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Topic: Telonic in a G.F.I |
Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 3 Jul 2018 7:06 am |
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| Any one ever tried a telonic pup in a G.F.I ? Also did it improve your sound enough to to make it worthwhile ? I don't know if the pup alone with out the Vol. pedal, and or Telonic amp would noticeably give you a lot of change . Maybe some of you have went this route before and could give your take on this. Thanks. |
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Dennis Wallis
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 3 Jul 2018 11:23 am
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| Try an Alumatone . Works good ! |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2018 2:19 pm
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Ive had the GFI, and Ive used a lot of telonics pickups. Never had the Pickup in my GFI, but I’m guessing it would sound great.
I used the pickups without a Telonics amp, and it sounded great.
Obviously you need to check your dimensions. The folks at Telonics are really helpful. You can call and get what you need.
If you do it, let us know what you think. Good Luck ! |
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Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 4 Jul 2018 5:55 am Telonics
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| Thanks Steve, if I go that route I will get back to you. Again, thanks.... |
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Leo Grassl
From:
Madison TN
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Posted 4 Jul 2018 6:27 pm
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Eddie,
I've got a telonics 409 I am gonna put in my GFI. I'll let you know what I think of it after I do. |
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GaryL
From:
Medina, OH USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2018 7:51 pm Telonics in a GFI
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I installed one in my Ultra S-12 and had the stock p/u re-installed. Wanted an Alumitone, but it was too tall to fit. (The Telonics p/u sounds great in another guitar.)
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Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 5 Jul 2018 5:24 am Gfi
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| Thanks guys, And thanks Leo, That would be great. thank you. |
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Tim Tyner
From:
Ayden, North Carolina U.S.A
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Posted 5 Jul 2018 9:41 am
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| Installed Wallace Truetone in my GFI Ultra and it really sounds great as I really prefer a single coil pickup |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 6 Jul 2018 1:18 am
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I used to make the tonealigner pickups which were basically copied by the good people at telonics. In my experience a pickup will not change the sound enough to be worth it unless you really love your gfi. Different steels are like different singers. Pickups are like microphones.
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Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 6 Jul 2018 6:00 am pup
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| Thanks |
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Brandon Schafer
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2018 5:28 pm
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| I've got one in mine. Love it!!! |
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Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 5:34 am pup
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| Brandon, which Telonics pup did you install and did you have to trim any material from the pup to make it fit? Also, did you use the aluminum or plastic base mounting plate? |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 6:08 am
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I have bought and tried a lot of pickups...
The Tonealigner sounded better to me than the Telonics copy. Also I did not need to adjust the Tone aligner much.
My assumption was that Telonics would have somehow made improvements...
I suspect that it was designed specifically to work best with their amps. |
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Brandon Schafer
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2018 3:34 pm
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| I installed a 429 (I think) on a 12 string GFI using the plastic one. No trimming required. |
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