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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
Would always rather buy a set from you than from the big brands !
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
Assorted long-serving DiMarzio and Duncan pickup designs are points of reference - even after their specs may have changed fractionally over the decades. If these reference points help to explain, use them.
That's pretty much how I look at it ... it's like saying I want a car with the build quality of a Volkswagen and the styling of a Ferrari ... they are common points of shared reference
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
Ash, I have a pair of pre-owned Stonetone pickups that give abnormally high DC resistance meter readings. (8.0k centre, 8.25k neck.)
Even allowing for a cronky, old analogue meter, 10% tolerance seems rather generous.
Is it possible that these are special customer order units rather than the regular, off-the-peg specification?
The baseplate model identity labels are simple black and white. Non-MW, not signed.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
They're a healthy mix of bluesy low output mellow and typical jazzy(tm) tonality/sensitivity. I know they're Alnico, but i haven't taken them apart to tell you which type. Can also measure them for you if we get to that point.
Was wondering what you'd recommend if:
1) i wanted something along the same lines only better(tm)
2) i was after the cleanest, most faithful in reproduction, sensitive pair of pickups i could get from you. Limit being the icepick territory. Which is also a matter of amp, granted, but i can say i've got plenty of headroom from that end.
Both cases we're talking about matched pairs.
Should your current lineup not cover either or both of the above, a custom order would also be fine with me, time isn't an issue; but i would appreciate a pointer regarding pricing, general ballpark so i know what i'm looking at.
Post Brexit and all.. ever from your standard lineup, am looking at an easy 400+ after customs and local VAT, so i hope you'll excuse my needing to ask this, presumably custom's more expensive i gather.
(you can always PM if mentioning a price here's problematic for you)
My thanks in advance.
My alnico 3 Riot Act Humbuckers are what you want - they are £230.00 for a pair. Alnico 3 has a magic when used in low output humbuckers.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
The Fortyniner is alnico3 with a smoother and more compressed sound - like Fender lap steel pickups that were fitted to the very earliest Teles.
The Copperfield is a direct copy of a certain mega famous Tele pickup that came into my hands for repair.
in deference to the wishes of the client I can't say which guitar or which star ...
but it is also a copy of a lap steel pickup - but a very different one: less output than many music journalists have speculated.
it's alnico 3 but 42awg wire - shall we say it's very good when pared with a neck PAF ...
Oh the original bridge pickup had a butchered baseplate and a block of wood under to stop it flopping about :-)
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
I had forgotten asking this question, let alone WHY I wanted to know. Oct/Nov 2022 was roughly when I acquired a buyer's remorse pair of your "2012" limited run Honkytonk Angel pickups.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
A mate has ordered a set of Suhr Aldrich pickups but there are massive supply chain delays and he’s been waiting months for them. I said he should have a word with you - do you have something similar in your range?
My Black Arrow bridge pickup and my Scrapyard Dog Plus neck pickup are pretty much identical in spec.
Ash
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
if I was after something from you in the ballpark of a PRS Tremonti, what would you recommend?
Yep on my site you can specify bobbin colour even for covered pickups - it's on the dropdown boxes.
And - we stopped using full nickel covers for HB P90s because after lots of experiments we discovered that it's the nickel full covers that cause HBP90s to sound different to plastic covered, full size P90s. The pole spacing on the open top Mighty Ninety etc is 49.2mm so fitting a full cover is possible, but the internal design is such that it's a very specialist job to remove the covers
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog
I bought a MIJ Tempest P bass copy, apparently made in the 70's and I took it to the Western Jam last October but when we plugged it in it sounded really quiet compared to other players basses on the day.
Does this suggest the pickups need rewinding/replacing?
Check all your other solder joints too :-)
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog