On 10/20/2017 3:26 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 11:07:43 AM UTC-10, Casa lo pensa wrote:
>> On 10/20/2017 2:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 5:00:35 AM UTC-10, Casa lo pensa wrote:>
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>>>> Lol, OK then, no rush but I'll be intrigued with the findings, er filings...
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>>> I have a couple of Alumitone pickups that I'm looking to fit on a guitar. These things are like the holy grail of pickups: low noise, low impedance, high output, extended frequency range. Too bad most people don't like how they sound. I'm rather ambivalent about them myself. 
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>> I recall you mentioning those:
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>> http://www.lacemusic.com/alumitone_humbucker.php
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>> I wish I could hear them.
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>> But here's a taste:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsHeBClnTls
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>> REAL BRIGHT!!!
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> Boy, that Pignose amp sounds crappy. 
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4xDZ5PjG4E
Oh that's so smoooooth!
But those are fender amps, yes?
> My favorite pickup is the P90.
Oh heck yes.
The P90 soapbars!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B88hnliKUOg
So harmonics friendly.
The Alumitone is probably the most revolutionary pickup design since
electromagnetic pickups were invented but I'd rather have a pickup that
was designed in the 40's. That's rather queer.

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I dig a lot of the Seymour Duncan reissues and classic stuff.
But here's a cool A:B humbucker vs P90 test.
A lot lower register in the hummers.