middle single coil recommendation..

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i need a single coil for my charvel. it's gonna have a JB in the bridge tomoroow and a lil 59 in neck. so i want a true single coil for the middle position. i really like the single coil in steve cai's JEM's. i know that they dont sell the JEM single coil so i would like to find out somehting thats sounds like that.
any single coils you guys would recommend for this?

 

[ranalli]

Re: middle single coil recommendation..

This is what Dimarzio says from their FAQ:

I want to emulate the Vai pickup combination. What kind of single coil should I use?


Evolution® and JEM single-coils are only available on the Ibanez JEM and are not sold through retail channels. You can achieve a similar result by wiring an HS-2™ for single-coil operation only: black wire hot, red and bare wires ground, green and white not connected.

 

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Re: middle single coil recommendation..

hmm, maybe thats what i could do!!

 

[Boston Joe]

Re: middle single coil recommendation..

While you're at it, just wire the HS-2 to a push/pull pot for a split between humbucker and single-coil modes.

 

[stratobastard]

Re: middle single coil recommendation..

While you're at it, just wire the HS-2 to a push/pull pot for a split between humbucker and single-coil modes.

no hum mmmmmmmmm

 

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Re: middle single coil recommendation..

cool thing about the JEM single coil was that there was no real hum. probably because i use low gain now but it sounded great on there!

 

[Jester700]

Re: middle single coil recommendation..

cool thing about the JEM single coil was that there was no real hum. probably because i use low gain now but it sounded great on there!

Keep in mind that in position 2 & 4 you will get MORE hum by keeping the middle pup in a bucking configuration. Since I only use the middle pup for these 2 sounds, I wired my HS2 as single coil only...

 

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Re: middle single coil recommendation..

thats cool

i might go and buy that