tadfury
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Post by tadfury on Jan 21, 2006 6:24:34 GMT -5
hi guys, i'd really like to know what you think would be the most versatile mod for a guitar with 1 4-conductor humbucker in the bridge and 1 p-90 at the neck. 3 controls (2 vols + 1 tone...all can be push pull pots, and 1 3-way switch) i want to build a guitar with this pickup combinantion, but i thought i'd ask you guys for your opinions first i want ideas! hehehe
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Post by jimplaysguitar on Jan 21, 2006 8:33:38 GMT -5
With three push pulls, you could have a coil split for the humbucker, a series switch, and a phase switch. *drools* Like this "Jimmy Page" les paul mod from GuitarElectronics that I've altered. ;D *drools again* Jim
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Post by CheshireCat on Jan 21, 2006 15:15:10 GMT -5
With three push pulls, you could have a coil split for the humbucker, a series switch, and a phase switch. *drools* Like this "Jimmy Page" les paul mod from GuitarElectronics that I've altered. ;D *drools again* Jim That's good. Also, Johnny A has some great Tele mods you could look at, adding in the splitter for the humbucker.
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Post by CheshireCat on Jan 21, 2006 15:22:46 GMT -5
With three push pulls, you could have a coil split for the humbucker, a series switch, and a phase switch. *drools* Like this "Jimmy Page" les paul mod from GuitarElectronics that I've altered. ;D *drools again* Jim That's good. Also, Johnny A has some great Tele mods you could look at, adding in the splitter for the humbucker. In fact, just looking over the site, I remembered the T-Riffic Mod from GN. Basically, one 5-way Superswitch would take the place of two of your pots and the 3 way selector switch. Now, why would you want to do that? Well, you wanted versatility, right? Try this on for size: Five way selector switch (SuperSwitch), one push/pull vol pot which splits the humbucker, and an EMG-BTC and EMG-VMC instead of a stock tone pot. That will give you tons of versatility, and those EMG EQ circuits are incredible. I use them for everything. It was years til I even knew how a tone pot worked because I used those circuits from the very beginning. (Same is true of a standard Strat switch . . . I could wire a SuperSwitch before I could wire a stock strat switch. ) That would make you're set up ultra simple, and give you all the sounds you could want (and all the sounds practically possible from a two pickup guitar). Rule of Thumb: When a simple 5-way switch can replace three others, go for it. Now, btw, you do sacrifice one combo with this, that of N+B Parallel OOP, but, that said, unless you are just all about that sound, then it is a worthwhile sacrifice. Incidentally, the SuperSwitch is called out as the All Parts switch EP078. It's also known just as the SuperSwitch at StewMac. Chesh
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Post by tadfury on Jan 22, 2006 7:19:43 GMT -5
wow! thanks Jim, that mod looks really awesome! and chesh, the five way switch mod looks interesting! i agree, it can do just about everything i'd want but i've also been thinking about putting in a Kent Armstrong 'Motherbucker' at the bridge, if you guys aren't familiar with it, it's a 4 coil humbucker, seriously high output, with 2 four conductor wires... hehe, i'd love to know how you can think of modding that with a p-90! Ella
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Post by jimplaysguitar on Jan 22, 2006 11:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by CheshireCat on Jan 22, 2006 12:12:11 GMT -5
wow! thanks Jim, that mod looks really awesome! and chesh, the five way switch mod looks interesting! i agree, it can do just about everything i'd want but i've also been thinking about putting in a Kent Armstrong 'Motherbucker' at the bridge, if you guys aren't familiar with it, it's a 4 coil humbucker, seriously high output, with 2 four conductor wires... hehe, i'd love to know how you can think of modding that with a p-90! Ella Well, granted, I'm not one to talk, being that my Utah will probably have something akin to 7 pickups in it when all is said and done (and, yes, I'll be using the SuperSwitch, along with [probably] two, count 'em two, Fender S-1 Switches), but, that said . . . I think the Motherbucker might be overkill. I would put it on the level of wiring your humbucker coils for either series or parallel. Sure, there's a variance in tone, but to what degree? Not pronounced enough to really make a difference. I know, I use to have one on my Utah, for the SD JB in the neck position before I went to the minihumbucker version (JB Jr's stepsister: Lil '59). It was definitely a fun doodad at the time, and I had fun sitting there, flipping the switch back and forth, just luxuriating over how much of a difference in sound there was between one option over another (which, in retrospect, wasn't much). Well, looking back, it wasn't very practical, and after a while the sounds just kinda ran together. Soon after, I just traded it out for a splitter, and never noticed the difference, apart from the fact that it was easier to work with and there was less to remember. I definitely didn't lose anything, and gained a far amount in simplicity. Now, all of that was with just one set of coils, so I'm wondering what the benefit will be of having two sets of coils. Remember, we are covering the same aperature as a regular humbucker. But, all that said, well, hey, if you want a beefier, thicker, hotter humbucker sound, go for it. It could be very interesting. Just don't get too switch happy, getting lost in all the switching combos. Remember, you need to remember all this stuff when you are on stage, in the heat of battle. The point of diminishing returns will probably clamp down pretty hard after, say, 4 sounds from the same pickup. Chesh
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