Prototyping/Cloning of the Dirty Fingers. Everything you never wanted to know

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When the time comes for a new pickup, I'm definitely buying one from you! You put a lot of work into your pickups and it's a bonus that you're a member here.
 
technomancer said:
Yep, where you can see it plugged in with the Tim on... and that neck sounds great
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It’s not super versatile but if you like to play lead with your neck pickup, it does it well. I don’t have any more of those magnets though and didn’t order any either. They’re also from the UK. I literally threw it together this morning so that we didn’t have to video it with an empty neck cavity. :D
 
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technomancer said:
Thanks now not only do I want a pair of these, I want a JCM800 too :oops:
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The way these pups pushed the JCM was fantastic.
At first, through the MOAB, I noticed the wallop of sound, but wasn't crazy about the feel. After Scott adjusted the MOAB for less saturation, I started to get it.
Really started digging it after I compared it to the Wicked 8, Roxy, Sunset, SSH+, Goodwood and Detroiter.
Then thru the JCM, I was like, wow! It pushes hard.
Long story short, I'm buying one to replace the Godwood in my Explorer.

Scott is onto something with that neck pickup. It's the beastliest neck pup I've ever played. Of course, being the Tonenerd he is, Scott wants to tweak it to perfection before calling it good. But I want one just like that. It's downright nasty, and I love it.
 
scottosan said:
It’s not super versatile but if you like to play lead with your neck pickup, it does it well. I don’t have any more of those magnets though and didn’t order any either. They’re also from the UK. I literally threw it together this morning so that we didn’t have to video it with an empty neck cavity. :D
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Sounds like it's time to order some more of those magnets :ROFLMAO:
 
How do you think these would compare to a 500T in an Explorer? I keep trying other pickups and coming back to the 500T but I’m never totally happy with it either.
 
Bardagh said:
How do you think these would compare to a 500T in an Explorer? I keep trying other pickups and coming back to the 500T but I’m never totally happy with it either.
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I’ve never spent a lot of time with the 500T, but I can only assume that this is a bit hotter, a bit more low end. The Dirty fingers has a nice bouncy feel to it but still sound pretty open.
 
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scottosan said:
Man, this project almost didn’t happen. Between my UK supplier shipping wrong parts twice and a package arriving already open and all my large magnets missing, I was about to give up. I had some other winders help me out and put me in contact with a manufacturer that’s hooking me up with a magnet manufacture. I should have those in Monday.
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Glad you found what is hopefully a more reliable source
 
How do you think these would compare to a 500T in an Explorer?
scottosan said:
I’ve never spent a lot of time with the 500T, but I can only assume that this is a bit hotter, a bit more low end. The Dirty fingers has a nice bouncy feel to it but still sound pretty open.
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I’ve always seen people relate the 500T to the Dirty Fingers probably just because they’re both Gibson’s high output ceramic designs, but it seems to me like the Dirty Fingers has a broader frequency response compared to the 500T which is kind of like a narrow midrange and treble focused sound.

I guess that’s why I keep going back to it, because this Explorer is so thick and resonant sounding you actually need to counter it somewhat. I just tried a Nailbomb in it and am about to pull it and put the 500T back in I guess. It might as well be a bass with the fucking Nailbomb in there.

Probably your Psykes would be too much low end for it but damn it sounds great in that LP.
 
Bardagh said:
How do you think these would compare to a 500T in an Explorer? I keep trying other pickups and coming back to the 500T but I’m never totally happy with it either.
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I hated the 500t in my Explorer and LP. Flat, bland, meh. This pup has plenty more going on, livlier, big push, great harmonics. ?

Have a Godwood set in the Explorer now. Way better than the 500t.
Will be replacing with the Psykes, see how that goes.
 
hammered said:
Slightly off topic , replaced two Dimarzio AT-1s with a Tone Nerd Sunset and Roxy . Couldn't be happier . Very articulate and open under a fair amount of gain and they clean up really well rolling off the volume . Scott is a class act too
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What guitars?
 
LPMojoGL said:
I hated the 500t in my Explorer and LP. Flat, bland, meh. This pup has plenty more going on, livlier, big push, great harmonics. ?

Have a Godwood set in the Explorer now. Way better than the 500t.
Will be replacing with the Psykes, see how that goes.
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Definitely give us an update when you’ve spent some time with it. I’d love to find a better high output option for mine. I actually like the 500T a bit. I like the sort of built in grittiness it has for some things and that it doesn’t add a bunch of low end emphasis but at the same time the low end it does have is muddled sounding and with some amps it sounds mean and with others kind of nasal and flat.
 
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