New pickups...

Got two of these in the mail.

Joe Bardens, awww yeah!

Whoa! Those look purty, Bill! Tell us about them!

EricHaven wrote:

Whoa! Those look purty, Bill! Tell us about them!

I will do, as soon as I know anything! They're brand new to the market, and I took a chance, I actually got the first stock the store(in the US, local to Joe Barden) had.

I went for them, because of how great their Jazz pickups are, so I'm hoping they'll be like them.

Their J's are hot, and with a pile of clarity, truly faintastic pickups, for what its worth.

wow! those p-ups are schweet. please ... let us know what you get outta them.

They arrived yestersay, and yeah, they won't be the last, power, tone, clarity, awesome.

Also, came with propper pickup foam, in two thicknesses, the correct bass tone cap, a treble bleed cap for the vol control(a godsend, truly), and grommets.

Darkstrike wrote:

They arrived yestersay, and yeah, they won't be the last, power, tone, clarity, awesome.

Also, came with propper pickup foam, in two thicknesses, the correct bass tone cap, a treble bleed cap for the vol control(a godsend, truly), and grommets.

Awesome. What are the cap values?

Chowderboots wrote:

Darkstrike wrote:

They arrived yestersay, and yeah, they won't be the last, power, tone, clarity, awesome.

Also, came with propper pickup foam, in two thicknesses, the correct bass tone cap, a treble bleed cap for the vol control(a godsend, truly), and grommets.

Awesome. What are the cap values?

Can't remember offhand, but they're wrote down on the wiring diagram, I'll check later.

Can you also post the specs, Bill? Specifically, the output in voltage?

You've definitely peaked my curiosity!

Crud.


I should have took measurements before I whipped out the soldering iron......


I'll see what I can do, but I can tell you now, they are *LOUD* one of the loudest pickups I've come across, loud, but clear.

Darkstrike wrote:

Crud.


I should have took measurements before I whipped out the soldering iron......


I'll see what I can do, but I can tell you now, they are *LOUD* one of the loudest pickups I've come across, loud, but clear.

Loud is all you need to make tubes break up.

Chowderboots wrote:

Darkstrike wrote:

Crud.


I should have took measurements before I whipped out the soldering iron......


I'll see what I can do, but I can tell you now, they are *LOUD* one of the loudest pickups I've come across, loud, but clear.

Loud is all you need to make tubes break up.

True that, but its nice to have a comparison.

The caps are a 120pf for the treble bleed, and .05uf for the bass tone, both orange drops.

Seriously, I'm going to buy a stack of those 120pfs, greatest mod ever.

I've never heard about a treble bleed before. Can you tell me more about it?

Chowderboots wrote:

I've never heard about a treble bleed before. Can you tell me more about it?

Its just a small capacitor, the goes on the hot and middle lugs of the volume pot.

What it does, is keep your tone bright as you roll off volume, rather than muddy it up, which is what normally happens.

I think I might give those a shot when I rewire my next stereo bass.