Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

[Rusty Fingers]

I've been thinking about the statements that traditional 8K (or less) PAF type humbuckers don't necessarily split very well. So that got me thinking....how about this:

Start with a traditional PAF style pickup, around 8k, with four wires. Then independantly add about 2K's worth more windings around the screw coils and make it a 6 wire pickup.

With a two position switch this could give you a traditional 8k PAF style humbucker, that could split to a 6k single coil.

Or with the right three position switch, it could even go from a 10 K unbalanced humbucker to an 8K PAF style to a 6K single coil.

I would think that this has been tried before. I'm wondering whether this would be a good or bad idea.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

I'd just get a guitar with humbuckers AND single-coils.

-X

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

Get a Tele. It's fat and twangy depending on where you set the tone knob. :burnout:

 

[Rusty Fingers]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

Get a Tele. It's fat and twangy depending on where you set the tone knob. :burnout:

That's the thing....I'm gassing for a G&L Bluesboy. Seth humbucker in the neck and single coil bridge. Tele's had been off of my radar and I had been thinking project guitar with mini humbuckers until I ran into this one.

I really like the way the Seth sounded in that guitar, but I'd like to include a split options for a little more flexability.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

Get a PGn for it then. I have a PGn/STL-2 tapped combo. The PGn balances very well split or full on. Split humbuckers, IMHO, don't sound great in the bridge, but actually do quite well in the neck. YMMV, of course.

 

[Rusty Fingers]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

. I have a PGn/STL-2 tapped combo.

Listening to the sound clips, I would be thinking about an alnico pro tele set, if I were to start from scratch with a tele. Combining that idea with the bluesboy, I'm wondering if a split seth could approximate a tele alnico pro neck. If it could, that would be interesting.

 

[Rusty Fingers]

Re: Pickup Idea...Good or Bad?

Bump......Now that we've hijacked the thread, getting back to the original quesion, does anybody have any thoughts on this idea?

I've been thinking about the statements that traditional 8K (or less) PAF type humbuckers don't necessarily split very well. So that got me thinking....how about this:

Start with a traditional PAF style pickup, around 8k, with four wires. Then independantly add about 2K's worth more windings around the screw coils and make it a 6 wire pickup.

With a two position switch this could give you a traditional 8k PAF style humbucker, that could split to a 6k single coil.

Or with the right three position switch, it could even go from a 10 K unbalanced humbucker to an 8K PAF style to a 6K single coil.

I would think that this has been tried before. I'm wondering whether this would be a good or bad idea.