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Topic: Pickup for 6 string lap steel |
Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 2:29 am |
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Thinking about building a D6 console / lap steel. Gathering parts....
What would you recommend for pickups?
P-90 Soapbar
Stratocaster
Humbucker
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I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus! |
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Roger Palmer
From:
Rossendale, UK
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 3:30 am
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| P90 sounds great, but the one I play the most has a twin rail hot humbucker in it designed for a tele I think cant remember the make off hand but it's some sort of vintage sounding thing. I coil tapped it but very rarely use it in single coil mode.....less hum too. My next favourite is one with a p90 soapbar |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2016 9:20 am
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I'm also in the P-90 camp ....There is a company called Harmonic Designs that make various pickups ....Click on this link and scroll down to the Z-90 pickups ....I have them in a couple of guitars ....They are similar to the P-90 but WAY BETTER !!.....They are very quiet for a single coil pickup and have tone to the bone ...Check them out !!....Jim
http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/gibsons.html |
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 8 Aug 2016 9:32 am
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| I'm really impressed with the TV Jones Classic Plus pickup for 6-string steel. Not as muddy as a Gibson humbucker, not as noisy as a singe coil |
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Harry McIlwain
From:
Mississippi, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2016 6:48 pm
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The Seymore Duncan Antiquity pickups that are wound like the Fender Champion give a great vintage sound and aren't all that expensive.
Harry |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 9 Aug 2016 2:22 am
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Thanks for all the ideas.
I'm leaning toward a design of neck being similar to the Melbert, but a straight neck, without the lower shape.
I have a good friend who is a dulcimer maker who has said he will help me with the woodwork. He may even have some maple...
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Amateur Radio Operator NA4IT (Extra)
http://www.qsl.net/na4it
I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus! |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 9 Aug 2016 9:13 am
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When buying pickups, would you buy a neck or bridge pickup...
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Amateur Radio Operator NA4IT (Extra)
http://www.qsl.net/na4it
I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus! |
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David Spires
From:
Millersport, OH
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Posted 13 Aug 2016 11:06 am
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I'm using a Seymour Duncan P-Rail pickup and mount (with switches on it), so that I can select a single coil, P-90, or Humbucker, based on the music ---- or the amount of hum the venue / lighting rig causes... (I prefer the P-90)
Mine is in the "neck" position, so I use the "neck" one, and an Antiquity Humbucker in the Bridge. It's an Asher, with more of a Les Paul pickup setup.
-David Spires
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