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Topic: Lawrence 610s |
Steve Spitz
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 24 May 2016 6:12 pm |
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I'm considering a pair of these on big wood bodied ShoBud like guitar, a Fulawka.
Does any one have any opinion on these ? My research calls them sidewinders, and claim they were wound to 34 K? That seems a bit much, I'm told they tend to handle bass well , but can be bright. .
Anyone have any history with these , and how they might get along with a teleonics pedal? My other choice is a Truetones.
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John Swain
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Winchester, Va
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Posted 25 May 2016 6:31 am
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| I believe the sidewinders were 910's like Hal Rugg had in his Zumsteel. |
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Steve Spitz
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 25 May 2016 8:01 am Lawrence 610s
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Thanks John. Could be I'm mistaken on the term " sidewinders" , but they aren't the 910s.
If I'm not mistaken, The 610s have a row of five pole pieces on the bass side, and have five pole pieces on the treble side. If I recall, the 910 has a single row of pole pieces, all in line, in the middle of the pick up.
The 910 was a bit dark, the 710 ,I'm told, is brighter. Does that mean the 610 is very bright?
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 25 May 2016 8:08 am
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| Interesting---the 705's had 505 and 605 predecessors so it is certainly a possibility that there were some developmental models prior to 710. First I've heard of them, though. |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 25 May 2016 1:25 pm 610s
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| You can see a pair on Frency's web site. I think I've seen the term staggered pole pieces. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 25 May 2016 1:44 pm
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Never seen these before. Interesting.
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 May 2016 3:07 pm
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I have those in the 12 string version for my Sierra.
Fairly mellow sounding...I like it; it's a keeper. |
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Scott Swartz
From:
St. Louis, MO
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Posted 26 May 2016 7:41 am
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I used these for quite a while, until I wound some pickups myself.
I would say they are slightly brighter yet smoother than an E66 on the highs and the lows are tighter and more single coil like.
One other thing I noticed is they are quite sensitive to the resistive load they are driving. Into 500k or 1 meg of an active volume pedal they will be very bright and peaky. If your pedal allows you lower the resistive load with a knob that will not be a problem.
I used them direct to a 250K pot pedal and then a buffer after that.
If you get them loaded properly I think they are a great sounding pickup.
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Scott Swartz
Steeltronics - Steel Guitar Pickups
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