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Post by ChrisK on Aug 16, 2006 19:48:36 GMT -5
I've been "NOT" working on a three humbucker guitar for some years now. This is the body, a book-matched flame walnut chambered Strat copy; I had developed a wiring scheme in a notebook (it's now CAD'ified) that focused on multiple coil pairs. The switch progression is fairly logical (to me). It was inspired by a 4 pickup single coil ?VOX? guitar that I had in the 60's. Assuming that the pickups had the same magnetic polarity (for instance, the bridge-facing coil on each was north), one could rotate thru combinations such as this based on a 4P12T rotary switch: Series 1. Bn*Bs 2. Bs*Mn 3. Mn*Ms 4. Ms*Nn 5. Nn*Ns 6. Ns*Bn 7. Bn*Ms 8. Bs*Nn 9. Mn*Ns 10. OFF 11. Nn*(-Bn) 12. Ns*(-Bs) Single coil 1. Bn 2. Bs 3. Mn 4. Ms 5. Nn 6. Ns 7. Bn 8. Bs 9. Mn 10. OFF 11. Nn 12. Ns Parallel 1. Bn+Bs 2. Bs+Mn 3. Mn+Ms 4. Ms+Nn 5. Nn+Ns 6. Ns+Bn 7. Bn+Ms 8. Bs+Nn 9. Mn+Ns 10. OFF 11. Nn+(-Bn) 12. Ns+(-Bs) (An additional switch selected series//parallel for each pairing and also single coil.) This was to be a DiMarzio-focused guitar. This is a four humbucker (8 coil) guitar if'n I use the DiMarzio Multibucker (a Fast Track and a Chopper?) in the bridge (I have one that I converted to 8 wire). I was planning to use the DiMarzio Tone Zone F in the bridge, the PAF Pro F in the middle, and the Air Norton in the neck. I also have a FRED F, a Steve's Special and another PAF Pro F, so I will use what gives the best tone in an all-walnut chambered body. I chose to use a 12 position 4 pole rotary switch and a DPDT ON-ON-ON (SP3T) switch for the series//parallel//single coil. I'd stayed away from multiple humbuckers in series 'cuz it'd be like brutally mellow or sumpthin'. I stayed away from the huge switch bank 'cuz I feared an aneurysm. I might finish this someday, but I am often...... Oooh, shiny.
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Post by CheshireCat on Aug 17, 2006 4:58:40 GMT -5
It was inspired by a 4 pickup single coil ?VOX? guitar that I had in the 60's. Assuming that the pickups had the same magnetic polarity (for instance, the bridge-facing coil on each was north), one could rotate thru combinations such as this based on a 4P12T rotary switch This was to be a DiMarzio-focused guitar. This is a four humbucker (8 coil) guitar if'n I use the DiMarzio Multibucker (a Fast Track and a Chopper?) in the bridge (I have one that I converted to 8 wire). I was planning to use the DiMarzio Tone Zone F in the bridge, the PAF Pro F in the middle, and the Air Norton in the neck. I also have a FRED F, a Steve's Special and another PAF Pro F, so I will use what gives the best tone in an all-walnut chambered body. I'd stayed away from multiple humbuckers in series 'cuz it'd be like brutally mellow or sumpthin'. I stayed away from the huge switch bank 'cuz I feared an aneurysm. Impressive.
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