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Old January 13th, 2011, 12:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Seymour Duncan Solderless P/U System
A new pot/hook-up from Duncan allows you to install pups quickly, w/o soldering. 250 & 500K
I say it's a long time coming, a way to switch & install pups fast, -no, it won't affect tone - But Plenty of people will be resistant to any change...
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Old January 13th, 2011, 12:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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EMG have been doing that for ages....
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Old January 13th, 2011, 12:37 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It is about damn time.

I have no problem using a soldering iron myself but why make it hard?
This way I can swap pickups out really easily.
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Old January 13th, 2011, 12:38 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Sounds awesome... I saw the demo video they put out already. Maybe one day even I will be able to change my own pickups...
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Old January 13th, 2011, 12:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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EMG have been doing that for ages....
EMG's works only with EMG pickups.
Liberator seems to be pretty much universal, for passive pickups anyway.
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Old January 13th, 2011, 01:55 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Sounds awesome... I saw the demo video they put out already. Maybe one day even I will be able to change my own pickups...
Well....as long as you don't have a semi or full hollowbody. That's ALWAYS a pain and, with my poor experience and skills, a three or four-hand job (instead of a two-hand job).
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Old January 13th, 2011, 09:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I don't know about this..
I don't like the connector PC board attached to the pot, what happens if / when the pot goes bad? or if you want a different taper / value pot?

A seperate board with the connectors would be better if you have to go solderless IMO.
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Old January 13th, 2011, 10:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Does it work kinda like the MacBook charge adapter...using magnets to hold the connections in place?
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Old January 13th, 2011, 10:20 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Well....as long as you don't have a semi or full hollowbody. That's ALWAYS a pain and, with my poor experience and skills, a three or four-hand job (instead of a two-hand job).
(insert lame joke here)

I think this system looks like a winner, I'll probably try one out.
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I don't like the connector PC board attached to the pot, what happens if / when the pot goes bad? or if you want a different taper / value pot?
I dunno, Guitar Player says it comes in 250K and 500K values and costs $24...I figure anyone willing to spend $24 for the ability to change pickups without soldering (and I might be one of those myself) wouldn't balk too much at paying another $24 if the pot goes bad.
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EMG's works only with EMG pickups.
Liberator seems to be pretty much universal, for passive pickups anyway.
Nope, the EMG one works for passive pickups, too. SD offering a solderless system now seems to be yet another side-effect of Seymour Duncan's collaboration with Rob Turner for D-TAR. Not that I mind, it was about time.
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I think we think alike, but I wasn't going to touch that one with a ten-foot pole...
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