chefothefuture wrote:The magnetic HS in the '85 I had had significantly lower output than the later ones. It was also characteristically unbalanced at the G string.
It took a bit of adjusting to even out the individual string volumes. Tonally it was close to a mid 60's lipped bobbin HS but had a little less "crunch" or grit.
It also seemed weak compared to the "hot" toaster.
The later HS pickups are hotter and brighter.
Many thanks for your answer,John.
I don't know how the older horseshoes sounds.
But if your description is correct then I think I wouldn't really like the older shoe.
So I have another question.
I own a '91 4001 CS and a V63 that's also from '91.
Both have the 12k toaster and the 12k horseshoe.
And it was so,that the horseshoe sounds darker and fatter then the toaster.
I thought by myself that how it could be that the horseshoe is more fatter and darker as the toaster ???
On both I installed the 3rd cap.
The horseshoes now sounds more balanced.And they also do have now more ' crunch ' .
I would like to know,is it the right thing I was doing ?
I realized that a V63 or that CS have no 3rd cap... Why ???.
Does a real RM 1999 haven't that cap,too ?
Sorry for asking,but I'd like to have my CS and my V63 as close as possible to the original Sound