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Post by megi on Jan 30, 2013 13:51:56 GMT -5
Just in case it's possible... I have a 2 humbucker guitar, with standard 3-way toggle selector, plus single volume and tone control. I recently fitted it with a couple of push-pull pots, and wired it for a series-parallel switch on the neck humbucker, and a phase-reverse switch on the bridge humbucker. So I can get a couple of POOP sounds with both pickups selected, but is there some clever way of wiring things so I can get SOOP sounds instead, with exactly the same two switches on the push-pull pots? I would be prepared to accept a simple coil-tap on the neck humbucker instead of the series-parallel option if that helped. Both humbuckers have 4-conductor wires attached. I'm guessing this is probably not possible, but thought it at least worth asking! Cheers guys  |
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Post by asmith on Jan 30, 2013 14:12:36 GMT -5
Challenge accepted.
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Post by pete12345 on Jan 30, 2013 17:57:48 GMT -5
By my reasoning, you should already be able to get SOOP, by setting the series/parallel switch to series, and the bridge pickup out of phase. Got a wiring diagram of your setup?
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Post by megi on Jan 30, 2013 18:57:55 GMT -5
By my reasoning, you should already be able to get SOOP, by setting the series/parallel switch to series, and the bridge pickup out of phase. Got a wiring diagram of your setup? Ah no, the series-parallel switch works on the two coils of the neck humbucker, i.e. so you can have them in series (normal humbucker operation) or in parallel, which gives a lighter tone, similar to a coil tap, but still hum-cancelling. The SOOP that I'm after is to have the bridge pickup out of phase with the neck pickup, with the two pickups wired in series. So I'm talking about a different thing there... |
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Post by JohnH on Jan 30, 2013 20:35:35 GMT -5
Im quite sure that asmith has already solved it, and has just paused for dramatic effect, or maybe to get somd sleep
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Post by asmith on Jan 31, 2013 8:53:19 GMT -5
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Post by megi on Jan 31, 2013 13:43:40 GMT -5
 Well, I'm bowled-over! I admit I was very dubious this could be done, but extremely happy to be proved wrong. asmith, you are a scholar and a gentleman! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will be getting the soldering kit out tomorrow I think!
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Well, I'm bowled-over! I admit I was very dubious this could be done, but extremely happy to be proved wrong. asmith, you are a scholar and a gentleman! Thank you, thank you, thank you!