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Originally Posted by PINKBITS
Thanks for the post Fix.  I didn't get piercing highs, I just found them on the bright side. I didn't mind this at all.
My issue was purely a lack of thump/shove out of the bridge and lack of singing lead out of the neck.
As I said the best way I can describe it is as if the pickups were only working on 4 cylinders instead of all 8.
On Wolfes advice I'm going to try a few things and see how i go. I could have quite easily had a bad solder  . If I make some changes and they  I will certainly be revising my review.
I can take my lumps too.   |
Interesting that BB found the MH's very bright. they shoulnd't be too bright because of the size of the coils. Larger coils bleed off a little high end, and will also make them not quite as loud as a comparable 9k pickup from, say, Duncan.
About the reading you got, I think your room temps may be a bit lower than here when they were built Ambient tempurature will change the readings. What temp are you at when you read the pickups?
If you've got a couple Alnico 2 magnets laying around, I might suggest swapping those in to see if they give you the low end shove you're looking for. it'll shift the whole spectrum lower, thicken the mids, and smooth out the high end. Marshallheads with A-2's have become quite popular over the last year or so.
BB, and Pink, what is the weight of your guitars? I find that heavier guitars are generally quite a bit brighter and harsher sounding, and will lack low end. It's a wood density thing as far as I can figure.
Fixxer...it's entirely possible for a magnet to be "faulty" - IE: stronger on one side than the other, end to end. When that happens, it can cause a lack of frequency response on the side where it's weaker. To find out, flip the magnet and see if the response drops on the opposite strings....
I just saw BB's post about density... and I'm bettng Pink's guitar is on the heavy side too?