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oldraftery	L500 Choice		Lead	[-]
Posts: 154 Sat, Jun 20, 2009 19:12:53 Contributing Bronze Member	Tags : None Hello. I am currently building a USA Custom Guitar project. It is tele style, maple neck, mahogany body and spruce top, semi-hollow with 2 F-holes. It was going to have 3 BL 500's originally, but I decided later to go with just 2. I ordered three L500's some time ago and so have to choose now which ones to drop in. I have: L500 C L500 L L500 XL. I am considering dropping the C in the neck and the L in the bridge as perhaps this may be more "balanced"; however, I really want the power and tonal range of the XL. Not only that, I think I may prefer it in the neck position. Would this be horrible? I find that I tend to play on the neck pickup most of the time (with 2 pup rigs) and resort to the back pick up just to present a change to the norm. Since I will have a Qfilter, I suspect an XL in the neck would nearly obviate the need of the bridge pup and so maybe having the XL in the neck isn't such a crazy idea after all. I would drop the L in the bridge position??? Please offer any thoughts or advice. Thanks, Oldraftery
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PeteMK1		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2188 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 09:22:00 Contributing Palladium Member Resident Electronics Guru	I admit the idea sounds a bit over the top for me, but it shouldn't be a problem to try the XL in the neck position. I mean, the guitar won't get damaged, but watch your amp and ears! You can say you to me.
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darkbluemurder	L500 Choice	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 63 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 11:01:00	I believe the L500XL in the bridge and the L500L in the neck would give you all the power you will ever need.
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hopdybob		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 545 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 16:37:48 Bronze Member	i would go for the L & C , keeping the XL for a one pickup config with a q filter and serie parallel switch.
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oldraftery	Additional Info...	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 155 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 17:47:20 Contributing Bronze Member	I probably should have stated that I pretty much play clean. Is the L500 XL suitable for clean playing? My hope is that the guitar will have a very responsive touch so I can take advantage very subtle shades of tone without having to play really hard. Any thoughts on this??? Thanks for the other replies!!!!!! Oldraftery
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fuzzy beard		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1874 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 18:38:19 Contrib. Gold Charter Member Wilde Tech	A hipshot...use the XL in bridge position and L in neck position, but wire them in parallel, not in series as usual.
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oldraftery	Parallel...	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 156 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 18:55:53 Contributing Bronze Member	A hipshot...use the XL in bridge position and L in neck position, but wire them in parallel, not in series as usual. What would that achieve? Thanks, Oldraftery
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fuzzy beard		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1877 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 19:04:58 Contrib. Gold Charter Member Wilde Tech	Great, clean sounds and nice balance between bridge and neck position
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handsplayingbutterfly		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 310 Mon, Jun 22, 2009 20:20:53 Bronze Member	I agree with Fuzzy! You can also change the values on the tone pots so you can dial in a desirable amount of coloration to the midrange without having the setup drop off your highs above resonance.
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PeteMK1		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2190 Tue, Jun 23, 2009 07:24:17 Contributing Palladium Member Resident Electronics Guru	If you use an XL in series mode, the treble response for clean tones is a bit compromised due to the high inductance. Don't get me wrong, it's still a great tone with way more clarity than other high-inductance buckers, but don't expect a shimmering, glassy clean tone. You can say you to me.
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oldraftery	2 Q's?	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 160 Tue, Jun 23, 2009 15:15:00 Contributing Bronze Member	I have read the L500 sticky post as well as the Q Filter post and I think I understand that I can wire the Q filter in such a way (with capacitors etc...) that, with a push-pull tone pot, I can either use the Q Filter "clean" or have it run through the caps etc.... And that this may create a "pickup specific" aspect of the filter; that is, the "clean" setting might be best for the L500 L while the more intricate set up might be best for the L500 XL???? Thanks for all the help!! Oldraftery
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fuzzy beard		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1882 Wed, Jun 24, 2009 09:44:16 Contrib. Gold Charter Member Wilde Tech	>And that this may create a "pickup specific" aspect of the filter; that is, the "clean" setting might be best for the L500 L while the more intricate set up might be best for the L500 XL????< Yes, but you'll probably find it a bit fiddly to change both pickup position and filter setting. However, if you like it, go for it
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lgbclp		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1289 Wed, Jun 24, 2009 23:06:31 Contributing Palladium Member	I'd think putting the XL in the neck would kill the balance with any bridge pickup without lowering it substantially and thus defeating the purpose. I have no personal experience, but I've never known the XL to be geared towards clean players? I suggest sticking with the C in the neck and the L in the bridge. --Garrett--
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