You could use a three humbucker guitar (like a Les Paul or SG Custom) and use the middle spot as a secondary bridge pup.
Wouldn't it be cool if they made a pickup that.....
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You could use a three humbucker guitar (like a Les Paul or SG Custom) and use the middle spot as a secondary bridge pup.
beaubrummels
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I have 3 pickup guitars and the middle doesn't sound or respond like a bridge pickup. I just want the EQ to tilt to more chimy PAF mids at the source pickup before any other passive or other processing, and without other outboard devices. It's a dream. The Varitone thing I tried was almost in the right direction. But I wonder if two coils could be wound and tapped in such a way to achieve what I'm describing.
Ascension
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The unbalanced coils of a hybrid have a unique set of overtones to my ear. It would be nice to have a similarly unballanced neck to go with the 59 Custom Hybrid as a full set. Many have asked for this and it was even talked about as a forum pickup a couple times. A Hybrid set would sell as well as the 78 set at the least and just makes sense.
eclecticsynergy
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Because they tend to be fairly mid-heavy compared to Duncans. Vowel tone is sort of a hallmark for much of the DiMarzio line.
Securb wanted an arrangement with one regular tone and another with hotter level and boosted mids.
Some of the heavier DiMarzios could still be beefy enough in parallel to use as a normal bridge tone.
Then a pull-up for series would unleash the muscle and bring back the rich mids as an occasional boost for leads.
I'd once considered this wiring (normally parallel, pull-for-series) for an Air Norton neck in a warm-voiced all-mahogany Les Paul Custom.
Still feel it's a viable option for bridge position with a dark/fat humbucker like the AT-1, especially if paired with a lower-output neck pickup.
