Sparky Mark Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, markdavid said: 500k on HCT, 250k on the German made Hofners I wonder how that affects the sound? Seems like an odd thing to do if the pickups are identical. They are only being used as volume controls aren't they? Edited January 28, 2020 by Sparky Mark Quote
markdavid Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 55 minutes ago, Sparky Mark said: I wonder how that affects the sound? Seems like an odd thing to do if the pickups are identical. They are only being used as volume controls aren't they? It is supposed to have an impact on the brightness of the tone, the German Hofners are usually a little darker sounding which I believe is partially down to this, yes only used as volume controls. It does seem like an odd thing to do but the control panels for the CT are Chinese made so they are probably made as cheaply as possible with whatever components they are able to get cheaply, to use a common phrase "built to a price" 1 Quote
ikay Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Here's an interesting video showing the difference in sound between the HCT and German made models, before and after swapping the HCT pots from 500k to 250k. Edited January 29, 2020 by ikay 2 Quote
Sparky Mark Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 13 hours ago, ikay said: Here's an interesting video showing the difference in sound between the HCT and German made models, before and after swapping the HCT pots from 500k to 250k. What a great video. Changing the strings and controls at the same time made it impossible to hear which made the biggest difference; I suspect it's the strings. It'd be interesting to do a similar comparison of the Contemporary and Ignition. Quote
markdavid Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 14 hours ago, Sparky Mark said: What a great video. Changing the strings and controls at the same time made it impossible to hear which made the biggest difference; I suspect it's the strings. It'd be interesting to do a similar comparison of the Contemporary and Ignition. Yes I thought the same thing, i enjoy this guys youtube channel but I think he should have had flats on both to start with to make the comparison a fair one 1 Quote
Sparky Mark Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Apart from the lack of a zero fret and the gap below the fretboard over the top, the Ignition violin is a pretty good facsimile of the 1980s violin even as far as using the correct pickup form with one being reversed. 1980s :- Modern Chinese Ignition :- Quote
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