Around 1992 or so I bought an abused guitar that had a pretty new looking Schaller humbucker in the bridge position. I took the guitar apart to refinish the body and make a new pickguard and when I was assembling it I discovered it was a 4-conductor wire. First I had seen in my limited experience. So I messed with the wiring until I had both coils working and put it into the neck position with a Super Distortion in the bridge.
That pickup had a very hard, bright tone that I really liked in the neck spot. It was actually surfy sounding!
My question is this: what the heck was that pickup? I only know it was black, had the standard slug/screw setup, and a "bridge" or "lead" sticker on the bottom plate.
Did Schaller make a really bright, crisp humbucker? OR did I accidentally wire it in parallel? If that is the case, did they make a pickup with high enough output to sound ok in parallel and balance with a Super D in the bridge?? It was hotter than a Jazzmaster pickup the way I had it wired. (I know because I eventually put it in my band mate's Jazzmaster in the bridge position. It had more oomph than his stock pickup and got rid of the hum but was still clangy so we were both happy.)
That pickup had a very hard, bright tone that I really liked in the neck spot. It was actually surfy sounding!
My question is this: what the heck was that pickup? I only know it was black, had the standard slug/screw setup, and a "bridge" or "lead" sticker on the bottom plate.
Did Schaller make a really bright, crisp humbucker? OR did I accidentally wire it in parallel? If that is the case, did they make a pickup with high enough output to sound ok in parallel and balance with a Super D in the bridge?? It was hotter than a Jazzmaster pickup the way I had it wired. (I know because I eventually put it in my band mate's Jazzmaster in the bridge position. It had more oomph than his stock pickup and got rid of the hum but was still clangy so we were both happy.)
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