Lozo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Does someone know how Manson wire their twin P90s with the Sustainer ? (on the Kaoss Manson for example) With a 3-way switch, what positions would you advise me ? Bridge only, Parallel, Series ? Isn't Parallel useless ? As the P90s are side by side... Can the Sustainer work when they're in series ? Or only on bridge pickup position ? Which P90 ? Tim Mills from BKP advised me the Nantucket. But if I follow the descriptions on their website, I would have said the Supermassive (more modern voicing, high output etc). Sorry if my english isn't correct, that kind of things are hard to explain for me... I'm french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Tim is the man, so take his advice. I spent some time in their workshop in 2003 before they became supermassive, and they're genuinely just nice guys. The resoning behind using a pair of low output pickups is probably because wiring them in series to create a super humbucker would be very high impedance if you had high output pickups. You will inevitably lose high end when you pair them up, so start with some brighter pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 You've been hanging around in my neck of the woods Jaicen? I emailed them about popping in there sometime but they said they only deal with mail orders. I thought it was a bit odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozo Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 The resoning behind using a pair of low output pickups is probably because wiring them in series to create a super humbucker would be very high impedance if you had high output pickups. You will inevitably lose high end when you pair them up, so start with some brighter pickups. That's basically what he said : " I ended up making two very low output P90s so they could be used in series. Two Nantucket 90 neck P90s(one RWRP) would do the job." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yeah Phill, I drove down there with my other half in February through Exmoor in all the snow. It was pretty cool. They're not actually in Barnstaple, it's a little village a few miles out and not easy to find. And they weren't as busy as I suspect they are now, so they had time to chat. Lozo, that sounds like great advice, i'd go with it. Maybe you could have Tim wind it up with Alnico III's, or a III in the middle and a V in the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I think they are in Falmouth now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yeah Tims been helping me with wiring recently, bridge, series, parallel is most versatile and convenient, and nantuckets are apparently most suitable/similar to what Matt uses, supermassives would be too hot in the dual setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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