Question: Old Smoothie: Is there more to it?
Hello all. First post here.
I read a story about the origins of the Old Smoothie on the Wildwood Guitars website. It made it seem as if all Leo Fender had to do was create a 10 pole pickup for a 4 string bass – where the poles landed inbetween the strings – and Sterling Ball was a happy man. Is that really all there is/was to it? Nothing special about circuitry or pots or caps?
If that were true, then one ought to get similar results by modding/routing an OLP (No, I don’t plan on doing this to a real Music Man!) for an alnico 5-string MM pickup and ensuring that the poles don’t cross under the strings. Unless there really is more to it…?
Source: http://forums.ernieball.com
