HB sized Firebird bite
- Thread starter BigDaddyB
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Re: HB sized Firebird bite
I've not tried them nor heard them......but the idea is certainly interesting. The 'bird's tone comes from a narrow humbucker with the magnets as blades rather than under the coil. This gives more singlecoil tone but with fatness due to a series humbucker wiring.
Of course what you have with a full sized humbucker is more girth from the increased width of the 'sensing area'.
I've not tried them nor heard them......but the idea is certainly interesting. The 'bird's tone comes from a narrow humbucker with the magnets as blades rather than under the coil. This gives more singlecoil tone but with fatness due to a series humbucker wiring.
Of course what you have with a full sized humbucker is more girth from the increased width of the 'sensing area'.
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
Yeah I was wondering how this would pair with something P90 esque in the neck (phat cat, etc).
Yeah I was wondering how this would pair with something P90 esque in the neck (phat cat, etc).
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
^^Interesting signature.
^^Interesting signature.
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
Christopher all I did was hit replay with quote??? Not sure what you mean? Any thoughts on this pickup?
Christopher all I did was hit replay with quote??? Not sure what you mean? Any thoughts on this pickup?
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
Oh sorry my bad, I've never seen someone put the quote on the bottom before.
Anyway, a Firebird humbucker in a full sized humbucker route is definitely something I haven't had any experience with, but if it delivers I might try a set. I'm wondering how they do it. Does is it a mini humbucker that fits into a full sized route or a humbucker voiced to sound like a mini humbucker?
Oh sorry my bad, I've never seen someone put the quote on the bottom before.
Anyway, a Firebird humbucker in a full sized humbucker route is definitely something I haven't had any experience with, but if it delivers I might try a set. I'm wondering how they do it. Does is it a mini humbucker that fits into a full sized route or a humbucker voiced to sound like a mini humbucker?
ItsaBass
New member
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
I'd prefer using this basic idea, myself: https://www.amazon.com/Humbucker-Mini-Humbucker-Adapter-Pickup-BLACK/dp/B0052ORYVC.
That's a poorly executed example, but the idea is good.
I'd prefer using this basic idea, myself: https://www.amazon.com/Humbucker-Mini-Humbucker-Adapter-Pickup-BLACK/dp/B0052ORYVC.
That's a poorly executed example, but the idea is good.
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
You've got the wrong idea.....this is a firebird construction but full sized humbucker shape. It won't sound like a 'bird precisely as the footprint is larger.
You've got the wrong idea.....this is a firebird construction but full sized humbucker shape. It won't sound like a 'bird precisely as the footprint is larger.
eclecticsynergy
Well-known member
Re: HB sized Firebird bite
I remember reading last Summer about a winder in Australia who was making a true Firebird type pickup for humbucker mounting. Don't remember the name but I remember being interested.
I remember reading last Summer about a winder in Australia who was making a true Firebird type pickup for humbucker mounting. Don't remember the name but I remember being interested.