Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: CaffeineJunkie on July 19, 2006, 01:35:01 PM
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hi,
just been thinking about how to get a true single coil tone out of a humbucker fitted guitar without re-routing anything....
would it be possible to mount two singlecoils next to each other and have them 'buck' - but still change to singlecoils when i flick a switch?????
Cheers
CJ
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would it be possible to mount two singlecoils next to each other and have them 'buck' - but still change to singlecoils when i flick a switch?????
It is possible but as far as I understand it will change the sound of the single coils (in sc mode) as one sc will sense the magnet of the other sc being so close. This is not necessarily bad , just different and maybe a little unpredictable.
Please, anyone correct me if that is not the case :)
You could always get a Missisipi Queen which is basically a single coil in a Humbucker cover.
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yeh but i already got a MQ and am lookin for somethin different
wouldnt having the other magnet so close create a shedload of feedback all the time?
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feedback??
hmm ?? I don't think so...
...after all a humbucker has two magnets close to each other and that's no problem.
Or have a look at the Steve Morse guitar:
http://www.musik-schmidt.de/osc-schmidt/catalog/images/MUSIC-MAN_Steve-Morse-Blueburst_1.jpg
He doesn't seem to have a problem...
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i thought a HB had one big magnet at the bottom, which is why it sounded different to SCs when split???
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:oops:
ahem yeah you're right, the humbucker has only one magnet :oops: :oops: :oops:
But still Steve Morse doesn't seem to have a problem :D :oops:
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i take it you are referring to the 2 middle pups??? if so then they are about an inch apart, whereas i was thinking of 2 singles in a HB slot....
just a thought :P
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i think Tim has done a pickup like this, the Knuckleduster, which i believe is exclusively for Nathan Sheppard guitars. also Swineshead do a humbucker which is two actual single coil pickups together, although i've no idea what it sounds like.
maybe Tim would do something like this, i'd be interested.
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i think Tim has done a pickup like this, the Knuckleduster, which i believe is exclusively for Nathan Sheppard guitars. also Swineshead do a humbucker which is two actual single coil pickups together, although i've no idea what it sounds like.
maybe Tim would do something like this, i'd be interested.
kool name .. ne idea what it sounds like??
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the back sc is really close to the HB, that's what I was refereing to. More or less as close as your two sc would be.
I don't know if the effect is the same, though.
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aaah yes, my bad
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Just went to the Nathan Sheppard site.
Wow!!
Nice guitars and the one with the knuckleduster looks sweet :)
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you could always do the Vai approach...
put a SC in there and a dummy coil next to it.
he does that with his sustainer equipped guitars
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you could always do the Vai approach...
put a SC in there and a dummy coil next to it.
he does that with his sustainer equipped guitars
spose, but that don't sound as kool as having a 'Bare Knuckle Knuckleduster'
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you could always do the Vai approach...
put a SC in there and a dummy coil next to it.
he does that with his sustainer equipped guitars
spose, but that don't sound as kool as having a 'Bare Knuckle Knuckleduster'
very true
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i think Tim has done a pickup like this, the Knuckleduster, which i believe is exclusively for Nathan Sheppard guitars. also Swineshead do a humbucker which is two actual single coil pickups together, although i've no idea what it sounds like.
maybe Tim would do something like this, i'd be interested.
kool name .. ne idea what it sounds like??
i read a review of the guitar and pickup in a magazine a while back, i think it's basically two telecaster bridge pickups, although i can't find it now and i could be wrong! 8)
so split, a wiry tele, combined, probably a big snarly snappy thing! hopefully Tim himself can set us straight?
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i think Tim has done a pickup like this, the Knuckleduster, which i believe is exclusively for Nathan Sheppard guitars. also Swineshead do a humbucker which is two actual single coil pickups together, although i've no idea what it sounds like.
maybe Tim would do something like this, i'd be interested.
kool name .. ne idea what it sounds like??
i read a review of the guitar and pickup in a magazine a while back, i think it's basically two telecaster bridge pickups, although i can't find it now and i could be wrong! 8)
so split, a wiry tele, combined, probably a big snarly snappy thing! hopefully Tim himself can set us straight?
WOW that sounds perfect ... am after a indie/tele sound (until i have enough money to buy a real one [or maybe a feline :D])
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FWIW I've spent many moons chasing after the most versatile guitar I could find. I was NEVER statisfied, I finally gave up and have a tele for the classic single coil sound, Carvin for the metal, and my Les Paul for everything. I've seen and heard a lot of weird stuff in guitars to make them more "versatile" and 99% the sound like shite. My advice to you would be just have different guitars for different sounds, makes so much more sense and is much less of a headache.
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FWIW I've spent many moons chasing after the most versatile guitar I could find. I was NEVER statisfied, I finally gave up and have a tele for the classic single coil sound, Carvin for the metal, and my Les Paul for everything. I've seen and heard a lot of weird stuff in guitars to make them more "versatile" and 99% the sound like shitee. My advice to you would be just have different guitars for different sounds, makes so much more sense and is much less of a headache.
great
i'm broke
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You could probably buy a second guitar used on eBay for what it'd cost Tim to do a custom pickup like that for you ;)
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Yup - I bought my strat (soon to get the BK's delivered yesterday) for £150 on ebay, and it's in near perfect condition. It's a mexi standard, but it's also £140 cheaper than new - that means an apache loaded strat for £25 more than a regular one...or (as I opted for) an HSS set for £50 more than standard. Either way a good deal :)
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Aren't the pickups in a PRS 513 essentially all single-coils, or am I a liar?
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Aren't the pickups in a PRS 513 essentially all single-coils, or am I a liar?
yeh, if you have a spare £4000 lying around
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I just meant as an indication what you're planning to do is well feasible,and could sound pretty cool.
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I just meant as an indication what you're planning to do is well feasible,and could sound pretty cool.
cheers, (finally somebody who thinks along the lines of my parents - in that i apparently don't need more than 2 guitars)
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i apparently don't need more than 2 guitars
My parents said the same thing - their argument was "Why do you need so many guitars, you can't play them all at once". I immediately replied "Well, why do you need so many DVD's, you can't watch them all at once" and now I have 4 guitars :)
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i apparently don't need more than 2 guitars
My parents said the same thing - their argument was "Why do you need so many guitars, you can't play them all at once". I immediately replied "Well, why do you need so many DVD's, you can't watch them all at once" and now I have 4 guitars :)
lol, i came back with why they need so many cars, and they responded with
"each one has it's different uses"
i rested my case
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Mmhmm, that's where I rested my case there too :P
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if anyone wants to hear what the knuckleduster sounds like there's a review of a nathan sheppard guitar in this month's guitarist, complete with track on the cd! sounds good!
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Two singles in series can sound nice indeed. Here's my Strat with an Apache and an Irish Tour. Different wire, different magnets, different coils - but they are great together. :)
Pic (http://odie.elte.hu/antalpeter/forum/strat_uj.jpg)