Series/Parallel?
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STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: Series/Parallel?
Series....Full sound and the standard full sized humbucker tone...
Parallel...Bright,crisp,articulate,but thinner and about 1/3 the output of series and still humbucking(No noise)
yeti said:Hey, can some explain the difference in sound between running pickups in series and in parallel? Maybe some sound clips too?
Series....Full sound and the standard full sized humbucker tone...
Parallel...Bright,crisp,articulate,but thinner and about 1/3 the output of series and still humbucking(No noise)
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: Series/Parallel?
Yep....I Like using a mini on/on/on toggle switch and wiring for series/split/parallel cause I want it all in my strat...:laugh2:
Aceman said:
Yep....I Like using a mini on/on/on toggle switch and wiring for series/split/parallel cause I want it all in my strat...:laugh2:
yeti
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Re: Series/Parallel?
I'm already using push/pulls on all my knobs for coilsplitting and out of phase, but maybe i could try a 5 way dial in place of my 3 way toggle to squeeze in some series/parallel choices. I think I have the Jimmy Page wiring diagram stashed away somewhere, that might be a good place to start.
Thank you much for the input guys.
I'm already using push/pulls on all my knobs for coilsplitting and out of phase, but maybe i could try a 5 way dial in place of my 3 way toggle to squeeze in some series/parallel choices. I think I have the Jimmy Page wiring diagram stashed away somewhere, that might be a good place to start.
Thank you much for the input guys.
yeti
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Re: Series/Parallel?
When I finally settle on a perfect setup, it'll be time to upgrade to a gibson.
Heh I know exactly what you mean. My poor little Epi Les Paul lives in fear of what experiment i'm going to try on it next..but they've all gone successful so far.STRATDELUXER97 said:
When I finally settle on a perfect setup, it'll be time to upgrade to a gibson.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: Series/Parallel?
Experiment away buddy,but don't drill any holes in your guitar!
yeti said:Heh I know exactly what you mean. My poor little Epi Les Paul lives in fear of what experiment i'm going to try on it next..but they've all gone successful so far.
When I finally settle on a perfect setup, it'll be time to upgrade to a gibson.
Experiment away buddy,but don't drill any holes in your guitar!
Re: Series/Parallel?
I've used series/parallel on a bunch of guitars, starting years ago
with the Dimarzio dual-sound hummers. Yes it gives you a clean
bright sound that depending on the original pickup can make you
think of a SC, sort of.
Assuming that your pup has balanced coils then if
HB = 10K
SC = 5K
parallel = 2.5K
I find that cutting a coil is more authentic, "gooier", and
prefer the sound. Currently have a jazz-n in a semi-hollobody
and the coil cut sound has a great vibe.
I think parallel makes more sense with a more powerful pickup.
I had a JB in the bridge of an other guitar and the parallel
sound was pretty good for occaisional twang. It also mixed very
nice with the Seth in the neck and was noise-free.
I think part of it is how hard you want to sock it to your pre-amp,
Brian May has all kinds of series combinations across his pickups
and has a pretty astounding tone.
I also have Frankencaster with cool rails with trick wiring
north-neck north-middle north-bridge
south-neck south-middle south-bridge
through two 3-position switches into a series/parallel switch (note
that all sounds are hum cancelling).
I haven't really found any of the series-across-pickup tones good
for anything, but I also don't think I like the cool rails in series as
much as in parallel (where their specs look awful close to vintage
rails or duckbuckers).
I'll probably rewire it for
neck
neck SC and middle SC (hum-cancelling)
neck SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
middle SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
bridge
I don't know whether the neck or bridge positions will be series/parallel/SC
or if I'll put in all the options...
I've used series/parallel on a bunch of guitars, starting years ago
with the Dimarzio dual-sound hummers. Yes it gives you a clean
bright sound that depending on the original pickup can make you
think of a SC, sort of.
Assuming that your pup has balanced coils then if
HB = 10K
SC = 5K
parallel = 2.5K
I find that cutting a coil is more authentic, "gooier", and
prefer the sound. Currently have a jazz-n in a semi-hollobody
and the coil cut sound has a great vibe.
I think parallel makes more sense with a more powerful pickup.
I had a JB in the bridge of an other guitar and the parallel
sound was pretty good for occaisional twang. It also mixed very
nice with the Seth in the neck and was noise-free.
I think part of it is how hard you want to sock it to your pre-amp,
Brian May has all kinds of series combinations across his pickups
and has a pretty astounding tone.
I also have Frankencaster with cool rails with trick wiring
north-neck north-middle north-bridge
south-neck south-middle south-bridge
through two 3-position switches into a series/parallel switch (note
that all sounds are hum cancelling).
I haven't really found any of the series-across-pickup tones good
for anything, but I also don't think I like the cool rails in series as
much as in parallel (where their specs look awful close to vintage
rails or duckbuckers).
I'll probably rewire it for
neck
neck SC and middle SC (hum-cancelling)
neck SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
middle SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
bridge
I don't know whether the neck or bridge positions will be series/parallel/SC
or if I'll put in all the options...
