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11-04-2009, 06:50 PM
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Mojo's Minions
 
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Low output winds with rolled off treble?
Can this be done? I mean the rule tends to be that the hotter the pickup the more mids and less treble and vice versa. But can a pickup be voiced so that it defies this principle of pickup making?
Take for example the DiMarzio HS-3. I know it's a stacked design and isn't 100% the same thing as a traditionally wound single coil, but it is VERY low output, yet has this very very smooth and rolled off treble coupled with slightly bumped mids compared to a low output Strat single. Or the Dimebucker, which is a VERY hot wind that is quite the opposite of the norm, because it has a very scooped midrange and tons and tons of slicing high end. Ok so I think my question has been answered. It can be done. The question instead should be, what are some examples of this and how is it accomplished? Of course I mean how is it accomplished in a specific pickup because otherwise the answer would just be "magnets, pole pieces, satan's mojo magic, etc". Terence
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11-04-2009, 08:11 PM
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Re: Low output winds with rolled off treble?
Materials make a difference, particularly the steel alloy in the screws, slugs, and keeper bar. You can also wrap some aluminum foil or copper tape around the coils and ground said foil/tape.
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11-04-2009, 09:25 PM
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Re: Low output winds with rolled off treble?
Plus the dimebucker uses the blades. I love dimebuckers personally ! The midrange isn't THAT scooped though. It's more of a diving mids kind of thing.
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11-04-2009, 09:27 PM
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Re: Low output winds with rolled off treble?
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"My big awakening happened when I was fourteen. I'd been trying to get into this older girl's pants for a while, and she finally let me come over to her house. We hung out, smoked some pot and listened to Aerosmith's Rocks. It hit me like a ****ing ton of bricks. I sat there listening to it over and over, and totally blew off this girl. I remember riding my bike back to my grandma's house knowing that my life had changed. Now I identified with something-Slash" |
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11-05-2009, 12:03 AM
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Re: Low output winds with rolled off treble?
However it works, it shunts some of the highs to ground, like a cover does.
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11-05-2009, 08:11 AM
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Re: Low output winds with rolled off treble?
the hs3 is very high resistance which helps with the rolled off high end, the stack design helps keep the output low
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