Members Gravity Posted October 31, 2005 Members Share Posted October 31, 2005 I've found schematics that show how to do it ... so that's not a problem questions are though ... 1. can this only be done with a pair of single coils ? 2. does one of the two pickups need to be RW/RP for this to work right? or is this a hum issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members walfordr Posted October 31, 2005 Members Share Posted October 31, 2005 You can do it with any pickups. And yes the RWRP is just for hum reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gravity Posted October 31, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 31, 2005 Originally posted by walfordr You can do it with any pickups. And yes the RWRP is just for hum reduction. will you get double the hum if one of the pups is not RW/RP ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members brikus Posted November 3, 2005 Members Share Posted November 3, 2005 Originally posted by Gravity will you get double the hum if one of the pups is not RW/RP ? double, no...more, likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitArtMan Posted November 3, 2005 Members Share Posted November 3, 2005 I've done this with less than stellar results. The resulting in series tone was very dark and muddy. Think about it, your normal single coil is somewhere around 6k ohms; your typical PAF style humbucker is in the 7-8k ohm range. If you place two standard single coils in series you'll get around 12k ohms! Mud city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brikus Posted November 4, 2005 Members Share Posted November 4, 2005 Originally posted by GuitArtMan I've done this with less than stellar results. The resulting in series tone was very dark and muddy. Think about it, your normal single coil is somewhere around 6k ohms; your typical PAF style humbucker is in the 7-8k ohm range. If you place two standard single coils in series you'll get around 12k ohms! Mud city. Oversimplification...I have a SD bridge humbucker which is at about 22k, and NOT muddy at all. I have modified the circuit of the guitar it's mounted on and I have some series combos, and none of them is muddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitArtMan Posted November 4, 2005 Members Share Posted November 4, 2005 Originally posted by brikus Oversimplification...I have a SD bridge humbucker which is at about 22k, and NOT muddy at all.I have modified the circuit of the guitar it's mounted on and I have some series combos, and none of them is muddy. You said it - you have to modify the circuit. Does this modification make the stock single coils sound bright and thin, or do you switch components in/out depending on the pickups selected? Of course one mans mud is another mans warm, and one mans crisp and clear is another mans harsh and piercing. I still say that without a circuit modification simply wiring two strat (or tele) pickups in series yields a dark, muddy tone. At least to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brikus Posted November 5, 2005 Members Share Posted November 5, 2005 Originally posted by GuitArtMan You said it - you have to modify the circuit. Does this modification make the stock single coils sound bright and thin, or do you switch components in/out depending on the pickups selected? nope. When I said modification, I was talking about the switching enabling me to toggle between series and parallel. That's all. The rest of the circuit has been completely left untouched.The single coils still sound balanced, as no change has been brought the the circuit. It's just that I'm now able to get some series combinations, which, I repeat, really cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitArtMan Posted November 5, 2005 Members Share Posted November 5, 2005 Originally posted by brikus nope. When I said modification, I was talking about the switching enabling me to toggle between series and parallel. That's all. The rest of the circuit has been completely left untouched. The single coils still sound balanced, as no change has been brought the the circuit. It's just that I'm now able to get some series combinations, which, I repeat, really cook. Whatever floats your boat. I personally didn't care for the series combinations, I guess others do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brikus Posted November 5, 2005 Members Share Posted November 5, 2005 Originally posted by GuitArtMan Whatever floats your boat. I personally didn't care for the series combinations, I guess others do. it has a lot to do with the respective powers and characteristics of the pups you want to put in series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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