Humbucker pick-up info

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 9, 2012 at 1:06pm

YUP.

 

and  in  most cases  you dont  have to   ground   the strings etc...

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Permalink Reply by David Prewitt on October 9, 2012 at 4:06pm

Thanks can you recommend one that is sold here at gitty?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 9, 2012 at 4:59pm

not one  inparticular  ..   i  think  gitty  sells them   mostly in sets of 2  ,   for  bridge  and neck position  . i  think the  quality is about the same on   the  hummers  he has .

neck position   (closer to the neck )  will  give  you   more   full   and deeper  tone   if you  used it   by itself  ..  the bridge  position  will   give you a brighter sound  . some  pickup sets   are designed  with  different values  for these different  positions,   other sets are    both  the  same  pick up  just  2 of them  . you  may  wanna  check the output  for each  when buying  .

its  not against the law  to  put  a neck pup  in a  bridge position   or vice versa  .  it   may  effect your  tone a bit  .  but that  could be good  .

 

also  ,  remember  if you are switching to    mag  pups  ,,  you will need electric  strings  (steel) .

accustic  strings will  work ,, but sound a bit  "muddy" . (the mag has to  pick up  the steel  inside .)

hope that helps  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by David Prewitt on October 9, 2012 at 5:22pm

Thanks for the help, I will order a couple of different styles this week and build a few more electrics.

david

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