Members bluesboy Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 title pretty much says it all. What pots do you recommend? GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilrocks25 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 SD custom custom, SD Distortion and SD JB are all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesboy Posted February 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 ok, those are good suggestions so far. thanks for the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members breakingstring Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 This is probably useless information since I don't know if you can buy them, but the coil tap (is that different from split ..? they sound like SCs anyway) on my Mira pickups is really awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnowStorm Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 This is probably useless information since I don't know if you can buy them, but the coil tap (is that different from split ..? they sound like SCs anyway) on my Mira pickups is really awesome. I think they are a little different, but I forget how or I could just be flat wrong. Anyways, PRS Mira is a great guitar for that. I like how that guitar sounds. I had a pair of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates and I think they split very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9ball Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 the dimarzio mo'joe and PAF joe i have sound really good with the coils split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixtonoize Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 The stock Carvin pickups sound pretty great when they're split.I can get some pretty funky tones out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members extollo Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 p-rails are designed for it. there is also a 2 push-pull pot wiring scheme where you get hb-series, hb-parallel, outside coils, inside coils. both single coil modes are humbucking as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AXEL276 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 p-rails are designed for it. there is also a 2 push-pull pot wiring scheme where you get hb-series, hb-parallel, outside coils, inside coils. both single coil modes are humbucking as well. Ditto that. I get a lot of milage out of my P-Rails. I have 2 mounted on a Tele configed like above. I also have a set of Lace Drop & Gain Humbuckers on a strat. These pups were designed with two different types of coils and split very nicely. I also have a Rio Grande Tallboy humbucker on a strat that splits very nicely. I have a set of Duncans 59 & JB on my Explorer. They split ok, not as good as the Lace or Rio though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Most medium to high output humbuckers sound great when split, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gmaj7 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 My PRS std 24 has a HFS treble and Vintage bass in the bridge. (both PRS pickups). They sound great split. Althought there is a significant volume drop when they are split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 Get a humbucker with one coil wound a little hotter so you don't get the volume drop and thin tone after splitting: Lindy Fralin Unbuckers, Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates, Gibson Burstbuckers.... I think Seth Lovers are that way too but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Share Posted February 24, 2010 I have a DiMarzio Air Norton in the neck of my dual humbucker Tele that sounds great in single coil mode. I also have a Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge of a PRS Santana SE that I installed with a mini toggle for 3 way switching: series/parallel/single. Sounds really good and gives a wide range of tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesboy Posted February 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 I have a DiMarzio Air Norton in the neck of my dual humbucker Tele that sounds great in single coil mode. I also have a Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge of a PRS Santana SE that I installed with a mini toggle for 3 way switching: series/parallel/single. Sounds really good and gives a wide range of tones. cool man, thanks for the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted February 25, 2010 Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 This is probably useless information since I don't know if you can buy them, but the coil tap (is that different from split ..? they sound like SCs anyway) on my Mira pickups is really awesome. most people use "tap" incorrectly. It isn't sunonymous with split. Tapping is when a coil has to sets of leads coming out of it, one from a portion of its windings and one at the end of all of them. So you can get a lower output and a full output pickup from the same coil. Tapped HBs aren't very popular. The only aftermarket one I know of is the Joe Barden TwoTone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted February 25, 2010 Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 Most medium to high output humbuckers sound great when split, IMO.I've had the best success with ones that aren't too hot, somewhere in the PAF+ area. Pearly Gates and Alnico Pro II sound really good split. Gibby 498 too. And the GFS Dream 180s and Liverpools have really decent split tones. The Crunchy PAT, not so much, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missingastring Posted February 25, 2010 Members Share Posted February 25, 2010 BG Hellabucker or Duncan Distortion would be my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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