![]() As they taper toward the nut, your neck pickup should be fine with regular pole piece spacing. Regular humbucker spacing is closer to 50mm.į-spacing is really only important at the bridge, where the strings are further apart. The best thing you can do to be sure is to measure your string spacing at the bridge – approximately 53mm between the 1st and 6th strings is typical for F-Spacing. Generally, as close to the strings as possible while avoiding picking hand interference or magnetic pull.į-spacing means that the pole pieces are slightly further apart so that they’ll line up better with the pole pieces on guitars with Strat or Tele-style bridges. How far from my strings should I set my Eldorado pickups? You can read more about how different pot and cap values affect tone in this two-part blog post: Part I - Pots, Part II - Caps. That said, there are no hard and fast rules. 022μF caps-and these are the values we typically recommend. The most common/traditional choices are 500k pots (both volume and tone) and. What values of potentiometers and capacitors do you recommend for humbucking pickups? ![]() We feel that the added stability and protection of the coil outweighs any perceived improvement in tone. We frequently see coils shifting in vintage and modern unpotted pickups which often leads to the need of costly repair or outright replacement. Though most manufacturers did not wax pot their pickups in the 1950s and 60s, we choose to pot our pickups because of the strength and stability it adds to the coil. If your guitar has extra mini-switches or push/pull pots for these options, you’re likely going to want four conductor. This enables you to take advantage of more complex switching like in/out of phase, series/parallel, or coil splitting. Single conductor wiring is appropriate for traditional Les Paul-style wiring with a three-way switch and separate volume & tone controls for each pickup.įour-conductor wiring gives each of the humbucker’s two coils their own leads. Single conductor leads have a hot lead inside a braided metal exterior, which functions as ground. What’s the deal with single versus four-conductor pickups? Uncovered pickups are a bit more bright or focused. The metal parts can attenuate some of the highs, meaning that covered pickups will be a touch darker and warmer. Metal covers can have some effect on tone, though it is often subtle. ![]() Is there a sound difference between pickups with covers and without? Because our El Dorado uses a forbon baseplate, there isn’t a good metal surface for attaching a cover. Our metal humbucker covers are secured with a solder joint. The El Dorado is only available uncovered. I love the sound of the El Dorado, but can you build one with a cover so it looks like a typical humbucker?
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