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Topic: More than one pickup on PSG |
Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 14 Mar 2005 11:42 pm |
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How many have tried or are still using more than one pickup on their PSG (on the same neck at the same time)?
If you tried it and went back to one p.u., why?
If you are using 2 or more now, tell about it, please.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 14 March 2005 at 11:45 PM.] |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2005 4:16 am
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Jim.. Right now, I only have one on my Carter,but it is a Truetone with a tapped coil.. My MSA that I played for over 25 years had 3 pickups.. Stock MSA,GeorgeL 10-5 with 5 position rotary switch,and an old coil tap Sho Bud pickup..It was LOADED with switches all over the place, for phasing,blending.tapping etc.. the variety of tones was amazing! I miss it.
I had a ProIII with two pickups on the E9 but the tonal variety was not near as dramatic as the MSA
Also had an MSA w/ SuperSustain humbucker that was highly modified so that the coils could be isolated... With switches I was able to use either the front or rear coil by itself,or both coils together in humbucking mode.. This MSA was also a VERY unique sounding steel .. I miss this one also. I am a big fan of lots of tonal variation on steels, just like 6 string electrics have bob |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 15 Mar 2005 4:47 am
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I had an AVM with a coil-tap and phase reversal switch, but none of the alternative sounds were really useful - too thin, too bright or too muddy.
I fear that a second pickup close to the regular one might get in the way of picking, just like a 6-string guitar with three humbuckers feels really awkward to play.
Maybe it would work better if the second pickup could be mounted around the 24th fret, but that would require major (depreciating) surgery on most steels.
I have just started building a steel from scratch, which will have a sliding pickup mount, making it possible to move the pickup 2 or 3 inches back and forth for different tones. I have no idea how this will work sound-wise, so finding out will be very exciting.
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Emmons Legrande II D10 8+5, Sho-Bud Pro III Custom SD10 4+5, Peavey Nashville 1000 |
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ed packard
From:
Show Low AZ
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Posted 15 Mar 2005 8:30 am
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Jim;
You may have noticed that the BEAST has two pickups. They are both tapped...the bridge one is DiMarzio, and the neck one is a Danny Shields unit. They can be used individually, or in parallel. They are changeable (A SIERRA standard thing for a long time).
I had it set up this way as a starting point...the BEAST is really a breadboard for many functions, one of which is the signal chain.
On my other instruments I have a pickup that can be put on the neck at any point...again for experimentation with the signal chain and string harmonic content (tone). It is a simple barium ferrite bar with differential windings (low impedance).
Another second pickup that I use is the MIDI unit.
The amount of tone variation with a single tapped pickup of modern design, when combined with where and how one picks the strings is usually more than one needs for almost any playing/recording situation (an opinion). The rest is for fun and experimentation. Gotta do something between the cradle and the grave! |
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