59/Custom hybrid.

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madsschaarup

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I'm new here and just started making hybrids. I made a 59/Custom with the screw coil of the 59 and the slug coil of the custom. It sounds fabulous! I also made a hybrid of the remains, which means a custom screw and 59 slug. It has a lot less power that the other one. Why? Is the slug coil "doing most of the work" or what?

Looking forward to hearing your opinions on this :)


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Re: 59/Custom hybrid.

59/C is in an old Kasuga LP. C/59 is in an LP Studio. Same pot values. Tried to swap the pups around and ended up with the same problem on the other guitar...


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Re: 59/Custom hybrid.

I've always wondered if two opposite hybrids would sound different from one another.

Does anyone know how they come stock? Is the Custom coil the screw or slug?
 
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Factory is Custom slug, 59 screw. I have my homemade one like this, the leftover one I passed on to Stratovarious, who might chime in...

They should sound essentially the same in series, unless you have ears like Eric Johnson ;). Depending on which coil you split, that's where you'll hear the differences.

Speaking of which, why isn't that thread permanently sticky :grumpy:? Not only for people to continue commenting on but as a piece of SD history to be easily perused.
 
Re: 59/Custom hybrid.

Ashurbanipal said:
They should sound essentially the same in series, unless you have ears like Eric Johnson ;). Depending on which coil you split, that's where you'll hear the differences.
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That would be my assumption too, but I haven't made enough bridge hybrids to know for certain. I can see a slight difference depending on which coil is the screw coil, but I doubt there would be a drastic difference. I wonder if the one the OP's talking about has both coils working; did you test it?
 
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FWIW i don't consider myself a golden ears guy, but i perceive a difference re which coil is closer to the neck or bridge.
 
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I did test it before. It is not that it is dead or sounds like one coil not working. It just doesn't have the same power than the other one. I'll unwrap it again and maybe put in the straight A5 again instead of an UOA5.

Thanks for your answers so far :)


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^^ Yes, that can be the case too, especially with a mismatched pup like the 59/C.

blueman335 said:
That would be my assumption too, but I haven't made enough bridge hybrids to know for certain. I can see a slight difference depending on which coil is the screw coil, but I doubt there would be a drastic difference. I wonder if the one the OP's talking about has both coils working; did you test it?
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Unfortunately no; I should have. But, in theory, the screw coil should sound different because the length of the screws dissipates the magnetic field more, so say a Custom screw may have a touch less output than a Custom slug. We've had plenty of threads here about the way different poles affect tone and cutting down the stock slot screws makes a pup seem a bit 'hotter', so it stands to reason that the differences we've been talking about here are palpable. But drastic, I don't know.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
I've always wondered if two opposite hybrids would sound different from one another.
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They do sound different. But unless you're gonna use the coil-split feature, the difference is too little for me to care too much.

HTH,
 
Re: 59/Custom hybrid.

madsschaarup said:
Hello

I'm new here and just started making hybrids. I made a 59/Custom with the screw coil of the 59 and the slug coil of the custom. It sounds fabulous! I also made a hybrid of the remains, which means a custom screw and 59 slug. It has a lot less power that the other one. Why? Is the slug coil "doing most of the work" or what?



Looking forward to hearing your opinions on this :)


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is it 4 conductor ?
 
Re: 59/Custom hybrid.

I'm thinking that the distance from the bridge is a factor with the coil arrangement. The one furthest from the bridge gets more string energy. If that's the hotter coil, it would seem that it would be the most influential tone-wise. If the weaker coil is furthest from the bridge, the added string energy may balance it's output with the screw coil.
 
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