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Topic: Pickup of choice for MCI |
Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 8:30 pm |
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| A friend who is not a SGF member has an MCI with a Barcus Berry pickup, and isn’t happy with the tone. He’s not very specific about what it needs, he just doesn’t like it. What have you guys used in place of the original pickups? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 10:45 pm
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Well, the other original pickups in MCI was the orig. chrome 705 but they're as scarce as toilet paper in 2020.
The MCI RangExpander I bought after several turn overs a few years ago, came to me with George L's 10-1. I'm not a particular fan of GL pickups, but they worked well in that guitar. |
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Joel Jackson
From:
Detroit
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Posted 10 Jan 2021 8:28 am
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| Maybe a pair of new production 705s? The old chrome 705's sound fantastic in my MCI. |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2021 9:57 am
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| FWIW- the E66 was developed by George Lewis(Geo L) and Buddy Emmons trying to duplicate the sound of his '66 pushpull on an EMCI- the descendant of the MCI. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 10 Jan 2021 11:55 am
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I swapped out my original Barcus Berry's not long after I got my MCI Rangexpander new in 1986, with GL E66's and it was like someone had taken a blanket off the amp !!
I have Telonics 409's on that guitar now and it is about as good as it gets tone-wise !
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 1:32 pm
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The new 705’s are electronically made the same as chrome older ones and sound just as good. They just not as pretty.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Mike Bacciarini
From:
Arizona
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 10:32 am
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My S10 came with the BB pup  so I replaced it with an E66 from Jim Palenscar. Very happy!
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MCI Arlington S-10 3+5, George L E-66, BJS & Emmons bars, Fender Stage Lead II 100W 1x12, Fender Satellite SFX, custom FX rack, 1983 Dobro 60D, SX-8 lap steel, Martin D16GT, Ibanez AS73, 1978 Rickenbacker 4000 custom. |
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