chris
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Post by chris on Feb 11, 2020 11:42:03 GMT -5
Guitar came to me with horribly cobbled together nest of micro switches replacing a std. 3-way blade switch, and was a total rat's nest. It's an 80's Epi superstrat-type of shredder, and is 1 volume 1 tone format. It came with 3 Dimarzios - 2 side-by-sides (DP158 & 159) with a double-rail (DP151) in middle.
I'm shooting for std. Strat switching with just series/parallel for all pickups...I've been told this option is kinda useless for the middle p'up, so if it is I can leave that one be.
The switch I imagine I'll be using is a CRL Strat-style 2 row Superswitch, though I can use a std. 5-position if need be. There's a hole in the face already for a micro switch if it's needed, though I'd prefer to just plug it...I'm no expert, but I figured if I ran a push/push pots for the 2 controls and added a microswitch, I'd have the s/p controls for all 3 p'ups, but maybe there's a better way that allows me to ditch an extra switch and plug the hole?
I'm ok with a std. 1-series/2-sp/3-series/4-sp/5-series format, just trying to get a better idea of my choices here...
Thank you!
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Post by reTrEaD on Feb 11, 2020 13:33:32 GMT -5
with a stacked (DP151) in middle. Are you sure that's the right model number for your middle pickup? I'm not all that knowledgeable regarding DiMarzio pickups but I thought that model number was for their 'PAF-Pro'. At any rate, if your middle pickup is a two-coil pickup in a strat form factor with the coils stacked vertically, then I tend to agree that configuring those two coils in parallel won't be a great plan. Since only the top coil is sensing the strings, the output will decrease significantly when the coils are in parallel. However, using just the top coil as a single might be useful.
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Post by chris on Feb 11, 2020 21:08:49 GMT -5
My bad...it's a double rail in the middle, says DP151 on a piece of tape.
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Post by reTrEaD on Feb 12, 2020 11:36:56 GMT -5
My bad...it's a double rail in the middle, says DP151 on a piece of tape. In that case, doing parallel on that pickup isn't necessarily a bad choice. It really depends on the inductance of the pickup. On most conventional HBs, parallel can be a great choice. Particularly if the inductance of the coils is high. A 'hot' wound HB tends to be a bit dark. Configuring it in local parallel decreases the inductance of it by a factor of 4. While you'll notice a slight drop in output, the brighter tone can be a valuable addition to your tonal palette. Most twin rail pickups in a SC form factor tend to sound bright enough with their coils in series, but that's not always the case. So the deciding factor would be: how does this particular pickup sound to you, when wired in series?
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