Post by antigua on Nov 5, 2016 22:18:35 GMT -5
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The Lollar Tweeds are among the lowest wound Strat sets on US boutique pickup market.
The Strat set that I've measured that comes closest to date is the GFS Boston Blues. Few Strat sets have loaded (470pF added) resonant peaks that go much beyond 4kHz. A lot of Fender's sets are almost wound low enough that they should break the 4kHz mark, but they capacitance tends to bring them down to the high 3kHz range. The Boston Blues has an impressively low capacitance, putting it neck and neck with the Lollar Tweeds. I like Lollar because he offers pickup sets that touch the boundaries with the Tweed set and the Special S, but considering this set goes for $285/$315, while the GFS Boston Blues go for $68 (and look cool!), I don't think the Lollar set is a wise purchase in this case. Seeing as how these are otherwise basic AlNiCo 2 Strat pickups, there is nothing else noteworthy to report.
Lollar Tweed 2013 Bridge
DC Resistance: 5.88K
Inductance: 2.363H
Calculated C: 137pF (147-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 12.8dB f: 8.55kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 3.98kHz
Lollar Tweed 2013 Middle
DC Resistance: 5.37K
Inductance: 2.108H
Calculated C: 118pF (128-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 12.0dB f: 9.70kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.5dB f: 4.31kHz
Lollar Tweed 2013 Neck
DC Resistance: 5.29K
Inductance: 1.855H
Calculated C: 114pF (124-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 11.7dB f: 10.5kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.5dB f: 4.46kH
Bode plot:
Pic:
The Lollar Tweeds are among the lowest wound Strat sets on US boutique pickup market.
The Strat set that I've measured that comes closest to date is the GFS Boston Blues. Few Strat sets have loaded (470pF added) resonant peaks that go much beyond 4kHz. A lot of Fender's sets are almost wound low enough that they should break the 4kHz mark, but they capacitance tends to bring them down to the high 3kHz range. The Boston Blues has an impressively low capacitance, putting it neck and neck with the Lollar Tweeds. I like Lollar because he offers pickup sets that touch the boundaries with the Tweed set and the Special S, but considering this set goes for $285/$315, while the GFS Boston Blues go for $68 (and look cool!), I don't think the Lollar set is a wise purchase in this case. Seeing as how these are otherwise basic AlNiCo 2 Strat pickups, there is nothing else noteworthy to report.
Lollar Tweed 2013 Bridge
DC Resistance: 5.88K
Inductance: 2.363H
Calculated C: 137pF (147-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 12.8dB f: 8.55kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 3.98kHz
Lollar Tweed 2013 Middle
DC Resistance: 5.37K
Inductance: 2.108H
Calculated C: 118pF (128-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 12.0dB f: 9.70kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.5dB f: 4.31kHz
Lollar Tweed 2013 Neck
DC Resistance: 5.29K
Inductance: 1.855H
Calculated C: 114pF (124-10)
Gauss: ~750G, AlNiCo 2
Resonant Peak: dV: 11.7dB f: 10.5kHz
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.5dB f: 4.46kH
Bode plot:
Pic: