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Topic: Wallace True Tone pickups |
David Morgan
From:
Encinitas,CA,USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2004 4:19 pm |
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| Where can I find Wallace True Tone pickups? Are they as good as I keep hearing? Anything like the old Emmons tone? I have a Fess. 12 string. |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 12 Mar 2004 4:55 pm
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www.jerrywallacemusic.com
I had one on a S-12 Carter that sounded great. I now have two on a Sho Bud Super Pro. They sound great too. [This message was edited by Bob Tuttle on 12 March 2004 at 04:58 PM.] |
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Brian Creamer
From:
Bristol/Somerset England now Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2004 7:43 pm
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| I have just had a True Tone fitted to my U12 Rus-ler last week.Jerry made this for me and it sounds superb.Thanks Jerry. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 12:24 am
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David, i just installed a TrueTone on my Zum to replace a George L's on E9
it is outstanding !
you can't go wrong w: Jerry's TrueTones 
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Zum D10 9/7-ShoBud Professional D10 8/4- Gibson EH150 - Nashville1000
Steel what?
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 1:43 am
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I have one on my Pro-II C6 and love it.
Just tell Jerry the kind of sound you want from your horn and he will recomend a pick-up for that sound. |
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George Crowder
From:
Richmond, VA, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 4:55 am
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| Hi David, I had Jerry rewind the pickups for my pp and the difference in sound was dramatic. He does good work. |
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David Morgan
From:
Encinitas,CA,USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 3:50 pm
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| Thanks for the input. I'll check em out. |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2004 2:01 pm
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| I'm in the process of getting my '78 Sho-Bud fully restored. Jerry has rewound the original pick-up. . . .I can't wait to get it back and play it. Not only is it gonna look like brand new, it's gonna sound like brand new! [This message was edited by Nick Reed on 15 March 2004 at 02:02 PM.] |
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John Palumbo
From:
Lansdale, PA.
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Posted 4 Apr 2010 3:50 pm
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| Just put one on my Carter S-10 originally had a George L: SS10, I like the true tone a lot better, although it has a slight hum now, that doesn't bother me. |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 4 Apr 2010 11:59 pm Re: Wallace True Tone pickups
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| David Morgan wrote: |
| ...I have a Fess. 12 string. |
I do too, and wasn't sure what was in it (never had a True Tone before).
Asked around here, and sure enough its a Wallace. Sounds great in this U12.
Clete |
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George Crowder
From:
Richmond, VA, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2010 6:08 am
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Well upon further review, I see that I had posted on this thread five years ago. I still think Jerry does great work on pickups.
Last edited by George Crowder on 5 Apr 2010 1:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Charles Pompe
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2010 6:22 am
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I have them on A Carter D-10 and I would never change.
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 5 Apr 2010 7:51 am Wallace TT's
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LOVE EM!
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Jesse Leite
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 7:26 am
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My BMI has a truetone installed. I am very happy with the pickup; although I've only really compared it to a George L's humbucker, which is an entirely different animal.
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 9:31 am Rewounds
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I've got rewounds on my 73 MSA
Great tone !!
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 11:53 am
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My last CD was recorded with a Fessy U12 with TT at 17.5K and a push-pull U12 with Emmons single coils. If you care to, listen to a few tunes and tell me which is which.
Click here
http://www.larrybell.org/id42.htm
There are 1 min or so samples of all 16 tunes
In case you don't want to play the game, 
As a clue "Windy and Warm" IS the Fessy w/ the TrueTone
click here to play mp3 sample
Jerry Wallace is a great guy with a great product. That's a GREAT combination.
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 11 Aug 2010 4:04 am
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Pat,
Start with about 3-5mm between string and pickup and gradually reduce the spacing. Some say the thickness of a US$ 5-cent coin (a dime, I believe), is about right.
Test as you go until you get the response you like best. You may also find you need different spacing at either end of the p/up (i.e. under the 1st and 10th strings).
If you can't get the tone, try increasing the spacing as well. It's one of the several hundred different variables we struggle with in our journey of discovery on this infuriating, intoxicating, beguiling instrument.
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2010 4:59 am Wallace Pickups
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| I replaced the pickup on my 74 Emmons PP with a Wallace and have been very happy. The high end is smoother and the string seperation is better. I made the right move. |
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 11 Aug 2010 3:23 pm
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Thanks guy's,
sent an email to Jerry and got the mesurements, it is what Ned said...1/8" at the 1st string and about 3/16 at the 10th string.
Jerry's pickup sounds great, i work close to a desktop computer and don't get any buzz or noise whatsoever, the pickup is clean and good strings separation. 
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 11:17 am
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| Ned McIntosh wrote: |
| ...a US$ 5-cent coin (a dime, I believe), is about right... |
A dime is 10 cents and the smallest, thinnest US coin. A nickel is 5 cents.
| Pat Comeau wrote: |
| ...1/8" at the 1st string and about 3/16 at the 10th string... |
Thats roughly two 25 cent pieces (quarters) at the first string, and two quarters and dime at the 10th. 
Clete
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 11:34 am
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[quote="Clete Ritta
Thats roughly a 25 cent piece (quarter) at the first string, and a quarter and dime at the 10th.
Clete[/quote]
Clete...i've never seen a 25 cent piece (quarter) 1/8" thick, i have 2 Canadian quarter here and it mesures a hair less than 1/8"
i think what Ned meant is a dime or nickel difference from the first to the 10th string lower.
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Click the links to listen to my Comeau's Pedal Steel Guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIYiaomZx3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GhZTN_yXI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvDTw2zNriI |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 2:38 pm
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Woops! 
My bad, I meant two quarters, which is just a hair under an eighth of an inch.
Sorry Ned, I misunderstood your post. Corrected my earlier faux pas.
Clete |
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Gary Reed
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Posted 10 Dec 2012 9:47 am Soldering the Jack
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1. Do you guys take the jack out of the guitar to solder?
2. What is the best solder to use?
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