Hyperswitch vs P Rails/Triple Shot
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alex1fly
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Why’s that? Less mids in the tone to start with?
beaubrummels
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I don't think the switching technology will give you any different tone, but the triple shots give more total number of sounds than the hyperswitch.
To get a mid-heavy Jackson single-coily, I'd agree with Mincer on moving to Jazz/Custom 5 to scoop it out and make it single-coily, but I don't think of that as chimy. For me, in my Jackson, Custom Custom / A2 type pickups with a mid-bump bring the chime. So the goal sounds confusing to me.
PRails I haven't heard anyone say they are chimy, but I did see a video of a guy getting PAF goodness out of them using software emulation amps. Can't find any demos with a Jackson, but this one guy put them in a Strat and this is what he got out of them.
Skip to 5:25 to hear the sounds. He's using pretty low-end gear, but anyway...
To get a mid-heavy Jackson single-coily, I'd agree with Mincer on moving to Jazz/Custom 5 to scoop it out and make it single-coily, but I don't think of that as chimy. For me, in my Jackson, Custom Custom / A2 type pickups with a mid-bump bring the chime. So the goal sounds confusing to me.
PRails I haven't heard anyone say they are chimy, but I did see a video of a guy getting PAF goodness out of them using software emulation amps. Can't find any demos with a Jackson, but this one guy put them in a Strat and this is what he got out of them.
Skip to 5:25 to hear the sounds. He's using pretty low-end gear, but anyway...
Yeah...I have a very mid-heavy poplar guitar, and this set was just the thing for it to sound 'normal' to me. I would normally not like this pickup set, but sometimes you have to listen to the guitar to find out what it needs.
I just picked up an older LP knockoff (Grass Roots, by ESP) as a project guitar, and I'm planning on dropping in P-rails with the Triple-shot rings (500k Mojotone vintage tapers for all 4 pots). The guitar is solid mahogany, with a mahogany neck, and weighs a ton. I'll let you know if get anywhere close to chimey, once I get it all put together... For my vote, the triple-shots are a LOT easier to wire up than just about anything else I've dealt with, though, to be fair, I haven't tried a Hyperswitch yet. The most realistic issue that I've heard (and experienced) with the Triple-shots, is that they're really challenging to change tones on the fly, definitely don't want to try it during a tune on stage...
That's absolutely true.
Where did you get that? It's my understanding that the hyperswitch can give you series, split to either coil, and parallel just like the TS. Plus it can do some other things as well.
I have lots of experience with the P-Rail and it certainly can do what you want (the normal P-Rail NOT the "hot" version). If you mount the bridge P-Rail with the Rail coil next to the bridge you can definitely get some chimey single coil tones out of the Rail. The P-90 coil is excellent on its own and way better sounding than any humbucker (PAF included). The 2 coils in parallel is also a really good chimey sound. It's pretty heavy sounding in series, but with the Triple Shot ring you can select the tone you need.
This also sounds like a wonderful candidate for a bass roll off knob.
beaubrummels
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When I checked out the Hyperswitch, the red/white were tied together on the switch so you can't do parallel coils. I guess technically you are right in that I believe you can do pickups in series with the hyperswitch which triple shots won't give you.
