AutoBat said:I'm completely down with this idea. I didn't exactly do a great job on my selector switch on my VIP, but at the same time haven't been bothered to go back and do it right. (I may have used speaker wire).
TonyFlyingSquirrel said:I've got an 89 right now that I've got up on Reverb to hopefully fund a 57 purchase to go with an S.
Now that there are a great deal of options beyond the 81 (which I loathe) I'm interested in actives, but it's taken me a long time, like 30 years, and dozens of customer installs to finally consider them.
The 57/66 combo seems perfect to me, and I'll be dropping a set into my 7 string eventually, but my TFS6 has a SC in the neck, so I'm going with the S for that.
If the 89 doesn't move, then I may try it in the bridge of the TFS6, but I'm just not up to speed on any feedback for how well of a bridge pickup it is.
ChristopherG said:The problem with the 89, from what I understand all the other dual modes as well, is that you can either get a good "single coil sound" or a good "humbucker sound" but there is no height sweet spot where you get both.
The 57/66 is a bad ass set and is what is going in my Ibanez AX7521. Just enough room in the cavity for two batteries.
TonyFlyingSquirrel said:If the 89 doesn't move, then I may try it in the bridge of the TFS6, but I'm just not up to speed on any feedback for how well of a bridge pickup it is.
Re-Pete said:TonyFlyingSquirrel said:If the 89 doesn't move, then I may try it in the bridge of the TFS6, but I'm just not up to speed on any feedback for how well of a bridge pickup it is.
The 89 in humbucker mode resembles the 85 in tone. Alnico magnets, preamp the same as 85 I believe. The single coil mode is like the EMG SA. The 85 is as close to older styled - dare one say "PAF' sounding - as you'd get from EMG actives. SA like an old Strat pickup.