Emmons Pickup Question?

George King · Post by **George King** » 30 Jan 2005 5:11 pm

I have a year old emmons legrande 2 with the original single coils at 19.5 ohm's (E9th),I love the tone through my old session 400.I just bought a 75 push pull with a single coil at 19.5 ,it seems nice and clear like my legrande 2 but seems more boomy and stronger on the low end.Is the push pull a mellower natured guitar than the legrande 2? should I switch to a little lighter would pickup for the push pull to get the same tone equalization that I have on the legrande 2, say mabey 18.5 or 17.5 ?Thanks George

Ernie Renn · Post by **Ernie Renn** » 31 Jan 2005 3:01 am

In my opinion, you most likely added extra lows to make the LeGrande sound fuller. Then with the same settings it made the push-pull sound bassier.

Every guitar has it's own characteristics. Two identical guitars can sound completely different. Even if they are loaded with the same pickups and have the same set-up.

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 31 Jan 2005 9:02 am

Well George, that's a first. I've never heard a p/p with "boomy" bass!

Here's my suggestions to fix it...

Back the bass off a number or two on the amp.

Lower the pickup under the bass strings.

Switch to stainless steel strings.

Switch to a lighter-wound pickup. I don't think you'd notice much difference going from a 19.5 to an 18.5. You might hear a little change at 17.5, but I'd think you'd have to go down to around 16 to make any significant change.

Ernie's right, though, trying to make two different guitars sound the same without changing the amp controls is awfully hard.

James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 31 Jan 2005 9:07 am

George,
I find generally that the more powerfull the pickup, the more bass it usually has..
If you find that your single coil has a little too much low end that you can't dial out with your amp, go to a lower powered pickup...I like to go with a 17.5k Truetone on an E9 neck in an Emmon's P/P ( and other steels for that matter ) ...It seems to be the right power for just the right highs, and lows, with plenty of harmonics, and enough power to push when you need it too ...18.5k is also good if you want it a little bit darker sounding ...Sincerely, Jim

PS....You can send you pickup to Jerry W at Truetone for a rewind also to whatever strength you want ....

George King · Post by **George King** » 31 Jan 2005 10:34 am

I just replaced the 19.5 with a 17.5 and there is a noticable difference.I am going to try it out on a job this weekend,Thanks Guys....

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 31 Jan 2005 5:41 pm

I have a 17.5 on the top and an 18.5 on the back. Used it this week-end and loved it. Those TT's can't be beat.