Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:02 pm
Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:28 pm
DKA-65 wrote:last questions is......would the lower output (older) pups work in the neck and middle position with a higher output (newer) pup in the bridge.
Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:13 am
Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:07 pm
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:25 pm
Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:41 am
DKA-65 wrote:Thanks for the replies the links were helpful, the second one I had already found but the 2 together answered most of my
questions. I got what I think was a good deal on a neck and mid pickups from newer stock to go with my 5.1 ohm bridge pickup that is also a newer one.
There are two older ones that are for sale on Reverb that have green and yellow wiring and are both 4.1 ohm but the owner does not know if they were neck,mid, or bridge. These are the two that I was wondering if they would play nice with the 5.1 bridge as well as if anyone knows what position pickups they might be from the wire color.
https://reverb.com/item/22953297-g-l-early-pickup-set-patent-no-4220069-1980s-black
Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:49 am
Craig wrote:
Those two pickups are for the middle (RWRP) position. See this in our Gallery: USA S-500 Picture Diagram.
Hope this helps.
Mon Sep 23, 2019 10:14 am
DKA-65 wrote:I also want to ask one more questions, or at least expand on something I wanted to know.....but first I also want to say thank you to everyone that chimed in and gave links to read.
So the question goes out hopefully to people that have played new and old (as well as lower vs. higher ohm) pickups.
Is there are great sound difference or output difference between the two? If I have a standard Alnico pickup with all other things being close to equal I can at least have a rough guide to what it would sound like if you changed from higher to lower (or lower to higher) output, but with the MFD's being a bit of a different animal for me I was hoping someone would chime in with their opinions.
Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:54 am
DanDoulogos wrote:On a side note - I'd love to have an ASAT special with silver wound MFDs. (Silver is a significantly better conductor than Copper - meaning the same impedance values would require more windings and capture even more signal - turning these tone monsters into tone super-monsters!)
Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:23 am
jdetente wrote:DanDoulogos wrote:On a side note - I'd love to have an ASAT special with silver wound MFDs. (Silver is a significantly better conductor than Copper - meaning the same impedance values would require more windings and capture even more signal - turning these tone monsters into tone super-monsters!)
I've always wondered how the MFD Jumbos (or the S500) pickups would sound like with Alnico magnets. An Alnico 8 would be particularly interesting as it is closest to ceramic. Does anyone know if BBE has experimented with Alnico magnets in the MFDs?
Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:55 am
Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:28 am
Danley wrote:Wonder if that’s technically an ‘MFD...’
Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:41 am
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