neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

chill

chill

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When combining coils from standard 4 conductor neck and bridge humbuckers in series, do you like the bridge screw coil/neck slug coil or the neck screw coil/bridge slug coil combo better? I'm guessing the bridge screw/neck slug is a bit brighter, correct? Which pickups have you tried this with and how did it work out?

ETA: and by "standard," I mean not the PRS style reverse polarity.
 
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Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

I've only combined them in parallel. I do the inner coils of a Full Shred and a Custom. It's nice and chimey for strumming clean chords.

Series might be cool, though.
 
Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

Try artie's coil swap mod and you can do either.

I really like my Super D bridge with the rail coil of my reverse installed prails neck.
 
Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

in my SG, i like the "coil swap mod" with the bridge screw and neck slug coils. it's really fat 'n' jangly with the right amount of treble detail.
 
Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

...and when combining two coils of differing DC resistance, there's supposed to be some hum, correct?
 
Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

chill said:
...and when combining two coils of differing DC resistance, there's supposed to be some hum, correct?
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There might be some hum, but it's not very evident to me.

I have a Full Shred pair with a Super E switch. The hum is much more evident in single coil mode. Using one coil of the 7.4k neck and one coil of the 14.4k bridge, I don't hear much hum, if any.
 
Re: neck and bridge humbucker coils in series--which do you like and why?

I generally don't like split humbuckers, combined or not.

What I like is put the full humbuckers in series and at the same time out of phase. That gets things rocking.

You always want to combine one brightening element (OOP) with one darknening element (in-series) to get back into usable ranges.
 
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