What the. . ... ...? Explain this to me please.

So two s/c sized rails smacked together for a hot, dark ultra beefy vibe like a Texas bbq brisket? Quite some punch at 17k and over 8H.

Back when owned by Music Yo, Kramers had the so-called 'Quad Rail' hbs, which were more or less like this. I've never seen one taken apart though, so I don't know if the rails go through the baseplate like here and are separated by three small ceramic mags.
 
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I dub thee . . . mudbucker!
 
A winder for whom I've worked had a model almost like that, but with two (Alnico) bars instead of 3 ferrite bars. One of the rails humbuckers was a 7.5k model. The other was around 11k. Both could be wired separately or in series. But there were many other possibilities: each rail pickup in series but in parallel with the other, outer coils or inner coils in series or in parallel with each other, one humbucker in parallel, the other in series, both in parallel wired in parallel... non limitative list and a whole palet of tones to explore in only "one" pickup. ;-)
 
With todays amps and pedals and modeling i can't see how that would be a good thing. Way more output than you'd ever need.
 
gimmieinfo said:
With todays amps and pedals and modeling i can't see how that would be a good thing. Way more output than you'd ever need.
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If this kind of dual humbucker is correctly designed (as is the model from my friend winder), it's an analog modeling unit in itself thanks to the various wiring options at disposal. Wiring the outer coils in parallel with each others would sound close to the position 2 or 4 in a Strat, for instance... I wouldn't be surprised to know that it works even with the cheap model displayed above. I just wonder why they did fit it with 3 magnets and I think that I'd pull off the center one if it was for me. Not necessary for the pickup to work...
 
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