Author Topic: Big Red (again) (Read 281 times)

olieoliver · « **Reply #15 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:17:59 PM »

I haven't been in Charleys in years. I may go by and talk to Bryant but it'll have to wait till I get back from vacation. I be funnin' in the sun the next couple weeks. Thanks for the info Nic.

bob · « **Reply #16 on:** May 05, 2006, 11:06:32 PM »

Bill - on the off chance that you've never been there, Gryphon is worth a visit, for your acoustic side. Just leave your checkbook at home.

slammer · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2006, 09:14:24 PM »

Hi,

How noisy are the pickups?

Jim

sfnic · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2006, 05:40:27 PM »

Hi, Slammer.

Hmmm. I haven't played her recently, so I can't answer directly. Last time I _did_ play her electrically was about 2 years ago and I don't recall any intrusive noise from the electronics. But that was a while back, and it was at fairly low volume (not stage volume).

With a '76, there'd be two noisy pickup issues to worry about: microphonics (or any other degradation from the pickup manufacturing process) or the Series I Upgrade kind of noise, where the relatively ancient electronics weren't designed to deal with the rigors of our modern electromagnetic environment.

Big Red has an original PF-6 card, and has never had an upgrade. I'll see if I can get up to Santa Rosa in the next few days and check that out.

nic