Probably a crazy idea, but C3 in parallel for neck?

jafo

jafo

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Basic HH strat, traditional bridge, something alder-y with something maple-y atop it. UOA5 JB in bridge. I'm thinking of using a split option on both coils via push-pull. The idea is that I'd have both single-coil and humbucker options, at neck and bridge, without getting woofy boomy droopy bottom burps in the neck. This would also let me use the poor man's WLH ('59N in bridge, Jazz N in neck) in a mahogany slab. I'd try it myself and report back, but my wife wouldn't let me take soldering stuff on vacation.
 
I recommend a master spin a split. That way you can put something that balances reasonably in the neck and when you go to dial back the spin a split that balances too because it's partial split instead of a full split clank.
 
I'm a little confused...
Are you talking about an alder HH Strat with a maple cap with C3 neck and JB bridge, or a mahogany HH Strat with Jazz n in the neck and a 59 neck in the bridge? And are you asking about wiring the neck in parallel or both pups split?
 
i had a sh5 custom in the neck of a guitar and it didnt sound half bad, big and bold for sure but much better than i thought. id definitely want series as an option
 
Custom 3 is louder than PAF types, but isn't really very hot - probably no stronger than the Air Norton that many like at the neck.
IMO it wouldn't need parallel wiring to balance with a JB at the bridge.
Splitting both with a DPDT seems like a viable option to me.

Shouldn't be too boomy, especially in a Strat type (though I won't guarantee it'll be especially tight either).
I bet it'd give you a great neck lead tone.
 
GuitarDoc said:
I'm a little confused...
Are you talking about an alder HH Strat with a maple cap with C3 neck and JB bridge, or a mahogany HH Strat with Jazz n in the neck and a 59 neck in the bridge? And are you asking about wiring the neck in parallel or both pups split?
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Hello! I currently have two guitars in question. The Strat is something like alder with a cap that might be maple; it has a JB/Jazz combo. The other is a mahogany HH, a PRS SE, currently with a '59 and a Custom. I'm proposing changing things up: the Strat would have the Custom in parallel in the neck and the JB in the bridge; and the PRS would have the '59N in the bridge, and the Jazz in the neck (which some call the poor man's WLH set). What I'm asking is if the Custom with an A3 (so a C3) in parallel would be sufficiently lower-gain to work in the neck.

As for coil splitting, that works perfectly well with parallel or series -- you just shunt one coil to ground, this would also give me some higher-gain single-coil sounds, retaining some Strattiness.
 
jafo said:
Hello! I currently have two guitars in question. The Strat is something like alder with a cap that might be maple; it has a JB/Jazz combo. The other is a mahogany HH, a PRS SE, currently with a '59 and a Custom. I'm proposing changing things up: the Strat would have the Custom in parallel in the neck and the JB in the bridge; and the PRS would have the '59N in the bridge, and the Jazz in the neck (which some call the poor man's WLH set). What I'm asking is if the Custom with an A3 (so a C3) in parallel would be sufficiently lower-gain to work in the neck.
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OK, I got it.

You certainly could try that, but what about just using a C5 in the neck with a split...a whole lot easier. But I have to admit that a C5 in parallel is a beautiful thing (I don't think you'd gain anything from the A3 magnet if you're running it in parallel).
 
Finally got around to doing it, and it's bloody awesome! One of these days I'll wire up a switch for series/parallel/split, but the lack of mud is to die for.
 
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