spidey
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converted from potted to unpotted about 2 years ago - way more 'alive' sounding. Fills the room now!
I like my pickups to be just like Otis Campbell... Slightly potted, all the time!
When I use wax on PAF clone type pickups, I prefer just a tiny bit of wax between the magnet and baseplate, and then between the magnet and coils, just to keep a loose fit from moving around. I feel it's more important to get the assembly correct and everything level and secure than to goop up everything with wax to compensate for a sloppy job. Then, when installing covers, clamp them firmly and give a nice hot dot of solder on each side. THEY WILL NOT FEEDBACK. I have done plenty of complete wax pots on assembled pickups and that works great, but IMO has a subtle effect on the tone somehow.
I agree 100% with you word for word. I too have taken apart many a humbucker and have found that simply waxing the bottom and top surface of the magnet to have it fixed in position is all that is needed. Rebuilding the pickup using clamps to make sure everything is nice and tight and NO you will NOT HAVE FEEDBACK. Waxing coils is overkill and death to a PAF tone IMHO and many other PAF afficiando's opinion.
I have never seen a magnet that needs to be kept in a fixed position. All my pickups have always had the magnets secure in place with NO room. EVEN if was was about to wax them a bit.
hotos
For the Pros... (Roadrunner, TL... etc...) What's your take on PUs you guys order?
I myself am a fan of unpotted but I want to know what everyone's take on it is.
Potted, unpotted or lightly outside potting.
I really need help on what the big dogs are ordering lately. I wish I knew how to use the Poll feature.
Thanks.
LMFAO:rofl That is exactly what I was thinking as I read this thread.:hippyBack in the day, I always thought I sounded better potted, until I heard the tapes unpotted.