install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

[Kasperl]

How do I know that the magnets fit together? Does the single coil have to be reversed wound or is it just luck to get two pickups that pull and don't push each other? Thanks for your advice!

P.S. I have a SC and now I`m afraid to buy a little 59 that doesn't fit together with it.

 

[Kent S.]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

It doesn't matter as the lil 59 is a side by side, two magnetic polarities, just like a full size HB ... you have to split it with the sc to remain humcancelling anyway. So you pick the correct coil that is opposite in polarity. Depends on what you sc you have now (regular or RW/RP and whether or not it's an ANT. pup, if so it's the exact opposite of the standard wind/polarites).
If you have a regular sc then you would apply a ground tap to the white & red of the lil' 59;if you have a RW/RP sc, then you'd apply a hot tap to the white & red ... If the sc is and antiquity (ANT.) then you do the exact opposite to get it humcancelling and in phase.

 

[Kent S.]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

I'm bumping this up because I just added some info on an edit ...

 

[Kasperl]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

Thank you Kent. I feel relieved now

 

[Kasperl]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

some people say you can get problems with the string pull using SCs. Will this be even worse with two pickups side by side?

 

[Kent S.]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

some people say you can get problems with the string pull using SCs. Will this be even worse with two pickups side by side?

No, because the side by side pups are actually mini humbuckers, as such the magnet is further from the strings and the shape of the field is a bit different ... they pull less on the strings. The true single coil pole pieces ARE the magnets, as such they are a more concentrated field and pull more on the strings. check over the FAQ section of the SD main site for recommended height adjsutments for the pup.

 

[Kasperl]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

no, I meant, because I install a sc and a humbucker in the neck postion (man, I must be crazy )

 

[Kent S.]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

no, I meant, because I install a sc and a humbucker in the neck postion (man, I must be crazy )

The sc is still the main factor there, the rail pup shouldn't pull to much ... as long as you watch your height you should be fine.

 

[Kasperl]

Re: install a SC and a Little 59 side by side

okay, thank you!