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3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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ilan
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3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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September 01, 2012, 12:51:44 PM »
There's one for sale on eBay
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I'm toying with the idea of putting one in my white '73. Couldn't hurt and I don't use the mute anyway.
Anyone here has any experience with them? Must be ultra-treble.
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Dave W
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Re: 3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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September 01, 2012, 03:21:56 PM »
No idea. That close to the bridge, though, there's so little string excursion that it can't get much fundamental, no matter how it's wound.
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exiledarchangel
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Re: 3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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September 01, 2012, 03:34:47 PM »
Cliff Burton supposed to have done this mod in his rick, I think he had used a strat pickup.
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Highlander
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Re: 3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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September 01, 2012, 03:41:06 PM »
If your going to experiment try a halfway decent piezo to pickup all those vibrations...
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eb2
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Re: 3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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September 05, 2012, 07:20:37 PM »
I would dig messing with a piezo in the saddles. It would probably be more effective with a fretless.
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Bert
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Re: 3rd pickup in the mute compartment
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October 13, 2012, 06:02:18 PM »
The bridge pickup in my 4005 (which is somewhat near to the position this will fit in) is not usable on itself i.m.h.o.. It does ad a nice touch if you mix it with the neck pickup. Especially with the cap in. (The neck pickup of a 4005 sounds very similar to a 4001/4003 neck pickup.)
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