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Title: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: XxpapertigerxX on February 04, 2011, 03:20:34 AM: Hi everybody :),

Does anybody have any experience with coil splitting Bare Knuckle Humbuckers, namely Nailbombs? I'm looking at either a HSS set with a Nailbomb and Trilogies, or a HSH set with 2 Nailbombs and a Trilogy in the middle. Can I get nice single coil tones from the split Nailbomb in the neck, that are comparable to the Trilogy neck?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: kevinr on February 04, 2011, 07:39:03 AM: Nailbombs split great, how they compare to the Trilogys I can't say, as I have not heard the two together, I should imagine that they would work well together.
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: ericsabbath on February 04, 2011, 12:41:32 PM: the neck nailbomb is already very twangy on humbucker mode
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: XxpapertigerxX on February 04, 2011, 01:33:10 PM: How about the Holydiver?
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: MrBump on February 04, 2011, 04:35:46 PM: I had my Nailbombs split with a Schaller Megaswitch in a Charvel strat - they were great.

There's a clip that I did somwhere on here - I'll post it if I find it.

Mark.

Edit - found it.

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14097.0 (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14097.0)
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: ev1ltwin on February 04, 2011, 05:03:00 PM: ^^

that is a dope sound :guitar4:
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: visitorQ on February 04, 2011, 06:44:19 PM: how about a c-bomb?
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: XxpapertigerxX on February 04, 2011, 08:09:47 PM: Quote from: MrBump on February 04, 2011, 04:35:46 PM
I had my Nailbombs split with a Schaller Megaswitch in a Charvel strat - they were great.

There's a clip that I did somwhere on here - I'll post it if I find it.

Mark.

Edit - found it.

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14097.0 (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=14097.0)

Wow that is an amazing tone, and excellent playing as well! PDT_015 I'm amazed by how much it sounds like a Strat single coil. I think you may have made up my mind. Some background so you know where I'm coming from I'm having a Strat put together and I'm thinking about an HSH setup with a five way switch and a button that would give five more pickup combinations. I just need a neck humbucker that is convincing split so I can get various humbucker/single coil combinations. Basically I'm looking to have an insanely versatile guitar that can do just about anything :D
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: MrBump on February 06, 2011, 02:27:14 PM: You're very kind, thanks.

My Charvel was just the 2 NBs, with the Schaller Megaswitch. It was a brilliant set up, but for some reason I decided that I needed a change, and wired them with a tele 3 way switch just as a neck, both, bridge set up, but with a coil split toggle switch. And that sounded rubbish!

After that I put a Trilogy suite in the Charvel, and I don't like it anywhere as much as the NBs!

Gonna have to put it back how if was...
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: XxpapertigerxX on February 06, 2011, 05:14:53 PM: Do you know if the Schaller Megaswitch works with an S-1 Switching setup?
Title: Re: Coil Splitting Nailbomb
Post by: tremulant on February 12, 2011, 03:42:20 PM: I recently built a Warmoth guitar with a Nailbomb in the bridge, a Duncan Antiquity Surf 2 in the middle position and a Lollar P90 in the neck. I had no intention of ever splitting the Nailbomb, but I set up my switching for it anyway.

I am so blown away with this PUP overall, but specifically to your question, I think it sounds better than the Antiquity. I have never heard a HB split this nicely.