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Topic: Humbucker for lap steel? |
Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 8 Dec 2008 5:12 am |
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 I just bought a lap steel that came equiped with a humbucking pickup. The tone is okay, pretty bright for a humbucker! But I am thinking about trying a new p/u to get better sound.
I am spoiled by the tone of my 'Vintage' Silvertone (Valco Equiped) lap steel. I am never satisfied with the sound of many other steels I own, or have tested.
There are so many humbucker copies and after market manufacturers, I don't know where to begin looking!
Are there any Humbuckers that can get that "moan" I am looking for?
 SILVERTONE
 CLEAR LAP STEEL
Thanks
Dom Franco |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2008 5:37 am
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Contact Jason Lollar at Lollar Pickups. He's all over it!
Brad |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2008 9:22 am
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To point you in another budget-minded direction, Guitar Fetish makes a lot of different pickups, including humbucker-sized single coils -- what Gibson would call a P-94 instead of a P-90. The Mean-90 is vintage wound and the Dream-90 is overwound. I have a Mean-90 in the neck position of a Tele that is set up for slide, and it has an old-school sound that you might like for about $40....
http://store.guitarfetish.com/me90glbltral.html |
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Paul Smith
From:
Ma
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 12:34 pm
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Hello,
Pete Biltoft at www.vintagevibeguitars.com will
build you a humbucker that sounds amazing... I
just had a custom wound humbucker for my laptsteel
wound up by Pete.... I have a coil tap installed
for either single coil or humbucker mode... this
baby "moans".... also if you find your humbucker
to bright, you can swap out your Capacitor inside
your guitar and try different values that might
warm up your sound,
take care and good luck
smitty |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 9:35 pm
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I'm a big fan of putting a gibson PAF type humbucker as a second pickup in the neck position. It helps if you use a lap steel with a 25 1/2" scale and put the second pickup in exactly the same spot as the neck pickup in a Gibson SG.
I learned that from Derek Trucks (he pretty much only uses the neck pickup on his SG). |
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Bruce Bouton
From:
Nash. Tn USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 10:43 pm
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| I 've goy Lollar Imperial Humbuckers in my Asher and they are smokin! |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 10:46 am
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You can try going to Seymour Duncan's website and listen to the soundfiles that they have for all their humbuckers, both clean and distorted. Maybe you will find something you like.
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
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