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Phosphor Bronze - Magnetic PU

DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
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I thought I heard something about strings with bronze  don't amplify well with magnetic pick ups?  I'm about to restring my old flat top that I amplify with a Dean Markley sound hole pick up, am I delusional or?

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  • bluechargeboybluechargeboy Frets: 1887
    It'll work.

    You may wish to adjust the polepieces to get a balanced sound, if you have such things on yer pickup.
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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    bluechargeboy said:
    It'll work.

    You may wish to adjust the polepieces to get a balanced sound, if you have such things on yer pickup.
    Thanks, no pole  pieces, but it sits very close to the strings and sounds great even with the old strings, which are shot.(I can't remember when I last changed them, several years at least)

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  • steamabacussteamabacus Frets: 1239
    edited April 2018
    With bronze strings, the wound strings will sound very quiet compared to the plain strings as it's only the steel cores that will be picked up by the pickup. This is why the pole pieces for the top two strings will normally be set much lower than the other four.

    If your pickup has no adjustable polepieces and sounds balanced with the old strings, I suspect it has already been compensated for this.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    If the wound strings are too weak with a magnetic pickup, you want these - 

    https://www.drstrings.com/acoustic-electric-zebra

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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9793
    have the Russians started a cyber attack? That link doesn't work (they're "having problems"), the soundcloud site doesn't work properly .... anyone else seen trouble?
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
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  • steamabacussteamabacus Frets: 1239
    have the Russians started a cyber attack? That link doesn't work (they're "having problems"), the soundcloud site doesn't work properly .... anyone else seen trouble?
    DO NOT PANIC!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNEg4NMZ4s

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  • DulcetJonesDulcetJones Frets: 515
    My soundcloud just came back, I wasn't able to sign in a few hours ago though.  And thanks ICBM, I'll look into those.

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