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Topic: wouldn't you think... |
Chuck Fisher
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Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Mike D
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Phx, Az
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 3:38 pm |
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Ceramic magnets, 14K output....sounds like a 'metal' pickup to me. At the bridge you'd probably get some really snarky tones. Dark, till it overdrove the amp, then lots of distortion.
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Andy Zynda
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Wisconsin
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 4:10 pm
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I've heard similar humbuckers, and they are exactly as described above. All gain, very little tone.
I'll take a cheap single coil any day, over any humbucker except a Joe Barden.
2 cents.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 4:55 pm
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| I have used three of the DiMarzio 702 bridge pickups, and they sounded great.. never heard any other models of the seven string types. I used a Seymour Duncan seven string bridge pickup on one guitar, but it didn't come close to the 702 DiMarzio. |
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Chuck Fisher
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Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 4:57 pm
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Well, guys, you missed my point. (its on top of my head)
Seriously the point was its a 7-string pup for cheap. The world needs a cheap 7-string lapsteel.
Also, being a Dimarzio it has wiring that would allow 14k series, 7k parallel humbucker, or 2 7 k single coils |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 5:03 pm
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CHUCK: WHY? Does the world need a cheap 7-string lap steel? Aren't there enough cheap 8-stringers floating around out there?
Some folks refer to the number of strings on their steel guitar as tho' they're describing their boat, RV trlr or ........... whatever, that's 22 feet longer than his'ns. |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 7:32 pm
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| I mean like an Artesian or Morrel cheap. I see 8s but the hardware is expensive enough to make them $300+. 7 is cool for some things, you can get wide spacing easy, I love my 8s and my 6s, it just looks like the parts to do a 7 cheep are readily available. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 8:00 pm
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| A person could probably play a lot of stuff on 5 strings if so desired. I personally like seven, although I use eight on one neck of a D8 and seven on the other. I have built only one six string guitar, back in 1953, and everything since has been seven or eight. Many people can make a lot of music on six strings for sure. |
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