CC in the neck....series or parallel??

GregJr

GregJr

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Anyone tried this?
If so, how did you wire it?
Since the pu lacks bass (3/7/7 tone chart) will it be a good choice for a neck pu?
Thx.
 
Re: CC in the neck....series or parallel??

Do both. I have not used a CC at all, but I have had neck humbuckers wired with a volume pot switch so that I can do both series and parallel.. It is a great thing, because the parallel setting gives a less warm sound to the pup. I have that set up right now with a 59/Jazz neck hybrid, and I love the versatility.

The CC is a different animal, but I'm guessing that it will yield similar benefits in terms of contrast.
 
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Hamer used to ship some guitar models with a Custom in the neck and the Custom Custom in the bridge. I imagine that a CC would sound horrible in series in the neck, but if you're putting in in yourself, it's easy to try it both ways.
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Austin
 
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I would be more inclined to try a A2PN or a PGN in the neck position.
 
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idsnowdog said:
I would be more inclined to try a A2PN or a PGN in the neck position.
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+1. A number of players think CC's are too dark in the bridge slot. Putting them in the neck is going to sound like it's underwater, but hey, that may be what the OP's going for. The only way I can see that they'd be useable in the neck would be in parallel or coil cut.
 
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Guitar is loaded with Floyd and is bright.
Will try wired with on/on/on switch.
Tried a A2P, not enuff output for me.
If series is 14K, how much will parallel be??
 
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GregJr said:
Guitar is loaded with Floyd and is bright.
Will try wired with on/on/on switch.
Tried a A2P, not enuff output for me.
If series is 14K, how much will parallel be??
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Roughly 3.5k I believe, (though resistance is not output) as parallel is half the resistance of one coil as opposed to 2x in series. The difference in output is generally not tremendous. Noticeable, yes, but not huge.
 
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If an A2P didn't have enough output, then don't bother with a CC in parallel or coil split because both will be weaker and brighter than the A2P. I'd recommend a Distortion neck myself, but if you want to try a CC, then series is the only way to go.
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Austin
 
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Maybe try a spin a split if you really want to experiment.

There was someone on the forum who I cant recall who swears by a custom in parallel in the neck.
 
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Or just put an A5 into that AIIP and turn it into a Jazz. And wire it to a push/pull to change it from series to parallel.
 
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austin said:
If an A2P didn't have enough output, then don't bother with a CC in parallel or coil split because both will be weaker and brighter than the A2P.
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Well, not necessarily. While the resistance is cut quite dramatically when in parallel, the output is not. Even in parallel it is a huge sound in the neck.

It's very simple to wire it up so you can switch back and forth between series and parallel so you can see for yourself if it is a sound that you like/are looking for.
 
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GuitarDoc said:
Well, not necessarily. While the resistance is cut quite dramatically when in parallel, the output is not. Even in parallel it is a huge sound in the neck.

It's very simple to wire it up so you can switch back and forth between series and parallel so you can see for yourself if it is a sound that you like/are looking for.
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This. I switch the JAZZ between Parallel and Series. A good diff in tone, and there is a drop of output and more high end when in parallel. But the tone is still huge and not weak buy any means.

I think the CC would be a MUD zone in the neck, it is already a dark high output Humbucker. IMO any highout pup is going to be a bit dark in the neck ( in series of course). How much Output do you want really.
 
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A fiend of mine has CC in the neck of his superstrat (with JB in the bridge). He had been looking for warm sounding neck pickup. After tried all Duncan neck pickups (he's a SD seller so he has almost all SD models, new and used), he seems happy with CC in the neck. I haven't heard how it sounds myself though. It might work for 24 fretter but for 22 fret guitar, I doubt it.
 
Re: CC in the neck....series or parallel??

austin said:
Hamer used to ship some guitar models with a Custom in the neck and the Custom Custom in the bridge. I imagine that a CC would sound horrible in series in the neck, but if you're putting in in yourself, it's easy to try it both ways.
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Austin
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For the OP, here is a demo of that guitar, the Hamer Monaco Elite, with a CC in the bridge and a custom in the neck. Sounds like they balance pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmg2ENYphs
 
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elelpe said:
A fiend of mine has CC in the neck of his superstrat (with JB in the bridge). He had been looking for warm sounding neck pickup. After tried all Duncan neck pickups (he's a SD seller so he has almost all SD models, new and used), he seems happy with CC in the neck. I haven't heard how it sounds myself though. It might work for 24 fretter but for 22 fret guitar, I doubt it.
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Ahhh, there is the key..." a fiend of mine".
 
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