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Topic: Bad pole on a pick up? |
George Seymour
From:
Notown, Vermont, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2013 6:33 pm |
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On one of my steels, the second string seems dead. Is it possible one pole is bad?
It's a single coil Emmons pup.
Thanks
George |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 31 Oct 2013 6:12 am
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Possible, but unlikely. Strike and hold a tuning fork over each pole for comparison. Remove strings if you need better access.
I would assume the magnets were charged after winding and therefor all the same polarity. I have run into small hidden defects in cast magnets before.
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George Seymour
From:
Notown, Vermont, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2013 7:08 am
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Thanks for the tip Jerry!
Any thoughts why the second string would sound so "dead"
Has new strings...
My try a replacement
I've never fooled much at all with pick ups....
Haven't had to frankly |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 31 Oct 2013 7:34 am
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Play it acoustically: sometimes a burr or worn spot at the changer finger will spike one string, but you can hear that string sounding that way unplugged.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 31 Oct 2013 7:43 am
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Well, if you can confirm that your pickup is in good working order, you might try rephrasing your question and posting in the "Pedal Steel" section...... there will be a wealth of experience in that section.
If your second string is not slightly crimped or bad in some way, I would look for something loose in the bridge area that is consuming your sustain. 
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George Seymour
From:
Notown, Vermont, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2013 4:34 am
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Thanks all for the info
Well taken for consideration! |
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Russ Blake
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2013 9:54 am
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| I had this problem on a '64 Sho-Bud. Both pickups had multiple poles that were dead. The strings over those poles were not just quieter than the other strings, but completely inaudible when amplified. Talked to Lindy Fralin about it and he had seen some magnets from that era that were badly cast and wouldn't hold a charge well. He replaced the bad poles and rewound the pickups and it has been great ever since. |
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George Seymour
From:
Notown, Vermont, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2013 10:15 am
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| Thanks for the response Russ, I'm going to have the pickup rewound. |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2013 1:38 pm
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I put a new single coil PU in a CW PSG that the 3rd string pole would die when I rocked off the B pedal while holding the A.
It was weird Pedals down 3rd string sustained fine/okay... let up the B pedal and the note would just stop.
Replaced the PU and it was all better same as before.
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
Little Walter PF-89.
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