Yngwie's ORIGINAL Pickup Configs

[Aceman]

So, what exactly did YJM use back in the day? We are talking Rising Force/Marching out era.

I have heard or seem to recall HS3's.

But I have also heard HS3 neck and HS2 Bridge?

The middle pickup went unused.

Anyone know???

 

[ICTGoober]

Middle unit unused? Sounds like Blackmore's setup.

 

[Aceman]

Middle unit unused? Sounds like Blackmore's setup.

Yes, Blackmore, that's nice. Don't know, don't care. The topic is YJM, who certainly used different pickups, because, well, time...

Now back to our actual thread topic.

 

[beaubrummels]

Start at 10:30

 

[JOLLY]

That's a great interview. I watched it the other day.

 

[Aceman]

Start at 10:30

I watched this. Actually set my POD YJM patch to the settings he mentioned.

I heard him talk about HS1, then 2, then 3....which is I believe the long time pickups until Duncans. But I didn't hear the HS3/HS2 thing.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Fs-1s early on, then hs-3s.

 

[ErikH]

The middle pickup was the stock Fender lowered to the be level with the pickguard so it was out of the way. I seem to remember that being mentioned. But yes, HS-3's.

 

[freefrog]

FWIW, FS1 single coils and the mid pickup used as a series dummy coil of the same DCR would probably sound close to HS3's.

 

[Aceman]

FWIW, FS1 single coils and the mid pickup used as a series dummy coil of the same DCR would probably sound close to HS3's.

Yeah - like Steeler/Alcatraz.

SO I do want double HS3's

 

[freefrog]

Yeah - like Steeler/Alcatraz.

SO I do want double HS3's

A funny thing being that later in his career, rumors said he used his HS3 with the dummy coil disconnected, which basically gives a 12k single coil... <:0)

Indifferent note: I still see myself in the mid 80's, rehearsing "I am a Viking" on an Explorer plugged to a white tolex JCM800 + 412, with a band mate... honestly, our goal was less to get the tone than to play it right, especially with the thick strings mounted on that guitar... :-D

 

[Aceman]

A funny thing being that later in his career, rumors said he used his HS3 with the dummy coil disconnected, which basically gives a 12k single coil... <:0)

Indifferent note: I still see myself in the mid 80's, rehearsing "I am a Viking" on an Explorer plugged to a white tolex JCM800 + 412, with a band mate... honestly, our goal was less to get the tone than to play it right, especially with the thick strings mounted on that guitar... :-D

Yeah - Eric Johnson I'm SURE said that he used HS-2's, with them split.

More "true" single sound, but far quieter than a single because of the proximity of the other coil.

I also notes the Tone disconnects he mentioned in the vid.

I'm just going with two HS3's unless someone can really convince me otherwise.

 

[Top-L]

What I learned from the interview was he had the tone controls disconnected.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

A funny thing being that later in his career, rumors said he used his HS3 with the dummy coil disconnected, which basically gives a 12k single coil... <:0)

Indifferent note: I still see myself in the mid 80's, rehearsing "I am a Viking" on an Explorer plugged to a white tolex JCM800 + 412, with a band mate... honestly, our goal was less to get the tone than to play it right, especially with the thick strings mounted on that guitar... :-D

Not like what you think of when you say "12K single coil". The wire wasn't 42; it was very thin. Split, they are still a quite weak single coil sound, but with more high end and less compressed than when in series.

 

[Archer250]

I think he used the FS1 back in Alcatrazz, then it was HS3s

Personally though, I think for most rigs, anything close to a Fender single coil gets there.

 

[freefrog]

Not like what you think of when you say "12K single coil". The wire wasn't 42; it was very thin. Split, they are still a quite weak single coil sound, but with more high end and less compressed than when in series.

Well, In the answer that you've quoted, I was joking, hence its final "clown face" emoticon.

I don't think and have not said nor suggested that the signal coil of a HS3 sounds like a regular single coil: this model has the typical design of a first generation stack, as described as the Blucher/DiMarzio patent 4,442,749. Hence what you describe and other side effects when both coils are in series (like an unrequested dual resonance / comb filtering of high frequencies due to coupling between coils).

I've passed a good amount of times to work on noiseless stacks and have even provided solutions to improve some "advanced" models with thick wire/low resistance noise sensors. There are some reminiscences of this in the topic that I've shared about parasitic capacitance on the music-electronics forum ("Pickup theory" section)... ;-)

 

[Spaghetti Bolo]

I'd just go double HS-3. They sound better and have more output when split but are still quiet due to the tiny coil.

 

[freefrog]

Ah, yes, the virtue of "tiny coils"... Bill lawrence has pushed this principle beyond the limits with his Micro-Coil design.

I was not far to confess previously that among first gen. noiseless stacks, I prefer those designed by Bill Lawrence, precisely. But I understand how appealing it is to use pickups with "the sound of our youth": that's why I've still here things like a Super Distortion or a X2N, after all. <:0)

 

[Aceman]

I'd just go double HS-3. They sound better and have more output when split but are still quiet due to the tiny coil.

Better how?

And did YJM split them?

 

[Aceman]

SO, even casual searching suggests:

FS1's (Alcatrazz)
HS2's
HS2/3
HS3's
HS3/4
YJM
YJM Furies

Pfft - I give up. Just getting an HS3 and an HS2 and moving on.