Harmony/Dearmond Gold foil "indox" pickups

elektrikdke · May 5th, 2006, 11:01 AM

Hi,

I've seen them mentionned in this thread and am trying to find out more about them as I happen to own one with a 10,5k output. I do not know if I should keep it or Ebay it back...

I've never tried it and have found a couple of newsgroup
posts where people mention using them in Telecaster as a neck pickup to match SD broadcasters.

I also know that there are different Dearmond gold foil pickups, this is the exact model that I've got:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...z/Img_1239.jpg

What do they sound like? I am familiar with P90s/humbuckers and Tele/Strat single coils.

Thanks

Fabrice

Uriah T. · May 5th, 2006, 04:24 PM

The pickup you have in that photo link is different than what most people are referring to when they talk about the Ry Cooder "gold-foil" pickups, which usually measure around 6k, and are not dearmond at all, but found on Japanese cheap imports from the 60's and '70's, like this one:

Gold Foil Guitar

What you have is a hot single coil actually made by Dearmond, and is a kind of P-90 sounding pickup (but less chainsaw-like). Big and warm. In my opinion, they are amazing sounding driven, but will lack the highs, especially in the neck position, to have a great clean sound. But for jump swing or blues, they're hard to beat. You'll probably have to lower it quite a bit to match the output of the standard tele bridge pickup, and they're pretty noisy if I remember right. Harmonys, which is what they were most often found on, had 50k or 100k pots, which dulled them even more than necessary. I'd vote for doing a no-tone-pot mod on the neck pickup if using one.

elektrikdke · May 5th, 2006, 05:40 PM

Thank you very much,

You've given me more info that I could gather after days spent roaming the newsgroups and the web!!

I'm definitely into swing and jump blues these days but have just received my CCRider pickup to try to get the sound I am looking for.

Still sounds like a very good pickup. I'll hold onto it.

Thanks

Fabrice

May 5th, 2006, 11:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
elektrikdke TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 29	Harmony/Dearmond Gold foil "indox" pickups Hi, I've seen them mentionned in this thread and am trying to find out more about them as I happen to own one with a 10,5k output. I do not know if I should keep it or Ebay it back... I've never tried it and have found a couple of newsgroup posts where people mention using them in Telecaster as a neck pickup to match SD broadcasters. I also know that there are different Dearmond gold foil pickups, this is the exact model that I've got: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...z/Img_1239.jpg What do they sound like? I am familiar with P90s/humbuckers and Tele/Strat single coils. Thanks Fabrice

May 5th, 2006, 04:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Uriah T. Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maine in the Braine Posts: 179 8 Photos	The pickup you have in that photo link is different than what most people are referring to when they talk about the Ry Cooder "gold-foil" pickups, which usually measure around 6k, and are not dearmond at all, but found on Japanese cheap imports from the 60's and '70's, like this one: Gold Foil Guitar What you have is a hot single coil actually made by Dearmond, and is a kind of P-90 sounding pickup (but less chainsaw-like). Big and warm. In my opinion, they are amazing sounding driven, but will lack the highs, especially in the neck position, to have a great clean sound. But for jump swing or blues, they're hard to beat. You'll probably have to lower it quite a bit to match the output of the standard tele bridge pickup, and they're pretty noisy if I remember right. Harmonys, which is what they were most often found on, had 50k or 100k pots, which dulled them even more than necessary. I'd vote for doing a no-tone-pot mod on the neck pickup if using one.

May 5th, 2006, 05:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
elektrikdke TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 29	Thank you very much, You've given me more info that I could gather after days spent roaming the newsgroups and the web!! I'm definitely into swing and jump blues these days but have just received my CCRider pickup to try to get the sound I am looking for. Still sounds like a very good pickup. I'll hold onto it. Thanks Fabrice