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PitchShifter

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Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« on: May 08, 2009, 03:16:16 PM »
I'm putting together a triple pickup Thinline Tele and want to bookend a TV Jones SuperTron in the middle with a set of Bare Knuckle HBs, Stormy Monday AIV for the neck, & an Emerald in the bridge
The Supertron has a DC resistace of 3.5K and inductance 2.55H [not that I know what that means]. I'm concerned the BNPs will be too loud and overpower the third middle pickup (not that I intend blending them that much) - is anyone able to help on this?
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Philly Q

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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2009, 03:26:43 PM »
Quote from: PitchShifter on May 08, 2009, 03:16:16 PM
I'm concerned the BNPs will be too loud and overpower the third middle pickup

Yes, the BNP are loud, annoying, bigoted b@stards.

But I don't think the BKPs will overpower your TV Jones.  I don't know why TVJs have such low DC resistance - maybe they use super-thick wire in the coil windings - but the numbers on their own don't mean much.

Twinfan has some TV Jones pickups in a Thinline, hopefully he'll chip in.
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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2009, 04:09:03 PM »
As Philly says, I've got TV Jones' in a Thinline.  They're pretty low output and I've never tried mixing them with full humbuckers, but I think they wouldn't necessairly be much quiter but they'll certainly be cleaner.  If that makes sense?  They'd sound like a big single coil in comparison.....

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PitchShifter

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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2009, 10:29:57 PM »
Cheers,
Thanks Guys!
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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2009, 12:57:51 PM »
DC numbers don't tell the whole story.

TV Classics have a similar percieved output as a vintage style humbucker.
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dheim

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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2009, 01:58:03 PM »
i heard clips on their website... they sound a bit like p90s... not like full humbuckers for sure. very nice, anyway!
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Re: Will BKPs be too hot for thinline Tele's w/ other pickup?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2009, 07:27:50 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on May 08, 2009, 04:09:03 PM
As Philly says, I've got TV Jones' in a Thinline.  They're pretty low output and I've never tried mixing them with full humbuckers, but I think they wouldn't necessairly be much quiter but they'll certainly be cleaner.  If that makes sense?  They'd sound like a big single coil in comparison.....




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