Combining neck & bridge coils on a Seth Lover

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kevinabb

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This post is the result of a desire to buld a reverse-zebra Seth Lover. I have a couple of cream/cream Lover necks, and a black/black Lover bridge. So the Frankensteinian experiment I'm pondering would result in a neck/bridge zebra and a bridge/neck reverse-zebra. For even further intrigue, I could try different magnets in these unnatural beasts.

I'm tempted to build these two hybrids (which would be essentially identical) then put one in the neck with an Alnico 2 and the other in the bridge with an Alnico 5. I'm guessing this would be akin to a Burstbuckler #1 in the neck and a Burstbucker #1 Pro in the bridge. But I'd be using Seth coils, which I prefer to Burstbucker or Classic '57 coils.

FWIW, my Seths measure (D.C. resistance) as follows:

Neck 1: 7.26K ohms (yes, very low - but it sounds great!)
Neck 2: 7.44K ohms
Bridge: 8.02K ohms

So, has anyone done an experiment similar to this? I'd love to get some feedback before I start pulling coils apart.
 
Re: Combining neck & bridge coils on a Seth Lover

ive done similar things but never with a seth. could be great, you wont know till you try. just be careful and dont kill a coil in the process
 
Re: Combining neck & bridge coils on a Seth Lover

Jeremy, what did you find when you did this sort of thing? I'm specifically wondering how the result compares to the original pickup(s) from which the coils were taken.

For example, if I made a hybrid from a Gibson Calssic '57 and a Classic '57+, I'd expect toget something like a Burstbucker (imbalanced coils) but withg some serious bite to it, because the coils would be pretty heavily imbalanced.

Did you find that sort of result - lots of extra bite?

I agree that I'll need to do the experiment to find out for sure, and I will do it in the next couple of days. I'm just wondering what sort of direction it might tak e me in.

My hope is to get a pickup that has the sweet midrange of a Seth, but with more high-end bite on the attack. I tried a Seth A5 but it lost the fat, sweet midgrange that makes a Seth a Seth. I tried a Jazz, and it comes close to what I want but lacks the full sweetness of the Seth. And a '59 was close, had the midrange but the attack was too gritty and harsh.

Ahh, the insane quest for tone!
 
Re: Combining neck & bridge coils on a Seth Lover

yeah you would get more bite, a little more growl maybe too
 
Re: Combining neck & bridge coils on a Seth Lover

Put the one with the stronger slug coil in the bridge, the one with the stronger screw coil in the neck.
 
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