aquino
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Post by aquino on Nov 9, 2018 6:13:17 GMT -5
This is a development of the Little HH 15 idea, with - as the name implies - 5 new pickup combinations, based on adding a capacitor in parallel with the neck coil(s).
These extra combinations are similar in concept to Gibson’s “Tuned coil tap”, and the Broadbucker, but the combinations are different. At least some should sound interesting. Current Status: Untested. If anyone wants to try it out, feel free! I myself will do it in the following months, and post the results here.
There are many ways to implement this capacitor-in-parallel idea: with a 4-way telecaster blade, or with a 3-way switch for the main selector and an extra DPDT. If a DPDT is used, it can either override the main selector or substitute one of the selector positions.
PROS:
- No superswitch needed - If you go for the DPDT version, you could use a big On-Off-On DPDT toggle switch the same size as a Gibson one for the main selector on your LP or SG or 335 (not sure the size is exactly the same...) - Universal Series/Split/Parallel: works on every position of the main switch - Almost universal phase switch: works on Series and Parallel modes, regardless of main switch - All options with more than 1 coil cancel hum - including all the OoP options
CONS:
- You lose the conventional HH wiring (middle position with series humbuckers is all coils in series) - The standard middle position (both series humbuckers in global parallel) doen't exist. The middle position in parallel mode is (Bn>Ns)+(Bs>Nn). It should do the job OK. - It's harder to have separate tone controls for each pickup. I believe you'd need at least one extra pole (possibly two) on the main switch to do the trick.
Here's the 4-way Telecaster version:
DPDT Version and wiring diagrams coming soon (hopefully)...
Cheers!
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