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OK, I have a HSH guitar (Ibanez RG1570). I want to outfit it with a full set of Duncans and have the humbuckers split with the SC in positions 2 and 4. The Stew-Mac site gives the following info about Duncan humbuckers: Adjustable coil magnetic polarity = South Slug coil magnetic polarity =...

The slug coil stays on when a Duncan humbucker is split, right??? Given a H-S-S setup, my research indicates that the slug coil would need a standard single coil pickup in the middle position (as opposed to a RW/RP single coil pickup) to cancel hum in position 4 (bridge + middle) on a Strat...

I have a Carvin Bolt guitar that has a H-S-S pickguard. The humbucker location in the pickguard has 3 mounting holes instead of the standard 2 holes; 2 holes on the upper side and 1 on the lower side. The SD humbucker I ordered is a Custom-5 trembucker which appears to have 3 mounting holes on...

Greetings all! I just purchased 2 SSL-2 pickups (Vintage Flats) to install in a H-S-S pickguard for my Carvin Bolt guitar. I ordered one regular and one RW/RP. Question 1: What is a good bridge humbucker that will blend nicely with these 2 single coils? Maybe a '59? I would like to get a...