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Joe Barden Standard Strat Pickup
 8/22/1999 10:39 PM |
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BIG Dave | Joe Barden Standard Strat Pickup I installed a Joe Barden STRAT STANDARD pickup in the bridge position of my '57 USA Strat Reissue. I feel the original pickup was hotter because when I switch from the stock middle pickup to the Joe Barden bridge pickup, there is a slight drop in volume. This contradicts the statement on Joe's website: "The S-Style Standard is a variation of the S-Style Deluxe which fits into a stock pickup cover (nothing protrudes through the holes, but the field behind the holes is solid black, so that from a few rows out, the guitar appears stock). This pickup is for players who want to preserve most of the original appearance of their guitar while still getting the benefits of an S-Deluxe. The tone of the S-Standard is quite similar to that of the S-Style Deluxe, with the output and sensitivity slightly less than the Deluxe but considerably greater than a stock pickup (same twin blades, same elimination of any hum or noise)." Could the pickup be defective? I tried lowering the stock neck and middle pickups and raising the Joe Barden pickup to equal out the volume of the three pickups. The Barden pickup is so close, it is almost touching the strings. Any ideas? |
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