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    GAStronomist wazkelly's Avatar
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    Fair call Simon. I shall see how the stock unit sounds first before committing to an upgrade.
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    # 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
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    However they do tend to use the thinner wire for hotter pickups simply so they can get more turns of wire in within the same volume, rather than for the sake of just using thinner wire. So if a standard humbucker measured 8k, a hotter version with 12.5% more winds might measure 9k if the same wire gauge was used, but 10k with 43 AWG wire rather than 42 AWG.

    So whilst that 10k looks a lot hotter than 8k, in reality its output won't be as quite a big a jump as the figures suggest.

    But unless you know, then all you can do is try them out and see.

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    The ear reveals all.
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    GAStronomist wazkelly's Avatar
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    Spent about 4 hours sanding with 120 grit across two sessions earlier today. Found plenty of stubborn machine marks and some deep scratches on the end grain in a few places that kept me hard at it trying to remove them.....

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    Front & Back damped down
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    # 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
    # 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
    # 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
    # 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
    # 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
    # 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
    # 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8

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    GAStronomist wazkelly's Avatar
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    Kit arrived with rather squared off edges and spent a lot of time today rounding things off....
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    Still a few deep stubborn scratches to get rid of
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    # 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
    # 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
    # 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
    # 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
    # 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
    # 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
    # 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8

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    lookin very swish Waz
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    Those curves soften up the look nicely. Keep at those pesky machine marks in the cutout !


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    some nice mods Waz and nicely smoothed

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    Nice curves indeed!
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