Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

[Artie]

I'm wondering how much of the "other" three strings you lose. You're only missing the pole pieces. The magnet and coil are still there.

It's for an idea I have.

Artie

 

[Demanic]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

Seems to me to be another case favoring parallel instead of split.

 

[Artie]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

Yes, but this is for a unique application where I want the other three strings to be diminished. I just wonder how much attenuation there is.

And I do have a Vintage Rails around here somewhere. I need to hear for myself. Just wondering if anyone else had done it.

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

Never done it, but now you have me wondering...

If and when you do it, be sure to post your results!


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[Artie]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

It's on my "to do" list. pcorn:

 

[Mincer]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

I remember doing it like 15 years ago. They were silent, from what I remember. Maybe if I turned it up really loud, but I remember only hearing 3 strings through the amp.

 

[Artie]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

Excellent! That's what I was hoping. (I know this thread is a year old, but I was just poking through my parts drawers and found my old VR.)

Back on my current to-do list.

 

[gregory]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

This is an old thread; still in the event of any future confusion...

Seems to me to be another case favoring parallel instead of split.

The Duckbucker and Vintage Rails are intended to be wired in parallel. It would be interesting to know what people think of them in series in the neck position clean and with a lot of gain for soloing. Well, I'd be curious, at least.

I believe Mincer once described the tone of one of them in series as "wooly," though I'm sure it would equally apply to either. I don't really know what wooly means, however. :-/

 

[Artie]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

I eventually acquired a 4-wire VR, and tried it in series. It was "ok". Nothing special. Nothing bad. Parallel is definitely its forte.

 

[gregory]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

I was hoping it could kill two birds: sound like a Strat single and pull off a useable series humbucker tone for big fat cleans and thick middy Hot Rails-esque solos. Kinda like a Stag Mag but in a single form-factor.

Oh well.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Artie]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

YMMV. I didn't try it for very long. I'm going to re-visit that experiment in the very near future. Don't write it off just yet.

 

[gregory]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

That would be awesome, Artie!

 

[Mincer]

Re: Has anyone ever split a Duckbucker or Vintage Rails?

I'd describe 'wooly' as lacking clarity, btw.