Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

[zionstrat]

Maybe a stupid question because these pups are so different, but I've got a build with a humbucker neck slot where a Prail could makes sense.

However, I love the cool rail mids for driving solos and wondering if any combination if Prail coils could come close?

Backup question, which SD full size sounds most like a cool rail? Obviously the width of the pickup makes this a challenge, so 'none' might be a reasonable answer..



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[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

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[Mincer]

Re: Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

To answer your 2nd question first, the Jazz, to me, is closest to the Cool Rails. It is clear, scooped, yet still remains tight. To answer your first question, you could wire the P-Rails in parallel (easy with Triple Shot Rings) to get a clear, open sound.

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

Put the P90 coil on a spin-a-split in PARALLEL mode. Then slowly fade in the P90 until it fattensnup the Rail coil sound just enough. If it's not ever fat enough, then switch to series mode but do the same thing; spin-a-split slowly fading in the P90 coil.

 

[zionstrat]

Re: Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

Great input guys... I'm a spinasplit fanatic, so this should work well... Much appreciated.

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[dystrust]

Re: Has anyone wired a Prail to get a Coolrail like tone?

To answer your 2nd question first, the Jazz, to me, is closest to the Cool Rails. It is clear, scooped, yet still remains tight. To answer your first question, you could wire the P-Rails in parallel (easy with Triple Shot Rings) to get a clear, open sound.

+1 on the Jazz. I frequently describe the Cool Rails neck as a single coil sized Jazz.

I was going to say that a P-Rails in parallel is cool, but doesn't really sound anything like a Cool Rails. I'd call it a bright PAF-like sound.

Put the P90 coil on a spin-a-split in PARALLEL mode. Then slowly fade in the P90 until it fattensnup the Rail coil sound just enough. If it's not ever fat enough, then switch to series mode but do the same thing; spin-a-split slowly fading in the P90 coil.

I've never tried P-Rails with spin-a-split, but if anyone would know, Frank would. =)