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916 Pickups Club
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Second set of Heavy 70's going out to Texas. These are available in standard 8 pole factory style and A5.
tried nickels, flats, and steels (hi-beams) on my Birdsong (newly enhanced with 916 super ferrites) ... they all sounded great in their own ways, but the steel just sang from the get-go, wonderful angry piano tone with everything dimed
I'd love to hear the hi-beams on that Birdsong through the SFs. That sounds like an amazing tone!
I forgot to mention I bypass my Ashdown 300 EQ and use instead an Alien Audio Tidal Wave preamp pedal. Surely a component to the angry piano tone I mentioned, especially on the hifi rather than vintage setting.I'd love to hear the hi-beams on that Birdsong through the SFs. That sounds like an amazing tone!
Man, I'm glad to hear you exist here in town. I am sorry to see that as part of me finding out about you is that you recently stepped back from crazy custom stuff.
I'm proud to call Sacramento my adopted home. I'm always blown away by all the cool stuff going on in this town. Next time i get the itch for pickups I'll reach out.
Cheers!
Orders will be accepted for custom bass pickups. Moving forward just to let everyone know 4 connection pickups are standard Humbucker unless specifically requested. ( Meaning you need to request the coil direction and polarity specifically) Humbucker means two coils wound in same direction with opposite polarity. We are not responsible for custom guitar wiring. Wiring is for luthiers and techs. We can not be responsible for anything outside of a working functional pickup. DIY / non professional pickup installer's having a hard time with wiring need to consult a professional tech and not expect this to be handled by 916 pickups. Once a pickup is provided showing coil readings and correct polarity our job is complete.
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Hello Jefus.
If you are new or newer to Sacramento and have any questions about good places to eat or anything else feel free to ask. I'm on the South side and been here since 77.
Thanks! I'm coming up on 3 years here. I love that there's so much original music happening here. And the food scene is way too good to be healthy!
Cheers!
Just a few places to mention.
524 - for Mexican food. It's off Bradshaw
Los Immortales - Mexican. Frutridge/Franklin
ABC - Chinese bakery - Florin Road.
Pork Bao , shrimp shumi , and their hot dog buns are all good
If you haven't been to Corti Bros you gotta go. The entire place is glorious. Their sandwiches are the best. Just don't go at noon. There's a lot of tension with all the office workers ready to fight to get their sandwiches. And if you browse the store get ready to drop cash. I have a hard time getting out of their without spending a lot of cash.
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Its a bit of a hodgepodge.
916 Neodymium powered redesigned of a Gibson EB under a MM cover
Winding up a T Bird that will be factory except for the bobbins are made using the magnet with top and bottom being Vulcanex fiber. Factory style bobbins are not sold. The pickup is like a credit card , it's real thin. The coil is short so this is why factory they come in around 7.8k. people seem to enjoy the 10-11k area of #42 for bass. That's not going to happen with these coils. Going to try to get a 13k / #43 and see how that fits on the coil.
Going to test fit these in EMG35 to see if EMGTB can be a thing.
Going to test fit these in EMG35 to see if EMGTB can be a thing.
916 is a full custom shop , we make pickups to order. We can wind Factory copy to full custom. This pickup is to see what will fit going to a smaller wire than the factory #42awg. Trying to get a fatter tone like a 70s P bass or something along those lines working within the confines of the factory cover / baseplate. Designs with a steel blade or poles would make for a pickup that will not allow for a baseplate that can be soldered to the cover.
Nice. One Thunderbird pickup that no one's yet made a replica of that people in the Thunderbird group seem to want is the sidewinder Bicentennial ones (1976-1979).
