Pickup coverage question
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Pickup coverage question
Just thinking here (I know a very dangerous thing). Can a bass pickup with four poles work with five strings? Is it a general field across the connector or a much more localized field at the poles that make things happen??? Would a HS be different from a HG in the scenario?
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Along the same lines.... Sergio, can you take a reissue horseshoe pickup and make a 5 string bobbin to replace the 4 string bobbin and then reassemble it so that it looks like it came that way?
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Tom, I don't think it would work as good as a 6 pole guitar pickup would. RIC 5 strings came with a toaster in the neck which have 6 poles. So neck or bridge (or both) would benefit from 6 pole pickups.
Dane, I would think that would be easy for Sergio. Maybe he'll drop by soon to answer you.
Dane, I would think that would be easy for Sergio. Maybe he'll drop by soon to answer you.
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@ Dane: Yes, easily, provided that I can find a fifth HS magnetized slug that is
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Rods on the HS bobbin are Ø5/16” I believe (measured mine to Ø7.87mm).rickcrazy wrote:@ Dane: Yes, easily, provided that I can find a fifth HS magnetized slug that is
Mouser.com has some Ø7.5mm alnicos (the ones I got measured Ø7.37mm)
http://mouser.com/ProductDetail/MEDER-e ... %252bdc%3d
Doesn’t say what grade these are, but the specs seems to be alnico 5
http://www.meder.com/fileadmin/meder/pd ... ations.pdf
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Thanks guys. This is all good info for later when I might have some disposable cash to my name....
The only thing we can perceive are our perceptions - George Berkeley