CC wired in parallel

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roadstar II

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I tried wiring my CC wired in parallel(no hum) just for S*#t's and giggles and it sounded quite close to EVH's broken paf in the frankenstrat that goes for 25K
give it a go,it is easy to do and totally reversable
I was suprised at the result
 
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Aceman said:
love to hear a side by side of that!
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well unfortunately i dont own the 25K evh frankie i just got to try it out for a while at the store but i do remember that pups tone and traits quite well
and the CC in parallel is about as close as you will get
the only other is my old gibson T-top(7.2K) with a old alnico II magnet in it
that one sounds almost tele single coil too like evhs broken paf duncan
 
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The wiring should be normal Duncan parallel:

Red and black to hot, green and white to ground.
 
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I've done a little research on parallel vs series and I think you may have something. I do favor lower output pickups and have experimented with higher output pickups only to be disappointed. The higher output pickups sound compressed to me and have driven me back to lower output buckers. I recently have fallen in love with stacked singles as they seem to have that transparent/articulate vibe that I love. I'm going to try this as I have a VHPaf with an A2 mag, another VHPaf that is untouched, and a CC and see what comes of it.

Roadstar, give an update as to the findings you have gotten.

Thanks!!
 
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I cannot uunderstand how you eliminate the hum with paralel wiring. On a regular pickup you have 2 bobins wound reverse with respect to each other. Clearly, the magnetic pole is the same because there is a single magnet bar underneath these bobins.

Thus, when you connect them in series, because that they are wound reverse, you'd not get any hum. But if you were to wire them up for a paralel connection, then because that the magnetic field is the same (even tho they are wound reverse - recall that dimarzio strat pickups are not wound reverse they just have reverse polarity) you have to have hum.

Just wondering.

Best,

B
 
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dr.barlo said:
I cannot uunderstand how you eliminate the hum with paralel wiring. On a regular pickup you have 2 bobins wound reverse with respect to each other. Clearly, the magnetic pole is the same because there is a single magnet bar underneath these bobins.

Thus, when you connect them in series, because that they are wound reverse, you'd not get any hum. But if you were to wire them up for a paralel connection, then because that the magnetic field is the same (even tho they are wound reverse - recall that dimarzio strat pickups are not wound reverse they just have reverse polarity) you have to have hum.

Just wondering.

Best,

B
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I'm no pickup wiring guru, but this is what is posted on the F.A.Q section

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/faqdescr.shtml#seriesparallel

It may have something to do with what wires are paired up when wiring in parallel??
 
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dr.barlo said:
I cannot uunderstand how you eliminate the hum with paralel wiring. On a regular pickup you have 2 bobins wound reverse with respect to each other. Clearly, the magnetic pole is the same because there is a single magnet bar underneath these bobins.
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Hey Doc; Thats not quite right. The two coils of a humbucker are wound the same. One is not reverse-wound. But they connect them internally out-of-phase. Now, lets ignore the magnet for a moment. Those two coils pick up noise out of the air. Since they're connected out of phase, that noise cancels each other out. Doesn't matter if they're wired series or parallel. You are generating opposite polarity voltages in each. Thus, no noise.

Now, lets add the magnet back in. The way the magnet lays under the poles, the stud coils get the north end of the magnet and the screw coils get the south end. Thus, opposite magnet polarity. Now the two coils generate a voltage from the string vibration thats out-of-phase. As mentioned earlier, the coils are connected out-of-phase. Voila . . . signal back in phase.

Its a beautiful system. :)

Artie

Edit: I should add, I'm not really sure which coil gets north or south. The point is, they get opposite polarity's.
 
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You could wire it up to a switch or push/pull for series/parallel and get the best of both worlds.
 
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ArtieToo said:
Hey Doc; Thats not quite right. The two coils of a humbucker are wound the same. One is not reverse-wound. But they connect them internally out-of-phase. Now, lets ignore the magnet for a moment. Those two coils pick up noise out of the air. Since they're connected out of phase, that noise cancels each other out. Doesn't matter if they're wired series or parallel. You are generating opposite polarity voltages in each. Thus, no noise.

Now, lets add the magnet back in. The way the magnet lays under the poles, the stud coils get the north end of the magnet and the screw coils get the south end. Thus, opposite magnet polarity. Now the two coils generate a voltage from the string vibration thats out-of-phase. As mentioned earlier, the coils are connected out-of-phase. Voila . . . signal back in phase.

Its a beautiful system. :)

Artie

Edit: I should add, I'm not really sure which coil gets north or south. The point is, they get opposite polarity's.
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Very cool Artie, thanks for taking the time to explain.

As you say, it is a beautiful system.

B :cool:
 
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