Members the new guy Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AndersonTech Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Wouldn't that put them out of phase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 I don't think you'll probably hear much difference unless it's an unbalanced HB, with different windings on each coil, like a DiMarzio Bluesbucker or Fralin Unbucker or similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geek_usa Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 i think if you flipped your humbuckers around you'd be the most original guitarist since tom morello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtomHeartMother Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Well, I suppose it'd look like a kindergartner put the guitar together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZeppelinPie792 Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 When I change the strings out on my LP I'm going to try and flip the bridge PU around, it sounds WAYYY too bright for my tastes. It looses all of the bass whenever I go to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by ZeppelinPie792 When I change the strings out on my LP I'm going to try and flip the bridge PU around, it sounds WAYYY too bright for my tastes. It looses all of the bass whenever I go to it. That won't do a thing. It will still sound the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZeppelinPie792 Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 I figure since it will be further away from the bridge that it will make it less bright or twangy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by ZeppelinPie792 I figure since it will be further away from the bridge that it will make it less bright or twangy. All you would be doing is rotating the pickup. Have you experimented with adjusting the height of the pickup? That will get you much more than flipping the pickup will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Turning the pickup around will sound the same. The rotation of the windings will be the same way ...and the direction of the magenets will be the same. No phase cancelation will occur. If the individual coils are wound assymetrically, IN THEORY you might get a different sound because the hotter coil will be at a slightly different place on the string's length...but in reality the coil difference would have to be very great and even then the position shift is pretty small so I'm guessing that even then it would be hard to hear a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 No difference except you could mess with the string balance in a different spot with the pole pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by the new guy I think everyone is missing the point. If you look at a COVERED pickup with ONLY the adjustable pole pieces being exposed, there is a reason that the neck and bridge are oriented the way they are , and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the SOUND that produces. Why ? Jesus, where are all the science geeks when you need them ! what the {censored}, do you think I was lying to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by the new guy I think everyone is missing the point. If you look at a COVERED pickup with ONLY the adjustable pole pieces being exposed, there is a reason that the neck and bridge are oriented the way they are , and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the SOUND that produces. Why ? Jesus, where are all the science geeks when you need them ! Science geek here. I run the 'buckers in one of my guitars turned the opposite way. It seems to reduce the brightness of the bridge and take some of the mud from the neck. Give me to tones that are both useable, rather than having to set the amp tone controls up for either the bridge or neck PU. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SPONGEBOB Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 I have done it MANY times.. IF it has adjustable pole pieces, you can raise the poles on the flipped over buckers.. This will mellow out the screeching treble on the bridge pickup, and decrease the boomy bass on the neck, depending on how high you make the other half of the pickup,... IMHO it works great, and I recommend it to guys with overly trebely or bassy humbucker pickups... bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pope on a Rope Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 Originally posted by the new guy I think everyone is missing the point. If you look at a COVERED pickup with ONLY the adjustable pole pieces being exposed, there is a reason that the neck and bridge are oriented the way they are , and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the SOUND that produces. Why ? Jesus, where are all the science geeks when you need them ! Have you ever tried to flip a pickup? Do you know what the results are from firsthand experience? I do. I have flipped pickups around before, and guess what? They sounded the same. You could flip the pickup and make it sound different. Lower the pickup and raise the pole pieces. That could be done in either orientation though. Might sound different that way when you flip the pickups. As for just simply flipping the pickup you will notice no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ian4692 Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 seth lover once said something to the effect of "i love those humbuckers in the les paul, theyre just amazing, people ask me why i have the pole pieces facing the outside, i tell them, because i like the way it looks" thats the reason theyre that way so basically who cares? only if you like the look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mercer Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 You could try switching the pups out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tezmond Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 That Gary Moore Les paul had the neck PUP turned around, whats his name Green apparently did it by mistake and they reckon that it produced a out of phase tone that everyone went ga ga over. Personally, I cant pick the difference. ({censored} i was reading about it on the net somewhere and now i cant find it....google it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 16, 2006 Members Share Posted December 16, 2006 I think the reason that the adjustable polepieces are where they are on the guitar's pickups is because they are closer to a moderate sweet spot that way. By raising the polepieces of the bridge pup...you not only can adjust string balance, you can add bass to the brighter sounding pickup. By raising the polepiece on the neck pup....you can add trebel (IN THEORY since again the effect is probably minimal.) Seriously...quit screaming about how everyone on here is full of {censored} and just turn around a pickup. Find out what lots of people already know. It will sound pretty much the same. I bet turning the tone knob on your amp one notch would do 10 times more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Solcat Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 Would it be any different than a left hand guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 Am I the only one who read "What if I flipped my hamburgers around?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 Originally posted by Solcat Would it be any different than a left hand guitar? :D Make it stop! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DracoAran Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 DELETE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiverz Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 I had a blackout tele with one of those reverse wound 59s in the neck ... and when I got it the middle position was horrible, sounded out of phase and was very microphonic. I read somewhere where someone on here switched it around so I did too ... it definitely made a HUGE difference in the middle position (but probably nothing but a psychological one in the neck). Then again it was probably just wired wrong to begin with so I was putting it back to how it was SUPPOSED to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ibanezman06 Posted December 17, 2006 Members Share Posted December 17, 2006 you guys are all full of {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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