Captainstrat Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 It's a long, long thread and my question's been missed ... I was wondering; rather than rewinding a pickup as a driver (thus losing the neck position) what if a resistor of appropriate value was patched between the hot and ground leads of the neck pickup, thus dividing the value down to 8 Ohms? Wired to a dpdt switch, the player can switch from "regular" to sustainer at the flip of a switch... could that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sulzer Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 No, the current needs to run through a coil, not a resistor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setain Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 As Mike said, then half of the signal would pass through the resistor and thus lower the efficiency of the circuit. And besides that, while the resistor would change the DC resistance, the AC impedance and inductance not be changed in the same way (if at all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captainstrat Posted December 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Bad idea then...thanks for the replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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