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Spitfire

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from NAMM
« on: January 16, 2009, 08:11:43 PM »
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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 08:30:32 PM »
nice idea, might have to try some - might be worth it for testing which options work well on each guitar/pickup combo

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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 08:31:53 PM »
looks quite usefull.

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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 08:52:58 PM »
Looks a bit boring though.

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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2009, 09:39:46 PM »
im assuming you could use it a bit like an EMG quick connect... two wires connecting to the pot and ground... then just attach that to a diff pickup ring etc... just stop having to open up the cavity.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 02:07:31 AM »
It's neat, but no less fiddly than a push-pull or mini-switch.

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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 10:25:58 AM »
And there's something of the geek about it.
... which is why we're all secretly quite interested in it ;)

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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 10:42:57 AM »
well it's got me interested! it's a clever solution, and ergonomically probably as good as could be expected.  i suspect i shall be trying a set.
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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 12:20:12 PM »
I wonder if the circuit board sits in the control cavity, or the pickup cavity?  If it's the latter you'd basically have to cut off 90% of the pickup cable, so you couldn't use it in another guitar without dismantling the pickup and replacing the cable.  :?
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Re: from NAMM
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 12:31:22 PM »
Hmmm, interesting, not for me though - I don't really go for coil-tapping that much, and I don't like the "parallel sound" :lol:

One thing though - one assumes that the circuitry inside their unit is fixed? Where's (what I would have thought of as) the most popular option? Switching the phase of the pickup, so that you can get yer Peter Green fix on a two-humbucker selection? I've read it all, and I can't see how this option would be available to you using their product alone... or maybe it's cleverer than it sounds so far...
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