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David Pinkston

 

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Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 11 Sep 2009 6:32 pm    
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Just mounted the Alumitone on my Show-Pro. Very interesting. I like the clear high end and transparency. There is something lacking in the lower midrange, but I'm getting it tweaked in. I use a Sarno Rev and Furlongs, and I'm having to set the vari-z much differently than with the Wallace or the BL 710. The jury is out but I'll probably leave it on until I can crank it up live and see how it does against a band. Definitely different than any pickup I've heard. Very clear.
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Roger Francis

 

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kokomo,Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 12 Sep 2009 3:31 pm    
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David, i've noticed it cuts through the mix better than any PU i've had. Once you get it dialed in i think you'll love it
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David Pinkston

 

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Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2009 12:23 pm     Alumitone
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You're right. I love it. Pickup search may be over. Plus it looks cool.
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Roger Francis

 

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kokomo,Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2009 12:46 pm    
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Mines staying on till the next big thing comes along but it's going to be hard to beat this one.
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Bill Stroud

 

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Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2009 4:53 pm     Alumitone
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I've them in my D-10 G2 Mullen I just picked up at Scotty's and I really like them, tone to the bone.
Bill
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Pat Comeau


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New Brunswick, Canada
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2009 5:01 pm    
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Is it a single coil or humbucker?
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Bobby Burns

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 16 Sep 2009 5:05 pm    
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Pat, that is a good question. Are the humbucker alumitones electrically the same as the others, just made to fit a humbucker size mount? Or are they truly humbuckers?
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Roger Francis

 

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Post  Posted 17 Sep 2009 4:45 am    
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They are a humbucker, but they don't sound like one, they have the SC tone or charateristics and as quiet or quieter than a humbucker that we are use to.
Go to the lace site, it explains how they are designed.
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Albert Svenddal


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Minneapolis, MN
Post  Posted 17 Sep 2009 6:16 am    
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The Alumitone is not a single coil or a humbucker. It is unlike any other pickup design. There are NO windings. It is just an "Aluminum" frame with magnets. I do not know how it work, but there is a cool video on the Lace Musical Products website that explains it. All I know is is is the best pickup I have ever played on my Williams guitars.

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