| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
Let's see... Series in-phase Series out-of-phase Parallel in-phase Parallel out-of-phase single coil Not to mention the options you could get mixing more than 1 pickup together... I'm going to rewire (and probably replace the pickups) in my 3 humbucker Les Paul. I'm planning on using pots with the built in DPDT switches to enable me to modify pickup phase and to do single coil. What coil configurations for a humbucker yield a useful sound and which are unusable? Thanks, Larry
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| 752.1 | All combinations ARE useful! | SALEM::ABATELLI | Set/Mode=No_Think | Wed Aug 03 1988 13:21 | 17 |
First of all, in my opinion "everything" is useful! The more tones
you can get out of your guitar the better. Series mode will be alittle
noisier than parallel modes (gee... I think I got that right). In-phase
will give it that sweet Gibson tone, out-of-phase will tend to drop
out the low end. Nothing wrong with that. It's basically what Carvin
does to their guitars. They can get a nice and almost believable
"strat" type tone out of humbuckers. Of course this is being used
on a "2" pickup guitar. On a "3" pickup system, it would be interesting
to hear the results. It would be very smart to have the push/pull
pots to do the work of toggle switches. Good move! It alwayed bothered
me to see "DPDT" switches on a Les Paul. It just didn't seem right
to me, but that's my feelings.
Have fun! :^)
Fred-who-likes-his-'70-LesPaul-custom-just-the-way-it-is. Well..almost?
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| 752.2 | BIGALO::BOTTOM_DAVID | behind blues eyes... | Wed Aug 03 1988 15:44 | 8 | |
I find that out of phase connections just leave me flat...I tend
to like a straight humbucker in the front with a single coil in
the back, in phase sound for leads and a straight single coil sound
for rhythm...
picky picky
dbII
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| 752.3 | Series Wiring.... | SMURF::BENNETT | Be Bay Be | Wed Aug 01 1990 12:17 | 7 |
I've been living with an SG wired in series for a coupla years. I understand the problems with it. Does anyone out there want to fill me in on what's good about this mod? I'm thinking of re-wiring the whole mess and would like to evaluate the options up front. FWIW - the pickups are split-coil dimarzios and there is one coil-kill toggle for each pickup.... | |||||