I'm still really liking my new So Cal, it plays and sounds great (DiMarzio Evo neck and Tone Zone bridge . . . sorry Seymour, it came that way!). However, I want to add a 5-way switch to try and broaden the tones available to me.
I was thinking of either doing something like this:
Neck HB
Neck coil closest to frets
Neck HB + Bridge HB
Outer coils parallel
Bridge HB
or like this:
Neck HB
Outer Coils Parallel
Outer Coils Series
Inner Coils Parallel
Bridge HB
I like that the second option is all humbucking, but also kinda want neck single coil sounds too . . . Would the inner and outer coils in parallel sound noticeably different from one another? What do you find to be the most useful split humbucking sounds for clean/slightly gritty playing (distorted sounds are covered nicely by the humbuckers already)?
Also, should I leave the guitar with the volume knob only? I like it with just the volume knob right now, but would the split humbuckers need something to tame their brightness with a 500K volume pot?
I was thinking of either doing something like this:
Neck HB
Neck coil closest to frets
Neck HB + Bridge HB
Outer coils parallel
Bridge HB
or like this:
Neck HB
Outer Coils Parallel
Outer Coils Series
Inner Coils Parallel
Bridge HB
I like that the second option is all humbucking, but also kinda want neck single coil sounds too . . . Would the inner and outer coils in parallel sound noticeably different from one another? What do you find to be the most useful split humbucking sounds for clean/slightly gritty playing (distorted sounds are covered nicely by the humbuckers already)?
Also, should I leave the guitar with the volume knob only? I like it with just the volume knob right now, but would the split humbuckers need something to tame their brightness with a 500K volume pot?
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