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I'm asking out of curiosity, it's not like I'm gonna order a Fender Masterbuilt and at that price level and just say "leave the pickup cavities empty, I'm gonna put some aftermarkets instantly in."
Point being, if you're going Masterbuilt, you might as well make the most of it. This is all hypothetical anyway, I'm not in the market, just wondering out loud.
I'm not sure on that p/up request as I've never been asked before - Likewise can I have it fitted with say Lollar p/ups then I don't know, so I would have to ask - there is leeway available on MB - ie you can state a weight say 7lbs and one piece body, for instance
How would you fancy doing it again? Let us know where and when and we'll try to arrange for Piers Morgan and Katy Hopkins to be present.
I'm just an old cynic and a grump.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Carbon comp batteries (which I believe are the ones Mr Johnson likes) have a very high internal resistance. That means that as the current draw increases, their output voltage drops. In many simple circuits (eg most analogue pedals), dropping the supply voltage results in very significant changes in the sound. We're not talking "golden ears" stuff. TS style circuits get much fuzzier and 'gated', for example.
Mr Guitar weasel has explained how the different winding patterns affect the capacitance of the pickup, and how that affects the sound. A more advanced winding machine can probably (this is an educated guess on my part) do something similar to scatter winding, but (again, my guess) most machine wound pickups probably have very even windings.
You don't have to think its worth it, of course, but in both cases the science is simple and sound.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
If a pickup has 300 layers of wire to the full wind, I can program each layer to have a specific wire angle, turns per layer, and start and stop point ... repeatable and consistent ... or they will wind fully manual scatter wound ...
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Perfect single coil flatwork ... and buttons and everything to press! Perfect!
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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
no other bugger on the planet will notice the difference when it's stuck on a record, played live etc.