3 KoolKat a écrit :
Cool cette DeArmond M75T... D'après ce que j'ai pu en voir, elle est équipée de micros DeArmond 2K, qui souvent confondus avec les DeArmond 2000 qui équipent les Gretsch Electromatic et qui sont pourtant différents (un peu de kulture générale en passant
) : Les DeArmond 2000 sont censés émuler le son des DeArmond originaux, ceux qui équipaient les Gretsch des 50's tandis que le DeArmond 2K est un micro un peu plus "gras", une sorte de P90 light :
The DeArmond 2K and 2000 are two distinct pickups; they are not synonymous. The 2000 is meant to emulate the sound of the vintage Rowe DeArmond 2000 pickup, as used on fifties Gretsches and sixties guilds. The 2k is a fatter sounding pickup with less "grit," sort of a P90-light. They are both very nice pickups, but often confused. The way to tell them apart is as follows: the 2ks have squared-off polepieces, rounded just a little, while the 2000 polepieces are beveled on top. From the bottom, the polepieces of the 2ks show through the pickup, while the 2000s have three pairs of small nuts, which anchor the polepiece adjustment screws. The 2000s sound best in the neck position; the 2ks sound best in the bridge position. (sources : Harmony Central)
j'ai trouvé ca sur le Fender forum, ca pêut intéresser les puristes des micros :
Citation:
Bill Turner posted this a while back... The Dynasonics are closer to the 2000s, not the 2Ks.
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The De Armond 2K and 2000 are wholly different animals. The 2K is configured like a P-90. Marketing wanted to create a jazz style pickup for the DeArmond guitars, and wanted to use the 2000 format. Personally, I would have liked to seen us release a RI 2000 to the market on a MIA guitar initially. This would have avoided some of the confusion that now exists between the models.
The De Armond guitar line took priority, and that meant that the 2K was developed first. There were no plans from marketing at the time to further develop the 2000.
As the 2k model began to come together, I and a good friend in R&D went ahead and designed parts for the 2000, and added these to the final set of drawings. Although there were no plans to use the parts that were designed for the 2000, they would be there when the time came.
The opportunity came last year when Gretsch approached Fender about using the 2K on thier guitars. Gretsch assumed that the pickup we were making for De Armond was a 2000 type model, and yes, it looks like one, but we knew that the 2K would not compliment the original Gretsch sound. This gave us the chance to to push for the production of the 2000 and deliver it to Gretsch in the original 2000 config. The distiguishing feature for the Gretsch`s is that the 2000 does not sport the De Armond logo.
As we began to produce the 2000, interest grew to include the Guild Custom Shop, The Fender Custom Shop, and Guild guitars. So far, the exposure for the 2000 has been limited, but we are trying to expand it`s role on the guitar.
As I said, the 2K is configured like a P-90.
The pole pieces and pole adjust screws are steel. The poles extend through the bobbin where they are trapped between a pair of like pole Alnico 5 bar magnets. The bobbin is surrounded by a thin steel U channel from below the bobbin to enhance the pickups inductance.
DC resistance: 7.4K
Inductance: 6 Henries
43 gage magnet wire
The sound is like a P-90, in that it is a very fat single coil, but not quite as heavy as a P-90.
The 2000 uses only 1/4 inch Alnico 5 pole pieces in the bobbin, the sound is bright with that great rockabilly snap.
DC resistance: 8.85K
Inductance: 3.55 Henries
44 gage magnet wire
