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Topic: unwound a Wallace True Tone from 18,5 to 16,2 kOhm |
Norbert Dengler
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Posted 2 Jan 2022 4:39 am |
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 i always preferred classic country over the modern stuff and love the sound of the steel guitars on older recordings. after having read a thing or two about the differences that pickups can make i tried out a couple of humbuckers and single coils. I have a very good guitar and ended up with a BL 705 the last years. i had two Wallace Truetones in my closet, wound to 18,5, that, although great, i found too dark for my taste. Not enough twang on the low strings and overall too mild.
I finally decided to try to unwind one of them to get a clearer sound.
What a terrible job, you always are in danger to break the tiny wire and ruin the whole pickup. my nerves were through at 16,2 and i decided to give that a try.
All i can say is it was worth the effort, never had a sound as good as now, the bass strings came alive, the treble is cutting but not piercing, the whole guitar that was already great literally got a lift. Wow!
i highly recommend everybody considering a single coil with about 16 kilo or less like the ones they had on the older Emmons and Showbud guitars.
I`ve heard about that for a long time and in my case that's definitely the case.
A guy on the forum, (steeltronics i guess) offers classic pickups at any wind you want.
a great new year to you all  |
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John LeMaster
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North Florida
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Posted 2 Jan 2022 7:14 am Pickup unwound
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Norbert, thanks for your post about unwinding a Wallace Truetone pickup from 18.5 down to 16.2K. I don't know if I have the nerve to do that, but, I have a question for you:
Did unwinding down to 16.2K ohms make any difference in the single coil hum? Either more, less, or no difference in hum?
John L.
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 2 Jan 2022 8:02 am
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From my experience, reducing the amount of turns on a single coil pickup does not change the amount of inherent hum to the output signal of the pickup.
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
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Norbert Dengler
From:
germany
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Posted 2 Jan 2022 9:35 am
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Hi John, i will play the first gig in february, playing at home there's no disturbing hum so far.
I use a Fender Tonemaster amp, that sounds like a tube amp and has no noticeable hum anyway.
If I put the volume high up there's some hum but i doubt that's a problem at band level.
of course you never know how the situation at the gig-venue is.
I rarely had serious problems with single coils when playing concerts so far neither with my telecaster nor with steel.
recording might be different, but everybody knows what great stuff has been done by our heroes with single coils.
I really liked the E 66 and BL 705 humbuckers but my 16,2 True Tone just sounds better to me, much fun to play now.
And thanks Mike for the info. |
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