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A wise move, IMO.RobRick wrote:I feel the same way about my 4000, I am keeping the Higain, as that is how it was made and it really is a special tone.woodyng wrote:... I wanted to try one for my 4000,but have come to realize the Higain needs to stay in there,it sounds too good to replace.
And then buy an old steel and transfer the shoes over!4003 wrote:Placed my order this morning. I think I will stick it on my 4004LK.
Well, probably not. But it will go on my '67 to make it look a little more "period."
That's consistent with what Richard told me that these boutique horseshoes will be. I wonder why my C64 horseshoe is measuring around 7K? What year is your C64 John? Could it be they used hotter horseshoes in the first few years of the run and wound them less later on? Mine was built in July 2009.johnallg wrote:Well, the day finally came. Interesting about the windings. My C64 horsey is around 10.5k IIRC, maybe 11k.
Nice 4008! Always a sucker for white w/black plastic. My first love.weemac wrote:And they sound good in one!gearhed289 wrote:Nice. I just ordered one for the heck of it. Maybe put it on my 8 string.
I have a FG 4003S/8 with vintage knobs and the toaster. The horseshoe is gonna look as good as it sounds! Not to mention I just got one of Teeder's 8 saddle bridges. So, what, exactly, is an "unbuttoned hi-gain"? I assume the toaster cover is mostly for looks, or does it affect the magnetic field in some special way?aceonbass wrote:I'll be pairing mine up with an unbuttoned bass hi-gain under a toaster cover. That seems like it would be a better balance to me.
Basically, (bass-icly??) it will sound almost the same as a current higain. There is not that big a difference, to my ears. Both are wound to about the same number of k ohms. Balance with a new toaster would be the same, more output on the RIHS than the 7.4k toaster. Using the push/pull will give the same change as it does with the higain.FretlessOnly wrote:I don't think anyone addressed this, and I'm also wondering: will these work nicely on a 4003 with the push/pull pot? To add one more question: how would these match up output-wise with a fairly new (1 year-old) reissue toaster?mikko wrote:Wow...this is something I've been waiting for. If only those would be available for us who live outside of US...
How this modern horseshoe work in 4003 when "vintage tone" circuit is bypassed?
One of the H/S PUs might be nice on my MID FL.
I got mine from a gent in Pennsylvania off his C64, I'm guessing it was a 2004/2005?? bass because of when he bought it and when he took it off. I would think yours is also around 10.5k - next time you have the pickguard off, throw the pup switch to the neck and then measure the RIHS at the gray wire to ground at the switch tab. Or try it with the cable plugged into the ROS jack with the treble tone and volume all the way to 11 (SMR 78 wrote:That's consistent with what Richard told me that these boutique horseshoes will be. I wonder why my C64 horseshoe is measuring around 7K? What year is your C64 John? Could it be they used hotter horseshoes in the first few years of the run and wound them less later on? Mine was built in July 2009.johnallg wrote:Well, the day finally came. Interesting about the windings. My C64 horsey is around 10.5k IIRC, maybe 11k.
Perhaps I need to measure it direclty at the pickup to be 100% sure, but I get about 6.8K on the cable with the cap bypassed (I had a push/pull pot installed), so I should only be losing a little bit by not measuring it at the leads.
). You'll get one made of coal!ajish4 wrote:Yes Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus....
A very large THANK YOU to JH & COMPANY.
I KNOW what's going to be on MY Christmas List!