what combinations of split/parallel coils yield the best "2 and 4 position strat quack" on a dual humbucker guitar? would it be neck screw and bridge slug, and neck slug and bridge screw?
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How to get the most "Quack" on a H-H guitar?
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Personally, either the inside 2 coils or outside 2 coils, in parallel and humbucking (you might have to flip a magnet) give the best quack sound You need either a Megaswitch or Super Switch to pull this off.Administrator of the SDUGF
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*Some* amount of quack can be achieved by inner coils of humbuckers in parallel, but it will never be much compared to two single coils - either neck & middle, or middle & neck. Strong quack requires the close physical proximity that only a middle position pup can provide. I just went thru a project finding that out for myself, where i even had 2 bonafide singlecoils installed in a HH guitar and even then, the quack was only subtle. I also tried Half Out Of Phase wiring that is reported to add quack, but i found that the tone it added was more of an acoustic-like strum sound, not a quack.Sanford: "The hardest part about tone chasing is losing the expectations associated with the hardware."
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Originally posted by Jack_TriPpEr View Post*Some* amount of quack can be achieved by inner coils of humbuckers in parallel, but it will never be much compared to two single coils - either neck & middle, or middle & neck. Strong quack requires the close physical proximity that only a middle position pup can provide. I just went thru a project finding that out for myself, where i even had 2 bonafide singlecoils installed in a HH guitar and even then, the quack was only subtle. I also tried Half Out Of Phase wiring that is reported to add quack, but i found that the tone it added was more of an acoustic-like strum sound, not a quack.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View Post
I agree with this. It's like the Telecaster middle position.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Demanic View PostWasn't there a wiring, either by Ibanez or PRS that did outside coils in parallel, inside coils in series?
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Originally posted by Mincer View Post
It works better with some pickups than others. But to me, it is 'close enough'.
Last edited by Jack_TriPpEr; 11-24-2020, 09:51 PM.Sanford: "The hardest part about tone chasing is losing the expectations associated with the hardware."
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Originally posted by ArtieToo View PostIf you don't want to mess with a mag flip, (and reverse wiring), I always love the bridge slug with the neck screw. Works good, sounds great.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/in...1597731/page-2
And, magnet flipping isn't the only option to achieve hum-canceling inner coils. Intead, one pup can be rotated 180 degrees and then you wire the coilsplit specifically for the two inner coils.Last edited by Jack_TriPpEr; 11-24-2020, 10:04 PM.Sanford: "The hardest part about tone chasing is losing the expectations associated with the hardware."
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Originally posted by Reee View Posthow about wiring the neck in parallel, would that get close to the "2" position on a strat (neck+middle)?
To your original question, you will get some quack when you wire the two inner coils of an HH in parallel. I was just trying to make you aware that - per my experience - the amount of quack will be far less than when a middle position pup is present, like in a Strat's Positions 2 and 4. So split inner coils will yield the most quack that a HH guitar can provide, in my opinion.Last edited by Jack_TriPpEr; 11-24-2020, 11:02 PM.Sanford: "The hardest part about tone chasing is losing the expectations associated with the hardware."
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Originally posted by Jack_TriPpEr View Post
Wiring a humbuckers' 2 coils in parallel has a "hollow" type sound to me... i don't hear "quack" in that configuration, personally.
To your original question, you will get some quack when you wire the two inner coils of an HH in parallel. I was just trying to make you aware that - per my experience - the amount of quack will be far less than when a middle position pup is present, like in a Strat's Positions 2 and 4. So split inner coils will yield the most quack that a HH guitar can provide, in my opinion.
btw: is the STK1 strat pickup discontinued? shame because i really liked that one!Last edited by Reee; 11-25-2020, 12:11 AM.
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