Putting a neck pickup in a 4000?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:08 am

Kendall:
There are two options. One is fitting your transition high gain pickup with a stronger magnet. The other is building a new pickup that resembles the original in looks but performs better than the original via larger polepieces and higher gauss. Take your pick.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:05 am

I'd like to try one of yours honestly. Let me know what to do.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:01 am

Randy,I'm glad you've experienced the same. Mine has a stock hi-gain, but it's almost twice the volume of my 72. I once had an '80 4001 which I had the back pickup almost completely rebuilt on (didn't know about the cap back then) and that was nowhere near the volume of my 4000. I've also had a '76 4001 which I removed the cap from and a 4001CS, but I don't think either of them was as loud as this. A friend of mine bought the '76 and still has it, so maybe I'll get to do a comparison at some stage.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:30 am

Kendall:
My idea is to rewind your transitional high gain and fit it with a larger Rick magnet. Just out of curiosity, does the coil thereon look like it has been dipped in clear lacquer?
I'll send you an e-mail with my address.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:35 am

I'll have to look, all I know is the ohm meter said "er is tot".

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:39 am

I believe that should read 'Es ist tot'. Sorry.

ken_james · Post by **ken_james** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:07 pm

Yep your right, the ohm meter speaks poor German!
I looked at the windings too, no wax or lacquer.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:51 pm

Your pickup can be rewound with the original wire, then.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 3:25 am

Kendall:
Done! Your transitional treble high gain pickup lives again. It reads 5.9 K. I'm sure that's about the standard ohm rating of early 70's high-gains, in other words, I believe that before my rewinding it your pickup had never been tampered with. It sounds pretty loud with the larger magnet. With larger polepieces it would sound even louder, but that's another story.

jps · Post by **jps** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:02 pm

My '73 hi-gain pickup measures 7.16K Ohms.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:34 pm

The original treble one on my 1970 21 fret 4001 reads 6.2 or 6.5, if I remember correctly.