Aussie wrote:Thanks Louis
I was thinking that With the 43s rated at 10k and the 42's at 6k they may not balance too well. from memory the 54's are also about 6k so if that combo woks well all should be good. No issues with volume levels when switching to the bridge?
cheers, Robbie
none at all. remember the dc resistance is a very small part of the actual output. the 42's are hotter than the 54's or the blues specials, the difference being the construction and the magnets. the difference between the 42 and the 43 is the wire, and that is why the dc resistance is that different. also, the string at the bridge pup travels a lot less, so you need a hotter pup to get similar volume levels. one advantage with the 43 is that you don't have to get it so close to the string to try to get a balance between the 3 pups.
if all thing are equal, only the dc resistance (length of wire) is different, from my experience a balanced set would look like this.
neck 5k middle 5.7-6k and bridge 11-13k. the travel of the string in the magnetic field makes that much difference. in my sd antiquity set, the neck and middle are 6.3 and the bridge 9.7, and it is still not enough to balance well, unless the neck is far from the strings and the bridge is almost touching.
in my klein jazzy cat speacial set, the neck is 5.1k, the middle is 5.7k and the bridge is 12k. perfect match.
another thing, both the 42's and the 43's are constructed just like the mfd pups, except with an alnico magnet.