Series/parallel..what Difference Do You Hear?
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Re: Series/parallel..what Difference Do You Hear?
The parallel tone is similar to the single coil tone only the parallel tone remains humbucking. That's a real plus!
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The parallel tone is similar to the single coil tone only the parallel tone remains humbucking. That's a real plus!
Lew
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Re: Series/parallel..what Difference Do You Hear?
That's why I just left it at: "The parallel tone is similar to the single coil tone only the parallel tone remains humbucking. That's a real plus!"
Other than that, I've never been quite sure how to describe the diff too... :smack:
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Robert S. said:
That's why I just left it at: "The parallel tone is similar to the single coil tone only the parallel tone remains humbucking. That's a real plus!"
Other than that, I've never been quite sure how to describe the diff too... :smack:
Lew
Re: Series/parallel..what Difference Do You Hear?
The series connection can give you twice the voltage, except that the volume pot, the tone controls, and the cable load the pickup more, and you can lose some highs.
That is because the series connection has twice the impedance as a single coil and so is loaded down more. This is why hum buckers use 500K and single coils 250K, but an overwound HB might really need an even higher impedance.
The parallel connection has half the impedance of a single coil and about the same voltage level as single coil. It can drive the load much better than series, and you keep the highs.
I believe thiat it is the extra highs that make it seem like a single coil. It is not really single coil sound. The parallel humbucker connection still samples the strings in two places and this changes the sound of the higher string harmonics.
If you do not need the higher level of the series conncection, parallel is good. Another way to decrease the loading and keep more highs is to use the series connection, but take some winding off each coil. Then you might need to put a small capacitor across pickup to get the resonance at the right place. This is my preferred method, but it needs to be done by someone with experience winding pickups. Maybe SD sells a pup like this but I have not seen it on the web page.
The series connection can give you twice the voltage, except that the volume pot, the tone controls, and the cable load the pickup more, and you can lose some highs.
That is because the series connection has twice the impedance as a single coil and so is loaded down more. This is why hum buckers use 500K and single coils 250K, but an overwound HB might really need an even higher impedance.
The parallel connection has half the impedance of a single coil and about the same voltage level as single coil. It can drive the load much better than series, and you keep the highs.
I believe thiat it is the extra highs that make it seem like a single coil. It is not really single coil sound. The parallel humbucker connection still samples the strings in two places and this changes the sound of the higher string harmonics.
If you do not need the higher level of the series conncection, parallel is good. Another way to decrease the loading and keep more highs is to use the series connection, but take some winding off each coil. Then you might need to put a small capacitor across pickup to get the resonance at the right place. This is my preferred method, but it needs to be done by someone with experience winding pickups. Maybe SD sells a pup like this but I have not seen it on the web page.
