Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: skolphy on October 22, 2024, 02:03:38 AM
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Gents,
Have enjoyed many guitars with BKPs over the years...my favorites are the Abomb bridge and the Emerald nexk...although my new guitar with Peacemakers is chipping away at the Abomb.
Can you provide some insight on a comparison of the new Polypaf with the Black Dog and Peacemaker?
Thanks!
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The PolyPaf uses the same unoriented (isotropic) Alnico v magnets as the Peacemaker, so you'll feel some similarities in how they respond - less edgy and immediate compared to the Nailbomb or Black Dog, which both use regular anisotropic Alnico v - but the coil build is very much different, more similar to a vintage P.A.F, using 42AWG enamel wire for a brighter chime and trimmed bass, plus we have worked in some different alloys in the slug poles, using a higher carbon content slug under the wound strings, which both slightly alters the string balance for a little more presence in the mix for the plain strings, but also brings out a richness in the mids.
In summary, and in answer to your question, the PolyPaf is less powerful, a little more delicate and has more bias towards the higher frequencies than either the Black Dog or the Peacemaker. It is less muscular and, as a result, more open and chimey.
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Now you guys got my attention :shocked:
My absolute favorite bridge model is the Riff Raff
How does the bridge Polypaf differ from the Riff Raff?
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The PolyPaf uses the same unoriented (isotropic) Alnico v magnets as the Peacemaker, so you'll feel some similarities in how they respond - less edgy and immediate compared to the Nailbomb or Black Dog, which both use regular anisotropic Alnico v - but the coil build is very much different, more similar to a vintage P.A.F, using 42AWG enamel wire for a brighter chime and trimmed bass, plus we have worked in some different alloys in the slug poles, using a higher carbon content slug under the wound strings, which both slightly alters the string balance for a little more presence in the mix for the plain strings, but also brings out a richness in the mids.
In summary, and in answer to your question, the PolyPaf is less powerful, a little more delicate and has more bias towards the higher frequencies than either the Black Dog or the Peacemaker. It is less muscular and, as a result, more open and chimey.
Thank you! Without revealing all secrets is it possible to expand a little bit on "partially potted", is it like only coils, but not between bobbins and covers? Or it is just spending less time in the wax -> less wax penetrates the coils?
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I was hoping that I’d find a thread like this…
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I’m very interested in the PolyPAF as well.. since I really enjoy my Polymath
How does it compare to the Mule?