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Re: I've had supper, so....

5/4/2006 7:51 AM
Mark Hammer	Re: I've had supper, so.... I wouldn't go that far myself, but yeah I found them kind of limited in their personality, compared to what I like. Great if you can never stand to turn off your Tube Screamer, but seemingly hard-pressed to take on other voices. I don't know if that was a function of the side-by-side design (they were a pair of 3-pole "yin-yang" coils that snuggled together into a Strat cover in series), the polepieces (don't know the composition but a little bigger diameter than usual, between Fender and Schecter width, and a kind of dull greyish appearance), or the coils themselves. Despite their weaknesses in terms of "tonal scope", they did manage to provide some of the sounds of a true cingle coil (one pickup at a time) without hum.

5/4/2006 7:51 AM

Mark Hammer

Re: I've had supper, so....

I wouldn't go that far myself, but yeah I found them kind of limited in their personality, compared to what I like. Great if you can never stand to turn off your Tube Screamer, but seemingly hard-pressed to take on other voices. I don't know if that was a function of the side-by-side design (they were a pair of 3-pole "yin-yang" coils that snuggled together into a Strat cover in series), the polepieces (don't know the composition but a little bigger diameter than usual, between Fender and Schecter width, and a kind of dull greyish appearance), or the coils themselves. Despite their weaknesses in terms of "tonal scope", they did manage to provide some of the sounds of a true cingle coil (one pickup at a time) without hum.

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Mark Abbott Not all single coils are created equal. -- 5/5/2006 6:17 AM
Hummer Re: I've had supper, so.... -- 5/5/2006 11:02 AM