marcusnieman
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Thanks Declan.... so we can get them uncovered and have the covers shipped with the set? Obviously, the cost will be for covered pickups.
Dug around a bit for the factory specs of the pickups that came with my Bacchus. I'd forgotten that the bridge p'up magnet was ceramic while the bridge was Alnico V. Here's what they are - what is your initial impression?
Neck Pickup BHV-A5
Magnet: Alnico 5
Wire: # 42 enameled
Number of turns: 5,300
Resistance: 8.5kΩ
Bridge - BHH
Magnet: Ferrite Wire: # 43 Polyurethane
Number of turns: 7200 inner bobbin, bobbin outer 7300
Resistance 14.7kΩ
Wanting to brighten them up, I replaced them with Peter Florance Voodoo 60's - with an Alnico III in the neck and Alnico V in the bridge. Output on these are rated at 7.6 - 8.3K. They sound okay.
For the record, my favorite HB pickups ever are in my 91 Greco SA64-90 (ES335) - a set of their The Groove pup's. Ceramic magnets if I recall correctly and they just sound great. Snarly but clear and articulate (might also be due to the semi hollow body too - nothing like that sound either)
Dug around a bit for the factory specs of the pickups that came with my Bacchus. I'd forgotten that the bridge p'up magnet was ceramic while the bridge was Alnico V. Here's what they are - what is your initial impression?
Neck Pickup BHV-A5
Magnet: Alnico 5
Wire: # 42 enameled
Number of turns: 5,300
Resistance: 8.5kΩ
Bridge - BHH
Magnet: Ferrite Wire: # 43 Polyurethane
Number of turns: 7200 inner bobbin, bobbin outer 7300
Resistance 14.7kΩ
Wanting to brighten them up, I replaced them with Peter Florance Voodoo 60's - with an Alnico III in the neck and Alnico V in the bridge. Output on these are rated at 7.6 - 8.3K. They sound okay.
For the record, my favorite HB pickups ever are in my 91 Greco SA64-90 (ES335) - a set of their The Groove pup's. Ceramic magnets if I recall correctly and they just sound great. Snarly but clear and articulate (might also be due to the semi hollow body too - nothing like that sound either)