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Re: Triple coil pickup..?
I was referring to the Mighty Mite triple-coil from the 1970s
I was referring to the Mighty Mite triple-coil from the 1970s
Triple coil pickup..?
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Zhangliqun
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Re: Triple coil pickup..?
Many years ago in those halcyon days of the early 80's, I did terrible things to a Strat with a chisel (okay, a screwdriver) and a hammer to make the ugliest swimming pool rout you've ever seen. It looked something like those terrible scenes from Illinois last month, major F4 damage in the heartland of that Strat.
Anyway, long story short, I ended up having a guy make a 27-inch scale neck for it, and I slapped a couple of humbuckers next to each each other, a Super D in the normal bridge position, and an Invader right next to it but with the near coil significantly unwound (still don't know how I did that without killing it). I wired it up so that the Super D was on one side of the switch and the other side of the switch was the partially de-wound near coil of the Invader in series with the Super D. It was about a 20k pickup, presumably all 43 AWG. So it was a steroid coil split, 2 in series or 3 in series. (The 4th coil, the other Invader coil, I used as a single coil middle pu.)
With the long 27" scale (and the necessary even thinner strings) it actually sounded pretty good but I think it would be mudsnake tone on a normal scale guitar.
Many years ago in those halcyon days of the early 80's, I did terrible things to a Strat with a chisel (okay, a screwdriver) and a hammer to make the ugliest swimming pool rout you've ever seen. It looked something like those terrible scenes from Illinois last month, major F4 damage in the heartland of that Strat.
Anyway, long story short, I ended up having a guy make a 27-inch scale neck for it, and I slapped a couple of humbuckers next to each each other, a Super D in the normal bridge position, and an Invader right next to it but with the near coil significantly unwound (still don't know how I did that without killing it). I wired it up so that the Super D was on one side of the switch and the other side of the switch was the partially de-wound near coil of the Invader in series with the Super D. It was about a 20k pickup, presumably all 43 AWG. So it was a steroid coil split, 2 in series or 3 in series. (The 4th coil, the other Invader coil, I used as a single coil middle pu.)
With the long 27" scale (and the necessary even thinner strings) it actually sounded pretty good but I think it would be mudsnake tone on a normal scale guitar.
DeathMetalRob
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Re: Triple coil pickup..?
Here's a question for the questionologist: There are QuadRails - essentially, a four coil humbucker - we all know this. Is it possible to use stacked coils in the same fashion to essentially make a 'four-stack humbucker' or eight single coils if you like but, as an active pickup?
I've got an idea rolling and I want to know if I can get the kind of stupidly high output I expect from it. Keeping in mind all of the coils would be customs in themselves...
Here's a question for the questionologist: There are QuadRails - essentially, a four coil humbucker - we all know this. Is it possible to use stacked coils in the same fashion to essentially make a 'four-stack humbucker' or eight single coils if you like but, as an active pickup?
I've got an idea rolling and I want to know if I can get the kind of stupidly high output I expect from it. Keeping in mind all of the coils would be customs in themselves...
SirJackdeFuzz
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DeathMetalRob
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Re: Triple coil pickup..?
That does look good but, I'm thinking about doing some high output work with some design like that.
Reminds me of this Fender unit :
That does look good but, I'm thinking about doing some high output work with some design like that.