Transitional High Gain Pickup

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Transitional High Gain Pickup

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Hello Everyone, Just wanted to get some opinions on the transitional high gain. Differences in sound characteristics and output compared to the next generation high gain.
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I have one in my 4000 and it has some heft....the newer ones are wound hotter even than those so...the gain will be a lot greater.
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A screw top high gain and a slug top high gain from the same era sound pretty much the same ...
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I've never seen a four-pole transitional hi-gain, always the six-pole, like on the 331 and some of the 381 guitars. Do any of you out there in Ric-land have such a thing?
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I had a 4 pole screw top ... I've never seen a 6 pole screw top pickup ...
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I believe there's some confusion here.
A so-called transitional, screw-top high-gain pickup looks like this:
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I don't think there's ever been a 6-pole version of it.
A so-called button-top high-gain pickup looks like this:
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or like this
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The transitional high-gain Kenny refers to is the so-called 'screw-shaft' pickup, i.e. one that looked like a 'button-top' pickup with no 'buttons'. I don't think there's ever been a 4-pole version of it.
Anyone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by rickfan60 »

Here is Jeff Rath's former transition pickup. It lives in my '75 these days.

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh...
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Here is the 6-pole version Kenny is refering to:

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Is that yours Gary?
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Yes, it is Ted!

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Heyyyy! Cool, and hot!
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I think your Rick collection is second to none around here Gary.
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Thanks, Ted, but I still need a 4005 and a Capri to feel complete ... Image
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