plummer aka Zhangbucker, with the three different polepiece spreads. It's of paramount importance, due to the pretty narrow neck string separation at the nut (40.5mm) and the relatively narrow string spacing at the bridge/tremolo (52.5mm). A std. Fender p'up would leave the 1st string out of the magnetic field created by the magnetic rod in the neck p'up, so it'll sound too quiet in relation with the others, something I just couldn't live with when playing live.
Granted, in the studio you compress the hell of it and solve the problem without anybody getting any wiser, but in a live situation, to compress it at those levels will compromise the dynamics required and the pick attack, creating a "pumping" effect I personally dislike with a passion, hence my word of advice. However, once installing the Zhangbucker set, that lowly, hundred bucks guitar, surprisingly became one of my "money makers" in the studio, together with a PRS SE EG, loaded with active EMG SA p'ups.
/Peter
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Thank you Peter great info. I love Seymours deadacation to the quest for great tone.
Thank you Peter great info. I love Seymours deadacation to the quest for great tone.
