Doublecoil to singlecoil ?

[StvnMikel]

Has anybody ever taken a humbucker apart and used the separate coils to make singlecoils ?

[Adieu]

You'd need new baseplates and a new mag for each

Also, most well-regarded single coil designs use magnetic AlNiCo pole pieces instead of mags at the bottom (although offbrand cheapies used glued-on bar mags on the bottom, and Mexican Fender used two narrow ceramic bars on either side of oversized nonmagnetized but ferrous polepieces)

[ArtieToo]

What he said. Plus . . . its been my experience that even cheap import singles get you 95% of the way to classic Stratocaster jangle and chime. IMHO, you get aftermarket singles in order to go that nth degree. (Which is usually worth it.)

[StvnMikel]

This is just an idea I'm thinking about. I want something other than the usual offerings in single coil pups. I like the sound of the Custom split and was wondering what it would sound like to take a couple of Customs apart and make a set of single coil pickups from them and/or if anybody had done this before and what their experience was. I can't afford to spend $160 to do an experiment right now.

[jeremy]

if you could come up with a base plate, the rest would be easy

[ArtieToo]

You could also replace the stud poles with magnet poles. You want .187 size.

http://www.addiction-fx.com/gallery2.htm

https://www.adamsmagnetic.com/alnico-magnets/alnico-rod-magnets/

https://www.hsmagnets.com/product/alnico-2-vintage-beveled-rod-magnet-guitar-pickup/