orangepeelneil Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 [size=3]Hi Chris, Interesting thread… Telebass is spot on in his assessment. My Squire VM Telebass TEB101 pickup has two coils around 11-12KOhms each wired in Hum-bucking mode, I have read elsewhere on the net over the years that the original 70's Tele pickups was a bit hotter towards 30K Ohms in total. The pick up has 8 pole pieces, four on top four below, I also have had mixed results removing the underside pole pieces, and actually the sound was better with all 8 in place. I contacted Hammon Engineering in the U.S about a Darkstar replacement, which was $208 +p&p, plus would involve minor cavity routing (and at the current exchange rate I'm not going down that route.) The don’t often come up for resale ( I guess that’s because they’re so good) I find my pickup unusable even with lots of treble and middle on my amp, It’s too muddy, lacks definition and has limited scope for tone control . I have just sent the pickup to Andy at wizard for assessment; hopefully he can 'tame' the beast and get me a sound more akin to a P90 or single coil. I have generally has issues with hum-bucking pickups for bass, but that’s another topic. I'll let you know the outcome. Regards Neil[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Linked back to original thread at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35826&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35826&hl=[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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