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Topic: Mike Johnson's pickup |
George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2020 5:22 pm |
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| Is the pickup on Mike's red Emmons the stock single coil? |
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Jeff Neal
From:
Johnson City Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2020 6:32 pm
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| Bill Lawrence 705. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 4:39 am
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| Original chrome 705. |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 5:13 am Mike Johnson's pickup
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| Thanks guys. Just exploring pickup options. Just got a third Emmons pp in my life and it has a George L E-66 on it. Pretty bright pickup and I'm not fond of humbuckers, especially on a pp. My other two pp's had stock single coils. I'm leaning towards a single coil like on my previous pp's. |
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Kelcey ONeil
From:
Sevierville, TN
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 5:18 am
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| Go for the single coil if you can find a good one, ground it properly and you’ll have no problem with him, and your tone will be great. |
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Dave Diehl
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Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 6:13 am
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| Kelcey is right about the ground. The better it's grounded the better it will perform. |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 6:13 am Mike Johnson's pickup
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Kelcey, I'm an old hand at single coil hum. First of all, it is very seldom a problem. I had two places I played that it was. I just connected my Electro Harmonix DeBugger and it was quiet as a mouse peeing on a cotton ball. I've been playing a 1982 Zum with original single coils for several years. Singe coil hum is a non-issue as far as I am concerned. I've had Emmons, Zums, and Jerry Wallace single coils. Loved every one of them.
When you say well grounded, are you talking about the grounding wire being connected somewhere different than just the normal two wire hookup to the jack? Maybe to the body of the guitar?
Last edited by George Kimery on 12 Sep 2020 9:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Nicholas Cox
From:
CA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 7:28 am Single coil
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| If you want something like the stock Emmons or the TrueTone, Scott Swartz here on the forum makes single coils like that and can wind them to your spec. I just ordered one to try it out. |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 7:37 am Mike Johnson's pickup
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| Nichols, yes, I am aware of Scott's pickups. Just holding off for a few reviews and "just like" is not necessarily the same thing as one of the old originals. I am seriously considering one. New, not used does have it's appeal. |
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 7:57 am pickups
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Hi George,
pm sent
Best JW
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Kelcey ONeil
From:
Sevierville, TN
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 9:38 am
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George,
On the push pull, simply grounding to the jack is sufficient, as the changer is grounded to the end plate. Some guitars are electrically insulated from the end plate, and require the pickup to be grounded to the changer in some way. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 12 Sep 2020 2:01 pm
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On his Show Pro he has BL710's ... I am lucky enough to have played that stunning guitar at the Dallas Steel show :-} !!!
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