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Topic: Which way for the pickup?
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Jim Florence
Member From: wilburton, Ok. US
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posted 24 September 2006 12:09 PM
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The pickups have longer magnets on one end than the other, do the longer magnets go under the small strings or the large ones? |
basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 24 September 2006 05:20 PM
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You're probably describing the pick-ups as per the early fender 400 and 1000, the 'Jazz-master' style ones.
I have often wondered the same you.
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[This message was edited by basilh on 24 September 2006 at 05:21 PM.]
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Jim Florence
Member From: wilburton, Ok. US
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posted 24 September 2006 05:38 PM
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Basilh, You're right on. It's my Fender 1000, the pickups had been removed, I now have them rewound and am wondering which way. It sort of stands to reason that the small strings need a stronger magnet in order to develop the same energy {Signal} as the large string. Maybe someone will chime in that knows. Thanks
Jim |
Brint Hannay
Member From: Maryland, USA
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posted 25 September 2006 01:47 PM
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Then again, on Strat and Tele pickups with staggered magnets, the top two strings have SHORTER magnets than the others, especially the 2nd (B) string. (When these pickups were designed, the standard string sets for guitar had a wound third.) |
Paul Redmond
Member From: Illinois, USA
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posted 25 September 2006 08:25 PM
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I noticed the same thing on ebb's 400. The ash body actually had three blind clearance holes drilled into the top of it under the longest of the magnets. The long ones go under the bass strings, the shortest under the high ones.
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Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 25 September 2006 10:13 PM
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What Paul said - that's the usual pickup standard with vertical-cylinder magnets; short on treble, long on bass.I've never seen the specific electromagnetic theory behind it - I'm sure Bill Lawrence could explain it, although he generally uses different magnet types. |
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