Lungimsam Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I read Angus Young saying this in an interview. Said you have to replace pups after a year. Anyone know if this really happens? Maybe just for pros that do high volume on the road alot? 'Course, an open volume on a pup is an open pup, no matter what volume you play at the amp end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Theres no actual proof to back this up. I cant see how a volume would effect playing a pup. How would the magnets lose so much because of volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Magnets should last for at least 400 years and they are the only thing variable I can think of in such a simple thing as a pickup... I think it's BS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Without having read the interview, the only thing I can assume he meant was his pups only last about a year my be due to corrosion from sweat? I read an interview with Mark Morton of LOG who mentions having frequent pup trouble due to his acidic sweat fouling his pups. He's even tried using the plastic covers from old EMGs to fight the sweat factor on his pups. I've owned some very old guitars and the only thing bad I've ever experienced with pups is having them go microphonic, not lose volume. It's got to be the sweat fouling issue, Angus gets drenched in sweat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevoT Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Nope, it's his sweat. Sweat is the reason why he had one of his SGs re-done by JD guitars - replaced the neck, pups and all that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 I don't know. All he said was that they lose power after about a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 was his next sentence, "so be certain you replace them yearly with my signature p'up" ? I guess loss of power/volume/tone is why all those "Holy Grail" '50s & '60s Gibsons and Fenders sound so terrible.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 was his next sentence, "so be certain you replace them yearly with my signature p'up" ? I guess loss of power/volume/tone is why all those "Holy Grail" '50s & '60s Gibsons and Fenders sound so terrible.......... Ha! signature pup...very funny! Maybe when he was a newbie someone told him this and he has just unknowingly carried it around as fact since. I thought it sounded funny because, if that was a fact, then everyone would always be swapping out pups and it would be common knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 All of my guitars are well over a year old now, and I haven't noticed a loss of any tone. It is true that magnets get weaker over time, but come on, one year? All those vintage guitars out there, and so many sound killer to this day.......I don't think loss of power is an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Now for the anti-Dem00n answer: maybe he's talking about EMG pickups (Dem00n's favorites! ). They tend to lose power after a year of use and abuse, but you don't have to change them, you just need to change the batery for a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I love Angus but he is...ummmmm ... lets say mistakenThe pickup will not lose power after a year. Alnico magnets lose their charge at a rate of less than half a percent per 100 years. If the pickups are wax potted then they should be safe from his sweat. The pots would go out before the pickups. Not all rock stars are gear experts. But if that quote is exactly what he said I'm thinking he was actually joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BentonC Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Not quite sure what he's noticing there... the magnets should be the only variable there, and most of the posters here have chimed in on that one... must be from all of the duck-walking across stage night after night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diveplane Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 9 years old sg here all stock on it, only gripe i get is some static build up from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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