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Toaster vs. High gain, which one for you?
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 1:22 pm
by bonzogabe98
Hey everyone, what do you prefer more? Just want everyone's opinion. Thanks!
Re: Toaster vs. High gain, which one for you?
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:23 am
by woodyng
Seems to be a recurring question lately.
I prefer the scatterwound toaster to the newer high output higains,because it is cleaner sounding in the high frequencies.
The older higains also sound better to me,even though they were about half the output of the newer ones.
Re: Toaster vs. High gain, which one for you?
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:30 am
by henry5
woodyng wrote:Seems to be a recurring question lately.
I thought the same!
Toaster all the way for me, assuming the OP means neck position.
Re: Toaster vs. High gain, which one for you?
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:45 am
by DriftSpace
I have had 4 different pickups in my 4003; a 70's toaster, a reissue horseshoe pickup, and the stock 90's high-gain pickups.
The configuration I currently prefer is the RIHS and high-gain, as the volume disparity between my particular toaster and reissue horseshoe was too drastic.
The toaster definitely had more clarity to it, as Woody said, but I prefer the higher-gain and increased sensitivity of the 90's neck pickup, which also is a better match tonally (in my opinion) for the RIHS.
Toaster resistance does vary quite a bit over the years, and since they were all hand-wound until modern times: it's likely that no two "vintage" toasters are exactly alike. I think the newer toasters are significantly more consistent, so if you're asking about one of those: I don't have any personal experience with a "modern" toaster.