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Re: Lipstick PU's - what's different?

1/13/2000 8:55 PM
Wyatt	Re: Lipstick PU's - what's different? Some educated guesses here. I don't have a lipstick guitar anymore, but do love them for slide. Low output, gritty, midrange push. Run them through a 3-watt amp-in-case and you have lo-fi heaven. It can't be too hard a PU to copy. 1. Apparently Dano has Armstrong make a proprietary PU for them, probably a little stonger than the original output since they are selling to a modern market. They are now offered as aftermarket items in Dano packaging. And they have a "aged magnet" version too (probably Armstrong's original). Jerry Jones PU's are made special for him, by whom, I do not know. Chandler winds lipsticks too, they would probably be your best bet for quality, though I find nothing wrong with the Korean Armstrongs. 2. Armstrong's Korean-made PU's are standard in most imports. Other imports, such as Charvel/Jackson's Surfcaster and Ibanez's Talman used his long and short versions. 3. I haven't really compared them. Follow-up question, are the short ones maybe tweaked for solid bodies since they are the most likely housing? 4. No. But I'm sure it offers sheilding. I would hate to here these without the cover. P.S. Armstrong makes a hot lipstick too, perhaps great for a bridge PU. -Y.

1/13/2000 8:55 PM

Wyatt

Re: Lipstick PU's - what's different?

Some educated guesses here. I don't have a lipstick guitar anymore, but do love them for slide. Low output, gritty, midrange push. Run them through a 3-watt amp-in-case and you have lo-fi heaven. It can't be too hard a PU to copy.

1. Apparently Dano has Armstrong make a proprietary PU for them, probably a little stonger than the original output since they are selling to a modern market. They are now offered as aftermarket items in Dano packaging. And they have a "aged magnet" version too (probably Armstrong's original). Jerry Jones PU's are made special for him, by whom, I do not know. Chandler winds lipsticks too, they would probably be your best bet for quality, though I find nothing wrong with the Korean Armstrongs.

2. Armstrong's Korean-made PU's are standard in most imports. Other imports, such as Charvel/Jackson's Surfcaster and Ibanez's Talman used his long and short versions.

3. I haven't really compared them. Follow-up question, are the short ones maybe tweaked for solid bodies since they are the most likely housing?

4. No. But I'm sure it offers sheilding. I would hate to here these without the cover.

P.S. Armstrong makes a hot lipstick too, perhaps great for a bridge PU.

-Y.