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Fingersmcoy
Username: Fingersmcoy
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:03 pm: | |
Ive seen a pair of super 58s pickups w/ a sticker on the back of pickup that says- SP 58 R what does the R stand for ? |
Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:42 pm: | |
Rear? as opposed to Front?
Ginger |
Fingersmcoy
Username: Fingersmcoy
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 3:04 am: | |
Wow sheeeesh Ok thanks ! |
Daveh
Username: Daveh
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 6:00 pm: | |
Rythym- as in neck pickup? |
Talajuha
Username: Talajuha
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 6:29 pm: | |
I guess Ginger is right. Sometimes neck pikcup is called front pu and bridge pickup rear pu.
Hm, is then middle pickup always called mid pu? 
Juha |
Jchester
Username: Jchester
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 11:48 pm: | |
Is it me... or does it smell like "pu" in here? |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 10:47 am: | |
I can't imagine there's any physical differences between the neck and bridge pups (other than what I will indicate below) so I doubt those explanations of the indications. Is there a physical difference between them? Other than...You can tell by the poles (position) which is which anyways. The neck pup poles are towards the top on neck pup. On the bridge pup, the poles are on (towards) the bottom. |
Talajuha
Username: Talajuha
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 4:16 pm: | |
Single coils? Also neck, middle and bridge models. How do they smell?
Explanation for humbuckers e.g. at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbucker
single coils e.g. at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil
Juha |
Gemberbier
Username: Gemberbier
Registered: 5-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 5:15 pm: | |
Bobzilla, you are probably right. These old humbuckers have one standard spacing. The position and length of the lead might be different. And perhaps the number of windings on the coils perhaps (highest resistance in the bridge position).
I have a pair of WSC pickups with Front and Rear spacing. Gibson does the same with their non-vintage humbuckers, which gives a better balanced sound.
But, it was just a guess without seeing any pics.
Ginger |
Talajuha
Username: Talajuha
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 7:14 pm: | |
There is nothing to imagine nor anything that is probably something. There are two obvious purposes:
1. to compensate the different amplitude of the vibrating string at different points
2. to produce wanted tone quality regardless of previous (in this case neck (, middle) and bridge pickups may be similar)
Juha |
Fingersmcoy
Username: Fingersmcoy
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 8:18 am: | |
Thanks to all that responded! But by the time i went to bid on a pair of super 58s ...GONE! I should have been more cryptive hmmmmmm somehow???I hope a ICW member got them!!! |
Fingersmcoy
Username: Fingersmcoy
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 8:21 am: | |
PU? Is that like has anyone seen my G-string?I cant play w/ out one. |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 8:46 am: | |
Juha:
"There is nothing to imagine nor anything that is probably something."
I'm not sure how to interpret this sentence, but can I use it as a song lyric?  |
Talajuha
Username: Talajuha
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 10:47 am: | |
John,
OK, if you call it 'Early Morning Blues' (Late Evening Blues?). Foreign language at 2 AM may cause fuzzy expressions.
Looks like a couple of words have disappeared. It could be a virus on Internet, too, not my fault  |