Stevie Nazarenie Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 does anyone have any info on the pickups used in the s series? i assume they would all be the same. i am still curious about the humbucker that came on that guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Which model S-series? Are you talking about the 80's models or the 90's S-310 with a humbucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Nazarenie Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 all or any of them i guess. whatever info is out there! i tried some old ones in a strat. i had the 635i sc's in a box. they sound very vintage for something that was meant to be in a metally guitar. i wonder if they are something other than alnico 5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Ah, I see. I really dont know much about them in those regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwhi2001 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Not sure if you mean the Epis made by Samick in Korea, which have serial number prefix S, then numbers. Mostly from around 1997 - 2001. I've owned 3 or 4 (Lps and G400). The bridge humbuckers are around 11-12k, and usually marked with a label "HOT-CH" (classic hot?). Neck are around 8k, labelled something like "Dot/LP bridge". I think both are alnico2. That neck pup was also used as both bridge and neck in Dots. They can sound a bit muddy but I found new pots and caps can clean them up a bit. I liked the neck pup, quite smooth and warm, but personally prefer something even hotter for bridge on solid bodies. I know that quality and tolerances of caps and pots varies, and I've modded most of the Epis I've owned (9 or 10 now). One I've left stock is my Alleykat (also Korean), where the bridge humbucker sounds absolutely fine to me, maybe because it's on a semi-hollow. Makes me wonder if those pups sound better on a Dot than they do on Lps/G400s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Not sure if you mean the Epis made by Samick in Korea' date=' which have serial number prefix S, then numbers. Mostly from around 1997 - 2001. I've owned 3 or 4 (Lps and G400). The bridge humbuckers are around 11-12k, and usually marked with a label "HOT-CH" (classic hot?). Neck are around 8k, labelled something like "Dot/LP bridge". I think both are alnico2. That neck pup was also used as both bridge and neck in Dots. They can sound a bit muddy but I found new pots and caps can clean them up a bit. I liked the neck pup, quite smooth and warm, but personally prefer something even hotter for bridge on solid bodies. I know that quality and tolerances of caps and pots varies, and I've modded most of the Epis I've owned (9 or 10 now). One I've left stock is my Alleykat (also Korean), where the bridge humbucker sounds absolutely fine to me, maybe because it's on a semi-hollow. Makes me wonder if those pups sound better on a Dot than they do on Lps/G400s. [/quote'] No, he's talking about pre-1990 635i Series Epiphone Strats (i PUPs) I thinks these were active, but not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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