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Topic: Zumsteg dobro pickup |
Tony Dingus
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Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 2 Apr 2009 5:49 pm |
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This is the small pickup that Bruce made a few years back that sits in front of the steel's pickup for a dobro sound.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 7:07 am
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I have one of those and even bought the little pre-amp that Bruce had to go along with it.
Sorry, but I want to keep it.  |
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Tony Dingus
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Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 7:49 am
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Hey Erv, I had one and sold it a couple of years ago. I was playing a JCH and the string height low and I barely had enough room for it to slide under the strings so I stopped using it. I'm playing a Nash LTD now and wanted to try one with this guitar. I liked using it.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 7:56 am
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Bruce had a good idea!  |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 5:24 pm
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I have one also and am still using it. It is a very nice unit and really does a great job. Too bad they are not still available.
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 6:59 pm
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Erv or Jack, can one of you check the ohms that pickup reads? I might be able to have one made if I can't find one. I appreciate it very much.
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 10:09 am
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Tony ---sent you a PM----Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 10:18 am
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Bruce Z might be able to give you the Info on the ohms.----jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 11:07 am
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Thank you Jack.
Tony |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 11:59 am
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Tony---Just called my friend and as soon as he can he will come over and see if he can check my pickup for you for the ohms. he has an ohm tester .----jack---will let you know asap.
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 1:00 pm
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Tony----
My friend just checked the pick up and it registers .9 ohms.
hope this helps ya.-----Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 1:46 pm
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Jack, Thanks you very much.
If I can get one made I'll let you know.
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Paul Hirschmann
From:
Milwaukie, OR, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 3:51 pm
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| jack, better check that reading again. .9 ohms is almost a dead short. .9k ohms might be more like it, or 900 ohms. if i remember right, those were pretty small pickups so didn't have room for that much wire, so somewhere around 1000 ohms, (1k ohms) sounds about right. |
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 5:35 pm
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by golly, my friend said the same thing when he checked it-- "almost a dead short." so he checked again and still showed .9. but I will check with him again asap and see if that may have been .9k instead. that doesn't sound like much to me, either. Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 9:35 am
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We took off the back of the preamp and plugged it into the pick up and then retested that way and his tester showed 5.2K ohms. Maybe this is more like it.---Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 2:37 pm
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Pickup will be ok. If you have both and want sell, give me a price.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 3:06 pm
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| those pickups were great! i wore mine out and bruce didn't have time to deal with it! kind of a pedabro tone. saved me from having to carry my dobro also to switzerland one year. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 3:19 pm
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unfortunately, i had sent it back to bruce to fix and i never saw it again...which kinda irks me now, cause maybe someone else could have fixed it, i still have the little switchbox.
hey bruce, would ya send my broken pickup back...?
i think it was 16 years ago or so. |
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 7:29 am
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| What location would you place the pick-up? IOW, is there a common sweet spot at a particular fret? I had a pick-up made by a fellow in California that has (3) "leads" that provides (3)distinctive ohm values available that I can wire to a switch and pick the value I like the best. It is thin enough to place under the strings but I haven't installed it yet. Just wondering if there's a good place to start experimenting with it. Thanks, MB |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 8:51 am
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mine is mounted 1/2 in. before the E-9th pick up from edge to edge between the dobro pickup and the E9th.
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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