H-S-H-S ?

[Rockstar216]

I don't know why I never thought to try this.

Now my next question is their a way to move the bridge back far enough to put a another Single at the bridge? If so I think I just thought of the most versatile guitar.

 

[PFDarkside]

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The only issue I see is that we are "used to" hearing singles and humbuckers in the natural Fender and Gibson positions. Moving the pickup emphasizes different harmonics. It's not good or bad, but I've seen more than a couple threads relating to a 24 fret guitar and neck pickup choice.

For your bridge question, either the single or the HB is going to be too close to the bridge or too far from it. If the resulting tones are good to you, then great.

 

[Wolferine92]

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Think about the horror trying to pick the strings without hitting the pickups, i am definitely a neck and bridge pickup guy, nothing in between please

 

[dominus]

Re: H-S-H-S ?

Now my next question is their a way to move the bridge back far enough to put a another Single at the bridge?

That would change the scale length, intonation would be a nightmare. Get a swimming pool routed Strat with a 21 fret neck and a blank pickguard and start experimenting.

 

[Rockstar216]

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I've never had a problem with hitting pups on any guitar not even strats and those are pretty low to the deck but I'm pretty precise with my picking.

 

[GilmourD]

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I don't know why I never thought to try this.

Now my next question is their a way to move the bridge back far enough to put a another Single at the bridge? If so I think I just thought of the most versatile guitar.

That's Mark Wein's McFeely 440. Incidentally he actually switched it back to a standard HSS setup.

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[treyhaislip]

Re: H-S-H-S ?

That would change the scale length, intonation would be a nightmare. Get a swimming pool routed Strat with a 21 fret neck and a blank pickguard and start experimenting.

Whoa! That is crazy! lol Have you played this guitar? Curious as to how it sounds...

 

[dominus]

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Whoa! That is crazy! lol Have you played this guitar? Curious as to how it sounds...

Yeah, no. I'm a single humbucker in the bridge kinda guy.

That's an EBMM Nigel Tufnel signature model:

 

[kramersteen]

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Think about the horror trying to pick the strings without hitting the pickups, i am definitely a neck and bridge pickup guy, nothing in between please

If you think thats hard you should try picking over a fretboard with low action. :9:

 

[Mark Wein]

Re: H-S-H-S ?

I don't know why I never thought to try this.

Now my next question is their a way to move the bridge back far enough to put a another Single at the bridge? If so I think I just thought of the most versatile guitar.

Hi guys! Someone just shared this on my own forum so I thought I'd post this video:



It didn't really work out so well for me so I ended up having Mark McFeely cut me a new pickguard and here is the guitar in it's current state:



The new guitar that I have on order from McFeely is a 2 humbucker version of this in Korina. I'm going backwards on the complexity scale I guess.....

 

[Rockstar216]

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Thats sounded great to my ears although I would have wired it a bit different or put a Super switch in but tone wise it sounded great. Even the notch positions.

 

[baimun]

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It didn't really work out so well for me so I ended up having Mark McFeely cut me a new pickguard and here is the guitar in it's current state.....

I currently have a McFeely guitar being built and it's also going to be an HSS configuration. Duncan Custom Shop Bro-Bucker at the bridge (aged nickel cover) and a pair of antiquities for the middle and neck... but the middle pickup is being shifted back so it's very close to the bridge pickup.

the 5 way will be set to:
1) Bridge Humbucker
2) Tapped Bridge + Neck (ultimate jangle)
3) Middle Single
4) Middle Single + Neck Single
5) Neck Single

that covers the sounds that I use most.

 

[Mark Wein]

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Thats sounded great to my ears although I would have wired it a bit different or put a Super switch in but tone wise it sounded great. Even the notch positions.

Thanks! In person it was a little thin until I discovered that the Suhr v60lp's need a resistor in the tone ciruit to sound good with the humbuckers. I'd really like to try this guitar with the same model Duncan Antiquities that I have in my 1979 Tokai Springy Sound though. I'd probably get a lot closer to what I was originally looking for.

 

[Myaccount876]

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My problem with it is it just looks ****ing stupid. Sorry, but HSHS is fugly IMO.