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Topic: True tone pickups with Sho-Bud professional specs |
Mat Davallet
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France (Vendée)
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Posted 29 May 2011 11:50 am |
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I just get a used Wallace True Tone with Sho-Bud professional specs. There's 3 cables on that pickup. One is the groud (black) and the two others are respectively: Red with 18k value and White with 17,5k. I was saying to myself that this system is a Coil tape you can switch if you want. But the sound difference between the two possibilities is important compare to the two values. Has anybody some informations about that ?
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 29 May 2011 8:31 pm
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Matthieu, You probably will not hear any difference at only 500K. Commonly, 18K would be tapped about 11k.
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Mat Davallet
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France (Vendée)
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Posted 29 May 2011 10:03 pm
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| Yes, i know, but on a little stickers behind the pickup it's written 17,5 and 18... amazing... |
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James Morehead
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Posted 30 May 2011 6:19 am
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You may need to have it rewound if you want tonal differences. Or just buy a new one from Truetone wound to your liking, and sell yours to someone who does not need the coiltapp feature. They could just tuck away the unused wire, running one wire and the ground.
I am a big fan of Truetones. Love 'em!!
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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Mat Davallet
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France (Vendée)
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Posted 30 May 2011 2:22 pm
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| i think i'll keep it and do something with the switch of my Mullen pre RP to have the coil-tap effectiv. But how to do that without adding another switch ?? an idea ? |
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 30 May 2011 2:41 pm
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It would be a poor choice to try to use that pickup for coiltap purposes. You won't hear any difference with only 500K difference.
Coiltap switches can be mounted under the guitar so you can avoid drilling your endplate.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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