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previous: anonymous Yep, I'd largely agree. I also thin... -- 12/5/2002 11:25 PM

Re: Bartolini pickups....maybe

12/6/2002 2:15 PM
Mark Hammer	Re: Bartolini pickups....maybe "These days" now amounts to a couple of decades. I bought a DiMarzio Fat Strat back in 1979 or something and was very glad to leave it behind. Bear in mind, though, that the overwound thing is deliberately intended to generate tone stemming from overdriving the next stage, or overdriving the next thing in line with some fixed gain stage in between. What works well for that sort of intent is certainly not ideal for anyone who wants the cleanest sound possible or who wants to preserve tha acoustic properties of an instrument as far along the signal chain as possible. Some days I think many of us (myself included) dig ourselves into a Strat-to-Marshall rut a little too deeply to climb out of. Thanks all for the info though. Underwound I can do. And since I hand wind, I'm happy to do it!

12/6/2002 2:15 PM

Mark Hammer

Re: Bartolini pickups....maybe

"These days" now amounts to a couple of decades. I bought a DiMarzio Fat Strat back in 1979 or something and was very glad to leave it behind.

Bear in mind, though, that the overwound thing is deliberately intended to generate tone stemming from overdriving the next stage, or overdriving the next thing in line with some fixed gain stage in between. What works well for that sort of intent is certainly not ideal for anyone who wants the cleanest sound possible or who wants to preserve tha acoustic properties of an instrument as far along the signal chain as possible. Some days I think many of us (myself included) dig ourselves into a Strat-to-Marshall rut a little too deeply to climb out of.

Thanks all for the info though. Underwound I can do. And since I hand wind, I'm *happy* to do it!

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Dick To be honest, I really cannot under... -- 12/10/2002 1:55 PM