I'm sorting out a solid magnetic pickup 8 string, started as a standard Chinese production 'Telelin' which now has coil tapped Strat style humbucking blade pickups on (curved p'ups, flat fingerboard - hmm). I was surprised that it came OEM with PB GHS strings on, and even more surprised that the string balance with the original single coils wasn't too bad. I was expecting the PB winding on the Ds and Gs to shield the cores electromagnetically, but it seems like that doesn't happen to the degree I expected. What windings do you find work best with magnetic pickups on a solid 8 string, and do you mess with the string gauges to try to balance the strings, or put a graphic on it, or what? Thanks, Max
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