Hot rails coil splitting vs Series/parallel

[andrew200056]

So here is the situation, now I have Fat 50s neck, CS '69 middle and seymour duncan hot rails for bridge..Which push/pull mode would be better to get most of it?

[larryguitar]

Most typical would be to split the hot rails; I'd think the second most typical would be a 'neck and bridge on' switch.

Personally, I'd split the hot rails; gets you somewhere near a standard strat.

Larry

[Mincer]

Series/Parallel. The parallel setting of Hot Rails is really usable, while split....isn't.

[freefrog]

When it comes to inductance and resonant peak, an Hot Rails is closer to a Strat SC when it's in parallel rather than split. Furthermore, splitting it would leave the user with a high inductance single coil, tending to be noisy (while humbucker operation is preserved with parallel wiring).

[jeremy]

i like all three options for the hot rails. if you want humcancelling in the middle/split bridge position, then do that. if you dont care about humcancelling in that position, then id go parallel

[Mincer]

When it comes to inductance and resonant peak, an Hot Rails is closer to a Strat SC when it's in parallel rather than split. Furthermore, splitting it would leave the user with a high inductance single coil, tending to be noisy (while humbucker operation is preserved with parallel wiring).

This has been my experience. Split, it is pretty noisy, and it generally doesn't sound great. But I'd say that about splitting any of the little humbuckers. I'll split regular-sized humbuckers all day long.

[ArtieToo]

. . . if you dont care about humcancelling in that position, then id go parallel

Did you mean "split?" Parallel will maintain hum-cancelling. I prefer parallel also, with all the "Rails" pups. Putting a Hot Rails in parallel, makes it, virtually, a "hot" Vintage Rails/Duckbucker.

Which is a good thing.

[jeremy]

parallel will maintain humcancelling in the bridge only position yes. i was referring to the middle/bridge position with the middle single coil. if you want humcancelling in that position, then you want to split the hot rails

[ArtieToo]

parallel will maintain humcancelling in the bridge only position yes. i was referring to the middle/bridge position with the middle single coil. if you want humcancelling in that position, then you want to split the hot rails

I gotcha. My bad.