"Hi, all. Just came across this group. I have a 415 Jumbo and a Big Baby. My favorite acoustics. I fingerpick exclusively, which I guess is not common with a jumbo (?) but I like it. I played a used mini at Guitar Center a couple months ago and have…"
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Question RE: Dual Pickups
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Judgestone Jun 5, 2012.
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Judgestone replied to Jack North's discussion Question RE: Dual Pickups"Electric pickups are wired in series, phase, split, or parallel. If you go to this link, and select "humbucker diagrams" and look at each type, you will see what is happening. They even explain the diagrams on a few of them.
I…"
Jack North posted a discussionQuestion RE: Dual Pickups
I have three hollow body electrics, the only electrics I have ever played. Almost all my many years of playing has been exclusively acoustic. The three hollow bodies are:-Gretsch 5120-Ibanez Artcore-Epiphone Emperor II Joe PassNone of these is very expensive, I know, but I have the same issue with all three, so I'm wondering if this is the way this is supposed to be: if I have the selector switch in the center position to use both pickups (which is not uncommon, right?) and I turn one of the…See More
Jack North replied to Harry Lindahl's discussion Frail nails in the group Fingerstyle players"I play the same way and had the same problems. I tried stuff like "Hard As Nails" but nothing seemed to work. (I have very pronounced ridges along the length of my nails and they split right along them without fail.)
Then a few years ago…"
Jack North replied to Craig Mallick's discussion Thumb and finger picks in the group Fingerstyle players"Like many others here, I never could get into the metal or plastic fingerpicks, with the exception, somewhat, of the Alaska picks, so I mostly use my natural nails. But I recently went to a nail salon and had acrylic tips put on the four fingers of…"
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