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Topic: George L E-66 pickup |
George Kimery
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Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 4:51 am |
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| Is anybody using one of these or have any opinion on them? |
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Mark Robinson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 5:19 am
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| George, I believe Roger Edgington (steel player for Billy Mata), uses them on both necks of his ZumSteel’s. |
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George Kimery
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Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 5:48 am George L E-66 pickup
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Interesting. I'm taking delivery of an Emmons pp on Tuesday. My concern is not so much that the George L won't sound good, but I'm afraid part of the PP sound is going to be lost without the old single coil pickup.
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Mike Bacciarini
From:
Arizona
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 6:17 am
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I replaced the Barcus Barry pup on my MCI Arlington with one. Thought the original sounded a bit thin. The E-66 sounds really good to me.
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MCI Arlington S-10 3+5, George L E-66, BJS & Emmons bars, Fender Stage Lead II 100W 1x12, Fender Satellite SFX, custom FX rack, 1983 Dobro 60D, Martin D16GT, Ibanez AS73, 1978 Rickenbacker 4000 custom. |
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Jack Goodson
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new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 6:27 am e66?
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| george, a friend of mine has a 1974 emmons pp that the single coil went bad, we did not have a single coil to replace it with, so to keep his guitar up and running we put an e66 in it. he swears that it it sounds better than the original....thanks jack |
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 7:08 am
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The E66 has probably been the most popular pickup for over 40 years.
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AUTHORIZED George L's, Goodrich, Telonics and Peavey Dealer: I have 2 steels and several amps. My current rig of choice is 1993 Emmons LeGrande w/ 108 pups (Jack Strayhorn built for me), Goodrich OMNI Volume Pedal, George L's cables, Goodrich Baby Bloomer and Peavey Nashville 112. Can't get much sweeter. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 10:08 am
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| Got one in my Derby SD10 and I love the tone. I think you will be happy. |
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Lee Warren
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 12:49 pm
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Like Larry Dering, I have one in a Derby sd-10.
It sounds great to me.
Lee |
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Mike Auman
From:
North Texas, USA
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Jack Goodson
From:
new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 29 Aug 2020 2:43 pm derby with george l,s
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| i also have a d10 with george L,s, i think they might 10/1,s, also lynn ousley uses e66,s on his derby,s....thanks jack |
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 30 Aug 2020 6:12 am
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| George, as you probably know, Carter guitars all had the e66 PUs and I thought sounded great. On my ZUM, I changed the top neck to an e66 and like it a lot. I changed it because many of us that were playing Broadway in Nashville would get a terrible buzz with the single coils. The wiring down there is bad, overloaded and to many Bud Light signs! |
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 30 Aug 2020 6:17 am
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With e66
LINK HERE
Ron |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Aug 2020 8:55 am
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I had them on my Carters and now have one on my Legrande II. No issues. I also have a 10:1 on the C6 neck. I require one of my Steels to have HumBuckers, for the exact reason Ron described above.
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jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
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Jeff Harbour
From:
Western Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2020 5:50 pm
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I have kept my Carter Starter around for gigs with very small spaces... but, I couldn't tolerate the original pickup that it came with.
I knew that I loved the way my GFI sounded, with GFI-II pickups installed. Somewhere I had read that the GFI-II was built by George L's, and was based on the E-66.
So, I installed an E-66 on the Starter and it now sounds very full just as the GFI does. I would recommend it infinitely! |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2020 6:46 pm George L E-66 pickup
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| I got the pp Tuesday. Sounds awesome. I'm going to stay with the E-66. But then again.......you know how it goes. Never say never. |
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