Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
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Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
Most Seymour Duncan humbuckers come with 4 conductor cable so they can be split. Some of the vintage vibe humbuckers like the 59 and Seth Lover only come with 2 conductor and so can only be wired series like normal. You can either search online for 4 conductor Seth Lovers, special order them, or you can simply convert them yourself. It will say in the product description wether they're 2 or 4 conductor. What kind of sound are you looking for?
Most Seymour Duncan humbuckers come with 4 conductor cable so they can be split. Some of the vintage vibe humbuckers like the 59 and Seth Lover only come with 2 conductor and so can only be wired series like normal. You can either search online for 4 conductor Seth Lovers, special order them, or you can simply convert them yourself. It will say in the product description wether they're 2 or 4 conductor. What kind of sound are you looking for?
Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
Any modern 4-conductor humbucker will do. Duncan, Dimarzio, Bare Knuckles, you name it.
Only thing to watch out for is Gibson, I'm actually not sure if they sell 4 conductor versions of their pickups.
Oh and certain "special" Duncan models that are designed to be single conductor by default. But you can easily look them up on the website, most Duncans are default to be 4 conductor
Any modern 4-conductor humbucker will do. Duncan, Dimarzio, Bare Knuckles, you name it.
Only thing to watch out for is Gibson, I'm actually not sure if they sell 4 conductor versions of their pickups.
Oh and certain "special" Duncan models that are designed to be single conductor by default. But you can easily look them up on the website, most Duncans are default to be 4 conductor
Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
While most of the modern-voiced pickups we make are 4 conductor, read the descriptions, as some more vintage ones (like the 59) come stock with 2 conductor. Also, the colors in the diagram are different than what SD uses. For us, the black is hot, red & white are the split, and green and bare are ground. There is no standardization across pickup makers for wire colors (but oh, I wish there was).
While most of the modern-voiced pickups we make are 4 conductor, read the descriptions, as some more vintage ones (like the 59) come stock with 2 conductor. Also, the colors in the diagram are different than what SD uses. For us, the black is hot, red & white are the split, and green and bare are ground. There is no standardization across pickup makers for wire colors (but oh, I wish there was).
Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
There must be a reason that you posted that diagram, right?
This diagram does not match your description...it doesn't show push/pull pots or "split" (it's not entirely accurate to refer to it as coil tapping). Coil "tapping" is where a wire comes off of the winding of ONE coil somewhere between the start and end of that coil winding. It effectively reduces the number of winds on that coil. A "split" just separates the two coils of a humbucker so that only one coil (with its full number of winds) can be played.
There must be a reason that you posted that diagram, right?
This diagram does not match your description...it doesn't show push/pull pots or "split" (it's not entirely accurate to refer to it as coil tapping). Coil "tapping" is where a wire comes off of the winding of ONE coil somewhere between the start and end of that coil winding. It effectively reduces the number of winds on that coil. A "split" just separates the two coils of a humbucker so that only one coil (with its full number of winds) can be played.
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Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
A pet peeve of mine. Even some manufacturers are guilty of this. It can be very misleading if you don't know what you are doing.
A pet peeve of mine. Even some manufacturers are guilty of this. It can be very misleading if you don't know what you are doing.
LtKojak
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Re: Lookign for help upgrading pick ups.
HTH,
All Duncan HB p'ups can be had with 4-con straight from the factory. The dealer/seller just need to order'em like that. Every single item has a Duncan code nr. and a SKU nr., so it can be read directly into your inventory program using the barcode reader and/or letting use your own codification parameters, it you're located abroad.
HTH,
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Absolutely agree. It can be so misleading if you don't already know. A definite peeve of mine, also.
Absolutely agree. It can be so misleading if you don't already know. A definite peeve of mine, also.