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Topic: ZB Pickup - wire gauge? |
Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2017 4:37 pm |
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What gauge wire was used on old ZB pickups?
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2017 10:32 am
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The only one I rewound was a combination of 38 and 42.
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2017 2:16 pm
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| Tom Brumley told me they used 44 on the ZB's. |
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Steve Sycamore
From:
Sweden
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Posted 30 Jun 2017 5:07 am
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| How does that compare to a 1974 ShoBud pickup? I love the sound and tone of ZB's but a ShoBud has noticeably more kick without getting into the realm of a high impedance pickup. |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2017 6:01 am
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| Chris- can you elaborate about the 38 and 42 combination? |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 30 Jun 2017 8:09 am
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This doesn't answer Brad's question, but in a "Northeast Pedal Steel Guitar Association" newsletter from the late 70's there was an article on winding dual coil pickups with both 36ga. and 42ga. wire. I think the 36ga. was wound first with a coil tap half way. Maybe I can dig out my copy?
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2017 8:59 am
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| That's interesting- I'd like to know the logic behind that - I use both but generally not in the same pickup- I'd imagine that there would be a tap at the junction. |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2017 9:11 am
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I know Jerry Blanton did that too. I think Jerry told me he used 38 and 44. I have to check my notes. You get different so many factors affecting the sound of a pickup. A Bigsby pickup sounds fat, for example, but it is 1.86 to 2K ohms depending upon the neck it is designed for, but there is so much else going on in the design.
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