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wim wrote:You are going to receive lots of requests, posting pictures like that
42 AWG is supposedly brighter than 44 AWG but the effect is subtle, and I think we all hear plenty of treble frequencies in our Rics, so I'm not sure this is necessarily the deciding factor in the 4002 pickup's tone. One neat thing about the 4002 bridge pickup installed in my 4003FL is the raised resonant peak, which could be the wire gauge or a number of other things (definitely the factors Eden mentioned). When I have used an HB-1 in parallel instead, the tone is similar but overall sounds a little less clear with a stronger emphasis in the low mids. In general parallel humbuckers (as opposed to split-coil pickups like a 4002 pickup or P Bass) never sound as good as I want them to. They give the impression of a neutered single coil. This is probably something to do with the fact that the strings are sensed twice each instead of once, and the signals have to be joined and inevitably modified because of this.weemac wrote:I would doubt it, There is the magnet structure and coil shape to take into consideration as well.. However the simple act of using parallel wiring on the HB-1 would be a good start..ilan wrote:Here's a totally dumb question but I'll ask anyway. If I have a 4004 pickup rewound with 42 gauge wire and install it in a J position, would it sound like a 4002?
Eden.
wim wrote:You are going to receive lots of requests, posting pictures like that
Let's not lose sight of the fact that ONLY the low-Z coil may or may not have #42 wire. I'd be surprised if one in a thousand ever used the low-Z out, if only because few self-contained amps even have such an input. This was intended to be a board direct output.cassius987 wrote:42 AWG is supposedly brighter than 44 AWG but the effect is subtle, and I think we all hear plenty of treble frequencies in our Rics, so I'm not sure this is necessarily the deciding factor in the 4002 pickup's tone.
No, I obviously had a difficult time getting past the minty 4002 pickguard and the bucket-o-horsies. So that stuff is kept in a locked cage? Probably a pretty good idea since I'd seriously think about standing next to the employee entrance of RIC and offer a cash "reward" for that guard. Think I'm kidding? Ha! No, I'm not!jps wrote:Finally going through some of that stuff in the cage, nice!
Did anyone else notice the R tailpiece that I presume (probably incorrectly) would be for a 5 string 4005?
Yeah, I saw those...jps wrote:Finally going through some of that stuff in the cage, nice!
Did anyone else notice the R tailpiece that I presume (probably incorrectly) would be for a 5 string 4005?
I heard it's a locked cage guarded by armed Marines with strategically placed Claymores...Kopfjaeger wrote:No, I obviously had a difficult time getting past the minty 4002 pickguard and the bucket-o-horsies. So that stuff is kept in a locked cage? Probably a pretty good idea since I'd seriously think about standing next to the employee entrance of RIC and offer a cash "reward" for that guard. Think I'm kidding? Ha! No, I'm not!jps wrote:Finally going through some of that stuff in the cage, nice!
Did anyone else notice the R tailpiece that I presume (probably incorrectly) would be for a 5 string 4005?
Sepp
I wondered how long it would take for anyone to notice that!jps wrote:Did anyone else notice the R tailpiece that I presume (probably incorrectly) would be for a 5 string 4005?
Where's the rest of the bass? 
Ahhhh, man.......johnhall wrote:Naw, no Yeti here. Just some shtuff.