I'm thinking about upgrading the pickups and preamp in my MTD Kingston KZ6. This seems to be a common situation for MTD Kingston owners, however I like the sound of the stock pickups although they could do with more output and more bass response. For those of you who have upgraded, has the upgrade been worth it? I'm currently thinking of putting a Bartolini P4 series pickup set in there and a Bartolini preamp. Thanks.
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Upgrading an MTD Kingston KZ6
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I was in your place not long ago... I originally upgraded to a Bart Pre and Nordy Fat Stacks. Then I traded the Fat Stacks for Nordy Dual Coils and wired them in Series/Par/Coil cut. But when I removed the Fat Stacks for the trade, I put the original Pups back in until the DC arrived ... It sounded nice....I liked it....so imho its not the pups... its the original pre-amp that makes the difference. This is what it looked like back then.
The best to you.
The best to you.
I was in your place not long ago... I originally upgraded to a Bart Pre and Nordy Fat Stacks. Then I traded the Fat Stacks for Nordy Dual Coils and wired them in Series/Par/Coil cut. But when I removed the Fat Stacks for the trade, I put the original Pups back in until the DC arrived ... It sounded nice....I liked it....so imho its not the pups... its the original pre-amp that makes the difference. This is what it looked like back then.
The best to you.
thanks very nice to know that .
hate to be a noob but I am a sound man with a daughter that plays a MTD 6 upgraded to the Bart pre and Tobias Bart pickups. What is that between the pickups? Again sorry for my ignorance.
Firstly, Im impressed that your daughter plays a sixer... wow!
I love sixers because you can chord using the bottom 4 strings very easily.. and still run bass lines with the other strings.
It's a piece of wood that's been dubbed a "ramp" that helps you not to get your fingers caught under the stings when using a 3 or 4 finger picking style... Gary Willis came up with the idea I think.. but I picked it up from watching Matt Garrison.... here is a couple of you tube video's that may explain it better... (a picture is worth a thousand words!)
God bless,
Tim
if you like the sound of stock pick ups and want more bite. I would recommend Aguilar preamp OBP3. it brings out the rawness to it. specially using the 800khz mid frequency.
good luck
good luck
My girlfriend did the same thing with her MTD Kingston (the OBP-3). HUGE difference in tone and output.
