Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

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I'm looking at putting the two Vintage Stack for Tele pickups into a tele and I'd like to give myself a "series" option.

My questions are,

Can I just run straight through them both in series?
- if so, do I need to make a separate bridge ground? (I guess yes)

Or do I need to use just the top coil from each?
- if so, will it still be humbucking?
 
Re: Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

In my experience running both coils of a stacked coil, single coil replacement pickup in series with both coils of a second stacked coil, single coil replacement tends to result in Mud City.

You are correct. Top coils only is the way to go. Hum-cancellation will depend upon the respective magnetic polarity and coil winding direction of the two operational coils.
 
Re: Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

That first paragraph confirms my suspicions.

The second one... well, yeah I know :D Does anyone know what the polarity/wind of the top coils of those two pickups is?
 
Re: Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

Having each pickup in parallel, *then* running them together in series would probably work pretty well, but I wouldn't want to see the wiring diagram for it on a superswtich. o_0
 
Re: Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

Yes, I guess that would work. Don't think it's viable though - I was going to set it up such that you'd have a normal three-way switch, and a push/pull pot that, when in the middle position, switches between series and parallel.
 
Re: Tele Vintage Stacks in series?

I'm almost certain that the top coils won't be humbucking with each other. Why would they be?
 
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