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Dave Wright
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Lathrop, Mo
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 10:41 am |
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I've been throwing around the idea of getting a differ pickup.. I've narrowed it down to 2. A Tru-tone, and the E-66(I think  ).. Anyway, I understand this is yet another can of worms. But, im curious what everyone thinks. And, your opinions might help..!.. Thanks-n-advance
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 11:06 am
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 11:09 am
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TrueTone is single coil, E66 is humbucker. You need to decide which you want.
Also, you need to say what guitar it is for. If it is for the Carter, I didn't like E66 in a Carter. I did like Truetone but didn't want single coil. After several pickups, I ended up with XR-16 and stopped searching. It was the one.
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Dave Wright
From:
Lathrop, Mo
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 12:44 pm
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Well, I guess what Im asking is, What the differ types of sounds, pros & cons, what i will be gaining and losing from each 1. Im not real sure what sound im lookin for.. I know that the 1 in my Carter now, is just not doing it for me.
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 1:08 pm
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I recently swapped the two TrueTones in my Carter D10 for the new Lace Alumitones available from Carter. Same great sound but no hum! Highly recommended.
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 1:45 pm
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My preference is for single-coil pickups.
I don't like the inherent 'muddiness' of humbuckers.
The downside, of course, is hum, but I have to live with that  |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 7:47 pm
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Just my opinion,But I think pickups are like EVERY THING else about steel guitars,I have a E66 in my MSA and love it,If I sold it the next guy may hate it and put something else in it. If we all liked the same thing,There would only be ONE brand of guitar,ONE kind of bar,strings,picks,seat,cables,etc.To each his own. DYK?BC.
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 18 Jul 2009 4:08 am
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As you can see from these posts Dave, pickups are really a matter of personal taste. I have tried a lot of pickups but I always seem to go back to Lawrence 710s. I just put a set in my Emmons SKH yesterday and loved them on the gig lastnight. I totally disagree with Richard, I like the clearness of the 710s.
You may have to try a couple pickups to see what you like.
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 19 Jul 2009 6:10 am
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My Tonealighner buckers are as clean as clean can be.
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2009 7:28 am
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| What the differ types of sounds, pros & cons, what i will be gaining and losing from each 1. |
Pickup-chasing gets expensive.
Each different type (single coil, humbucking, humbucking with coil tap(s) will sound different in each INDIVIDUAL guitar. Little setup details make a huge difference in what the pickup amplifies and how it reacts to magnetic field changes.
Players have used single-coil pickups for decades without significant hum problems, and there are all kinds of methods of hum-reduction...I would not even take that into consideration.
The other "mantra" - "single-coil = bright, humbucking = fat" is a fallacy. IT depends entirely on how the pickup is made. Likewise, "high DC resistance = high output, low DC resistance = low output" is another incorrect story I hear often. Some old lap-steel pickups measure 2-k ohms and will blow away 22k pickups as far as output (it's a function of wire gage, turns, bobbin, magnets etc).
My suggestion:
1. Develop a clear, concise description of your "target tone"
2. Call several pickup makers (and look at literature) - yes, they'll often try to sell what THEY make, but often you'll get a feel for what their main "signature tone" is OR what varieties they have.
3. Post again when you have a specific tonal description. Otherwise everyone will just post what THEY use (or like). That's useless information unless it pertains to the EXACT model you have....and then, as mentioned, there are still variations in guitars.
4. Consider a rewind of what you have OR custom-wound pickup. I've often had pickups custom-wound for particular tonal applications.
Hope that gives you a few ideas.
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 19 Jul 2009 7:03 pm
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E66.
Buy a Rackmount EQ, it's more feasible and you can change tone on the fly, something to think about, providing you have a good pick-up in your guitar.
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2009 7:40 pm
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E66 or BL 705.
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 20 Jul 2009 12:48 am
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