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Topic: Best/favorite pickup for Hawaiian steel |
Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 7:55 am |
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| Eihter 6 or 8 strings, vintage or current. What works, what doesn't, what do you prefer? |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 8:06 am
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| I have a Lollar Chicago and a Vintage Vibe CC. I like them both a lot. The Lollar sound more fat and is very responsive and have lots of mids but is noisy, the Vintage Vibe is cleaner but sound rich too. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 11:26 am
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| The basic Wallace has served the $ minded steel world well for decades and is perfect in my DynaLap, covering all styles. Hard to (cheaply) beat a great vintage PU with old wirings tho. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 11:30 am I'd have to say................
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| My Rickenbacher pickups surely lead the field in my musical appreciation while my BIGSBY pickups follow in second place. My Emmons has great pickups as well. I believe it's how they are played as opposed to their inherent mechanical/electronic characteristics. |
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C. E. Jackson
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 12:49 pm
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| C. E. Jackson wrote: |
The Charlie Christian pickups on my vintage Gibsons are my favorites.
C. E. |
Me, too. It's my favorite to record with.
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Al
My equipment:
One heck of a Wife
The ghost of a red Doberman
Several pairs of reading glasses strewn about |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2014 1:21 pm
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Like Ray said: Rickenbacher's rule. They are the source of beautiful sounds by Bobby Ingano and others. I love the sound of by B6. My Fender pickups are a little too bright (Deluxe 8, Stringmaster D8 & T , but they are so nice to play, but my Canopus pickups are ok.
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Jack Aldrich
Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
Canopus D8 |
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Michael Kienhofer
From:
Goulais River,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 9 Mar 2014 4:52 am
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| My Vote go,s to the Fender "Traps" |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Mar 2014 5:53 pm
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I'm not big on Gibsons, but I have a pre-war 7-string EH something, (EH150 ? ) with the Christian pickup, that has a sound all it's own. It's a hollow body guitar, and has some acoustic type sounds that are hard to explain.
I could be from all the glue I had to use, to put it back together after it fell apart before I got it !  |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 10 Mar 2014 9:09 am
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| I love the Rickenbacher horseshoes and would also put in a word for the Supro wrap-arounds. As for a favourite, though, I'm with Michael: Fender trapezoids all the way! |
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