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Topic: Pole piece alignment |
Tom Campbell
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 8:30 am |
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Can someone verify that the pole pieces are aligned correcrly for a 605?
I had a person at my steel club question the pole piece alignment. He thought the row of treble strings pole pieces should be further away from the changer and the bass row of pole pieces closer to the changer. Just the opposite of what is shown in the picture.
Thanks for any input.
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Scott Swartz
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St. Louis, MO
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 8:50 am
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That is a 610 pickup, and the alignment is correct.
If you rotate it in the slot, you will be in the same place.
If you are really interested, you can try the opposite pole position (bass poles closer to the changer) by removing the pickup and holding it upside down above the strings. Although I can see that's on a Sierra and the slide in pickup creates a wiring problem
I have tried this and let me end the suspense, it sounds awful, the treble strings are dull and the bass strings are WAAAAY too tinny.
I like the 610 pickup a lot, but one thing to note is it likes a lower resistive load than many pickups - A 500k passive pedal will be pretty bright, but if you change the pot to 250k it will be much smoother. Would also be pretty bright with the 1 meg impedance of the Hilton. With the right load it sounds very much like a single coil.
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 9:07 am
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Hello Scott
Thank you for the information.
I wasn't aware it was a 610.
TC |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 9:10 am
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If an active pedal sounds too bright with a pickup, let me remind you that most of them have a tone control on the pedal. You can easily turn down the treble on the pedal, and match the pedal and the pickup pretty well. Could be an easy remedy.
The way you show this agrees with the way many electric guitars slant the bridge pickup. It gives a little fuller tone to the bass strings on bright solid-body guitars.
But on steel, I have often wondered about slanting the pickup the other way. This is because my picking thumb is so far to the right of my picking fingers that my bass notes sometimes seem like they could use a little more bite to get the right balance. Scott's comment seems to indicate otherwise. But maybe I'd hear it different. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 3:21 pm
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| He thought the row of treble strings pole pieces should be further away from the changer and the bass row of pole pieces closer to the changer. |
He thought wrong.  |
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