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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on May 25, 2014 at 2:51am

Hi Bill. You can definitely use a 6 pole pup for 3 or 4 strings. Lots of people do it. Myself and quite a few others wind our own and therefore will only use as many magnets as strings.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Baker on May 25, 2014 at 3:41pm

Tnx Richey.  I had seen some builds with a large pup and only 3 or 4 strings but

thought I better confirm that. My first will be piezo for that matter but would like

to try a magnetic later.

Bill

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on May 25, 2014 at 8:41pm

Sounds sensible Bill. Get your acoustic sound where you want it first before stepping down the mag pup rabbit hole, there's no return :)

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 25, 2014 at 5:27pm

You can make a 'dummy coil extender' and hide a six pole pup under it ;)

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on May 25, 2014 at 8:43pm

I've heard you mention this quite a few times Kid, and it makes sense but I've never seen it in practice. Do you have a pic?

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