On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 04:08:10PM -0500, Reuben Martin wrote:
... it's better for them to
stick it in the line input than fry the mic pre-amp. :o)
Your mic preamp has to be very badly designed if can
be fried in that way :-)
I think I read an article in TapeOp a while back that
Les Paul did just that.
IIRC, he rewired a pickup to be Low-Z because he thought it better retained
it's character by being able to plug it directly into a preamp. Or something
to that effect. I should dig around and see if I can find that article.
If your name is Les Paul you can probably do that without
risking your business.
I actually did the same about 35 years ago for a few friends.
Rewound the pickups manually, using a fixture made of Mecano
parts... Bumped into one of them last year - he's still happy
with the result.
Ciao,
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FA
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