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Ray Thomas
From:
Goldsboro North Carolina
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Posted 4 Dec 2013 12:02 pm |
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What is the advantage and dis-advantages of different ohm values of pickups?
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Livesteel Strings Dealer
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 4 Dec 2013 12:42 pm
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| Lower ohm (fewer turns) indicates lower output level, and less coloring. |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2013 8:30 pm
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Lower impedance (ohms) pickups capture less noise... so they don't need to be humbuckers, which can kill high-frequency response. The Rickenbacher horseshoe pickup is about 2kohms... and dead quiet. Same for the Aiello focused-magnet ones... very low impedance, high output, low noise.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 4 Dec 2013 9:47 pm
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Ray,
Practically speaking if the only difference between pickups is the ohms a 17.5 K pickup will be a little brighter sounding than an 18.5K pickup.
Most pedalsteel guitar pickups are pretty much the same in terms of basic construction and function.
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