tommy p Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Finally clearing some room in the gear closet, as hard as it is for me to let anything go. This came in one of the newer Gretsch Malcolm Young signature guitars. For some reason, in the newer ones they decided to use the Power'tron rather than a Filter'tron and the former is (IMHO) a little too hot for getting the true grunt and snarl of Malcolm so I replaced it. It's a great pickup on its own though! The lead wires on it are just shy of 14".
tommy p Posted August 28, 2021 Author Posted August 28, 2021 5 hours ago, cmatthes said: That’s Nickel, not Chrome, correct? I looked all over for a description of the MY guitar it came out of and they don't say. I've read online that chrome looks brighter and has sort of a blue tint under light and this pickup definitely doesn't have that. Do you know a way to positively tell the difference? I'm 90% confident it's nickel but I'd rather be 100% if that's something people really want.
DaveH Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Looks nickel to me. Have you measured the coils DCR?
cmatthes Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Looks nickel to me - I’ve got 3 Chrome PowerTrons in Shishkov #0066, and those are absolutely fantastic pickups that clean up really nicely, but push well into RAWK territory.
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