RE: Low-impedance pickups (was: Sustain)

[Mark@asisoftware.com (Mark Kata)]

EMG has been making low impedance pickups since the early '70s.  I have a 
couple of humbuckers in my Steinberger Transtrem.

Their website address is http://www.emginc.com

Mark Kata
Mark@asisoftware.com
Troy, Michigan

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From:   Dr M. P. Hughes[SMTP:pycraft@elec.gla.ac.uk]
Sent:   Tuesday, June 03, 1997 11:41 AM
To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject:        Low-impedance pickups (was: Sustain)

>2 To drive, you need power. Either a higher tension than battery or a low
>impedance pickup (DIY?). 

I've just been trying to read up about low-impedance pickups, but
information is scarce.  I'm presuming fewer turns of thicker wire are used
- hi-Z pickups use about 6000 turns of 40SWG wire.  Anybody got any ideas? 
(I'm assuming they've been off the market since Gibson dropped 'em in the
70s)

Michael

Dr Michael Pycraft Hughes      Bioelectronic Research Centre, Rankine Bldg,
Tel: (+44) 141 330 5979        University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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