12-14-2014, 07:23 AM
(12-14-2014, 07:19 AM)CTN Wrote: I don't really get along with a8 much any more. Unless it's for brutally heavy stuff. I like the 12k. Would like even better something with a lower power magnet like an A3 or A4 for clarity through that hotter wind. I've tried the A8 in like five or six different pickups and I find it tends to completely dominate the sound of any pickup it's in. It's trademark compression and weird attack are so prominent that it kinda squashes the characteristics of the coil windings.
But what do I know, I've only ever wound 1 pickup in my life.
The only pups I've ever liked with A8 are Super 70s. I'd try another set for free but the C8 left a bad taste in my mouth. It was just too much.