Rail Humbuckers?

[GuitarDoc]

I just read the article about rail humbuckers which was updated on April 7, 2022. toward the end, it made an interesting statement, "This lets you wire your Strat for both the bell-like tones of traditional single coil pickups and full-on humbucker tones by splitting the coils".

I have to ask...how do you go from a Strat tone to "full-on humbucker tones" by splitting the coils? .

 

[Artie]

That's gotta be a typo.

 

[GuitarDoc]

That's gotta be a typo.

I certainly hope so. But if this was just edited/updated on the 7th, how was that huge mistake passed over?!

 

[Artie]

A lot of people work at home now. Maybe they were having one of those Marshall lager's. :beerchug:

(And no offense intended to any loyal Duncan employee.)

 

[beaubrummels]

Reading the whole article in context, I took it to mean that by implementing splits on a Duncan Rail when they are installed, you have the ability to go back and forth between single coil and humbucker.

 

[PFDarkside]

Reading the whole article in context, I took it to mean that by implementing splits on a Duncan Rail when they are installed, you have the ability to go back and forth between single coil and humbucker.

That’s how I read it. I’d you wire it to split, you get both tones.

 

[Empty Pockets]

This is a post complaining about grammar where the OP quotes the grammar he's complaining about, then gets mad when they put the actual quote in their own words.

 

[Mincer]

I think it is just bad sentence structure.

 

[beaubrummels]

Yes, sentence structure bad it is just.

 

[Artie]

Yes, sentence structure bad it is just.

Yoda . . . is that you?

 

[Teleplayer]

I'm curious which rail pickup works well enough to give "the bell-like tones of traditional single coil pickups"?

Secondly, where is the blog where this claim is made. Do you have the link?

 

[PFDarkside]

I'm curious which rail pickup works well enough to give "the bell-like tones of traditional single coil pickups"?

I thought the Duncan P-rail was the only pickup designed to do that.

That’s the real question.

 

[dave74]

Yoda . . . is that you?

You is that Yoda?

 

[beaubrummels]

I'm curious which rail pickup works well enough to give "the bell-like tones of traditional single coil pickups"?

Secondly, where is the blog where this claim is made. Do you have the link?

https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/dual-rail-humbucker-pickup

 

[eclecticsynergy]

As written, that does allow - even invite - misunderstanding. Especially in a piece aimed at those new to the concept.
Obviously it would've been much clearer to list humbucker tone first, then put single tone next to the mention of splits.
But I can also see how that sentence could pass a quick proofreading, especially by its original author.

A good argument for having someone else proof your writing before you publish.
On today's Web maybe that's the biggest difference between a blog post and an actual article.
Many such distinctions have become blurred these days.
Of course, on the internet you can go back and correct after the fact - it's not as if it went to print that way.

 

[Mincer]

As written, that does allow - even invite - misunderstanding. Especially in a piece aimed at those new to the concept.
Obviously it would've been much clearer to list humbucker tone first, then put single tone next to the mention of splits.
But I can also see how that sentence could pass a quick proofreading, especially by its original author.

A good argument for having someone else proof your writing before you publish.
On today's Web maybe that's the biggest difference between a blog post and an actual article.
Many such distinctions have become blurred these days.
Of course, on the internet you can go back and correct after the fact - it's not as if it went to print that way.

I will say that when I was writing blogs for SD, it was looked over by a few different people before it was published. I haven't written anything in awhile, and I don't know what the process is like now.

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

I'm curious which rail pickup works well enough to give "the bell-like tones of traditional single coil pickups"?

Secondly, where is the blog where this claim is made. Do you have the link?

Any rail pickup can be switched to just have one coil active. That’s a single coil. And in fact the “Strat” half of a P-rail is half a hot rail type pickup.

Why is everyone having a problem with this? It’s a humbucker. It has two coils. It has four conductor wiring. You can switch it from series to parallel to either of the coils, just like a full size humbucker.


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[GuitarDoc]

This is a post complaining about grammar where the OP quotes the grammar he's complaining about, then gets mad when they put the actual quote in their own words.

I wasn't complaining about grammar and I certainly wasn't getting mad at all. So, I'm not even sure what you are saying here.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Yes, sentence structure bad it is just.

I like it.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Yoda . . . is that you?

Yes. I guess when they did some updating to the site they deleted my pic and I don't know how to get it back.

Always appreciate and enjoy your comments in the forum.