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Guitar Discussions -> Guitar/Pick-Up Question
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Guitar/Pick-Up Question - Starman - 22:13 12-11-08
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I have a couple questions, I read that Jeff Beck got a Tele-Gib guitar made
by Seymour Duncan for his Blow By Blow album. Wanted to know, why was the
guitar called "Tele-Gib", was it due to the fact it was a Tele that had
humbuckers and thus sounded like a Gibson? Or because of something else?
Also, what are Tex-Mex pickups on a Strat, are they pickups that have one
coil made in Texas and one made in Mexico? My apologies in advance for my
ignorence on these topics.
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Re: Guitar/Pick-Up Question - Tony Done - 23:23 12-11-08
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"Mark Bedingfield" <atari030@nomorespamplease.optusnet.com.au> wrote in
message news:OINSk.14683$sc2.13515@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Starman wrote:
>> I have a couple questions, I read that Jeff Beck got a Tele-Gib guitar
>> made by Seymour Duncan for his Blow By Blow album. Wanted to know, why
>> was the guitar called "Tele-Gib", was it due to the fact it was a Tele
>> that had humbuckers and thus sounded like a Gibson? Or because of
>> something else?
>
> Its a Tele with a tunomatic bridge and a pair of Humbuckers.
>
> http://www.bluestheater.net/gearjoneser/Potato-SeymourexplTelegib.jpg
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> I'd imagine it sounds a bit like a Gibson but looks like a Tele. Butchery
> I say;-)
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>> Also, what are Tex-Mex pickups on a Strat, are they pickups that have one
>> coil made in Texas and one made in Mexico? My apologies in advance for my
>> ignorence on these topics.
>
> I think they are made in Mexico, and have Texas (overwound) tone. IIRC
> they have plastic bobbins and Alnico 5 magnets. Vintage pups and Texas
> Specials (their big brothers) have fibre bobbins.
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> Mark
Heh, you've just given me an opportunity to jump on my hobby horse again. -
Plastic bobbins aren't necessarily bad if they have alnico slugs, because
you can adjust them for the string to string balance you like. <g> Since
this is your post I will not mention vintage stagger and plain 3rd strings.
Do you happen to know if tex-mex are alnico slug or ceramic bar?
Tony D
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Re: Guitar/Pick-Up Question - Tony Done - 16:07 14-11-08
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"boardjunkie" <boardjunkie@techie.com> wrote in message
news:9014e262-4675-41dc-9816-ece7c29f4304@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 12, 11:38 pm, Mark Bedingfield
<atari...@nomorespamplease.optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> Alnico 5 thankfully. I really don't know how much of a difference the
> bobbin material makes, all I can say is all my Strat pups are vintage
> staggered, Alnico magnets and perfect. Not sure if the EMG SA's are
> fibre bobbin tho.
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> Mark
Its not so much the bobbin material, its the construction technique.
Single coils with fiber bobbins have the coil wound directly over the
magnets, and that is said to give a touch more top end. I really don't
care myself. I've taken cheap ceramic bar magnet single coils and
punched out the steel slugs....replaced them with alnico V rods.
Always sounds great.
Here in Oz we get an importer brand called GT, they make a bobbin-alnico
pickup that costs about 1/4 what you would pay for a Fender. I use them for
making acoustic pickups, because they can be balanced for phosphor bronze
strings by moving or removing the slugs. I've also experimented with using
them as the basis for adjustable pickups, using grub screws as the pole
pieces and small ceramic magnets mounted on a base plate. They work fine in
both applications. I've got nothing against plastic bobbins, and it is worth
remembering that many successful pickups, most notably Gibson types, are
based on bobbins.
Tony D
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Re: Guitar/Pick-Up Question - boardjunkie - 16:56 15-11-08
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On Nov 14, 4:07=A0pm, "Tony Done" <tonyd...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Here in Oz we get an importer brand called GT, they make a bobbin-alnico
> pickup that costs about 1/4 what you would pay for a Fender. I use them f=
or
> making acoustic pickups, because they can be balanced for phosphor bronze
> strings by moving or removing the slugs. I've also experimented with usin=
g
> them as the basis for adjustable pickups, using grub screws as the pole
> pieces and small ceramic magnets mounted on a base plate. They work fine =
in
> both applications. I've got nothing against plastic bobbins, and it is wo=
rth
> remembering that many successful pickups, most notably Gibson types, are
> based on bobbins.
>
> Tony D
Right. I bet they're prob'ly Mighty Mites. Nothing wrong with
them....single coil p-ups aren't rocket science.
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