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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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No, EMG Ts do not have any of the issues of BLs or other noiseless P-ups (they're a much different design).....
i think the EMGs look fine (jes' m.h.o.) but i would like to see the T set's neck P-up with mylar/chrome covers -like these Strat covers from All Parts- part # pc 0406-010.......the EMG Ts are available in white & ivory/creme also.... i know y'all are probably sick of hearin' it but, they are (i.m.v.h.o.) the absolute best Tele P-ups on the planet, bar none. i've no affiliation, and no interest other than in my tone..... y.m.m.v. |
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I recently put BL Keystones in a tele partscaster with a ferrous ashtray bridge and they sound fantastic (photos in my gallary). Not noiseless but much quieter than any other true single coil I have ever used. No feedback problems even when playing with high gain and high volume, and lots of tele sparkle and snap. I also put a chrome cover on the Keystone neck pickup and it still sounds snappy, and is less likely to be damaged. FYI--GFS sells a vintage looking ashtray bridge with three brass barrels that has a non-ferrous plate portion made from aluminum, for about $20. That may be an easy/cheap solution for people with vintage style ashtrays and the BL/bridge/feedback issues discussed above.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Spank, where did you get your chrome cover from?? I wonder what would happen if I wound string around my Keystone Bridge and gave it a wax dip? Becky?? Here is one little trick I have used to get that traditional Tele look from an EMG SAV pickup. SAV are made for a Strat ![]() What I did was get the Tele base plate from stew mac for a bridge pup. I then used a HOT glue gun to secure the pup to the plate. Oh and first you have to break off the Strat mount plastic on the ends. ![]() However this is where the mod takes a turn for the ugly. The EMG T neck pup is not chrome. So it still has the ugly non traditional look. And truly this pup is for a Strat sound and not a Tele. If EMG would just make a traditional T or TC set using the exposed pole and chrome look it would really be cool. |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: In The Bluegrass KY
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More than likely, yes - the ferrous plate interferes with the magnetic properties of the humbucking design (for BL, Dimarzio, & Kinman designs). The result tends to be a good sounding pickup that's about as noisy as a standard single-coil. For some reason the problem tend to exhibit an increased microphonic characteristic, too. So... if you're using the pickup for tone, it may not matter; however, if you're using a stacked pup for tone AND hum cancelling AND modern, non-microphonic characteristics, then you ought to change the bridge to non-ferrous (preferable vintage style, as that affects the tone considerably, too).
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If you know for certain that it is the stock bridge that is vibrating, there are plenty of tricks to try, such as a thin coat of wax to the underside, or very thin neoprene on the front end of the underside, use rubber cement to hold it on. I've only had one bridge pup that I couldn't tame: a Fender Texas Special Tele. After trying everything, I came to the conclusion that there must have been a void in the potted winding. I actually got another one in a swap, and no microphonics. There are a lot of aftermarket bridge assemblies out there that are quite affordable, if you aren't stuck on certain attributes of the original Tele bridge. You don't have to settle for the Allparts/Gotoh style brass bridge any more.
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My younger son had an L-290TLE (slightly higher-inductance L-290TL) in his MIM Standard with the stock bridge for about a year and he had no squealing problems at all -- offhand I'd say that bridge is too thick and heavy to behave like a traditional "ashtray" type. He eventually replaced his bridge with a Gotoh chromed brass model -- imo that change made pretty much no difference playing through his amp, but it did reduce some remaining (non-pickup) hum when he listens via headphones.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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I'm mostly interested in hum reduction...obviously I want p'ups with decent tone as well. From what I've read I think I'm going to decide between a BL noiseless set or DiMarzio Area-Ts. I usually use a fairly clean tone, so maybe the microphonics won't be a problem...I don't really *want* to change out the bridge, but I'm not completely against it either.
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Thought about it...$360 for the pair is a bit more than I'd like to put in the MIM! Although I've played a few guitars with the Bardens, and do like 'em just fine.
I'm wondering now if the worst of my hum is actually from my amp...I tried my guitar in someone else's amp today and the noise was tolerable. But that's another problem to work on... |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I also let my ears decide. Sure sounds ferrous, or at least provides that "something extra" that makes a Tele bridge pickup sound unique.
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I have a 280/298 set installed in one of my Peavey Generations, and no squealing or pickup noise at all. I use them crystal clean, with overdrive, and with massive distortion.
I didn't think about it at the time, but when I replaced the pickups, I also changed the bridge, wanting a more modern style with square saddles instead of the barrell saddles that came on the guitar. My luthier happened to have a StewMac bridge in stock that would work as a drop in replacement, so I bought it. By sheer luck, it turns out the StewMac bridge is not magnetic at all, but the old Peavey bridge is. It seems the more I use Bill and Becky's pickups, the luckier I get! |
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Nov 2005
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All I know is
#1 This whole adventure is costing me way more than I had planned and it would have been far less expensive to just drop some emg's in my wife's tele. #2 I am never doing business with the Lawrence family again. |
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Age: 52
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The battery fits into the body cavity. Thats where mine is.
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