New Wave Pickups ?

NiKo Zed

NiKo Zed

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Hi everyone !

I was thinking about something on a late night. How can we make a Pickup that sound like a Les Paul when in humbucker mode and like a Tele when split ? And I came up with this Idea :

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Is it possible to make such a pickup ? I think it could be cool ! :3

Cheers !

NiKo Zed
 
Re: New Wave Pickups ?

Already been done. (Lollar, Fralin and others.)

Z-coil pickups can be great fun but they never sound quite like a proper Telecaster bridge/Treble pickup.
 
Re: New Wave Pickups ?

humbuckers use a bar magnet under the coils while telecasters use rod magnets. This difference alone makes it very difficult (if not impossible) to get exact PAF and Tele tones out of the same pup. Your idea while not exactly new is kinda cool and might be worth while to persue but not from the angle of sounding like a PAF or Tele but just let it have its own unique sound.
 
Re: New Wave Pickups ?

I've never tried anything like this but the 3+3 humbuckers do a great job of splitting the difference.

For a telecaster pickup though... Nothing really sounds like that except a telecaster pickup. Even the best, most single coil like design will still sound like a strat more than a tele.


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