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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: fltlll on September 02, 2011, 06:37:17 PM

Title: Humbucker that sounds like a single-coil?
Post by: fltlll on September 02, 2011, 06:37:17 PM

Does such a beast exist? And does it come in zebra? :D

Title: Re: Humbucker that sounds like a single-coil?
Post by: Sancho on September 02, 2011, 06:42:55 PM

Dimarzio's Humbucker From Hell, if I'm not mistaken.

Title: Re: Humbucker that sounds like a single-coil?
Post by: Transcend on September 02, 2011, 06:44:40 PM

Or a humbucker sized p90

also im sure that tim could also fit one of the existing singles into a humbucker casing if you ask nicely

Title: Re: Humbucker that sounds like a single-coil?
Post by: Philly Q on September 02, 2011, 07:00:06 PM

D'you want one which sounds exactly like a single-coil, or a humbucker with some single-coil-like characteristics?

I believe a humbucker with the two coils wound quite differently from each other gives a more "open", dynamic, and therefore somewhat single-coil-like quality.  VHII for example.  Or a DiMarzio Fred, as compared with a PAF Pro.

Title: Re: Humbucker that sounds like a single-coil?
Post by: Telerocker on September 02, 2011, 07:25:53 PM

A humbucker with singlecoil-qualities is as Philly says, the VHII. It's a great rocker, open, articulate and dynamic. Can scream, but when you roll back the vol.knob is has a sort of singlecoil-presence to the sound. I like that very much. If you want a P90-vibe in hb-format, BKP produces three versions.