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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: JoshuaLogan on February 04, 2007, 03:14:37 PM

Title: Can Tim make "stacked" humbuckers? (fitting in sin
Post by: JoshuaLogan on February 04, 2007, 03:14:37 PM

I was just wondering if Tim can make "stacked" humbuckers for fitting in single coil routing slots... I was thinking about getting a Jackson SL1 because I have a good deal on one, but I would really prefer a humbucker in the neck because I like a really warm, thick, round lead tone... I've never seen anything about stacked humbuckers on here, so I was just wondering. if anybody knows anything, let me know...

Thanks,
Josh

Title: Can Tim make "stacked" humbuckers? (fitting in sin
Post by: chrisola on February 04, 2007, 04:16:14 PM

i dont think BKP offer stacked humbuckers...

i have a Sinner (single coil) in the neck of my nailbombed super strat, its powerful!!

You can order 'Uber Sinners' aswell, basically super high output single coils 8)

Title: Can Tim make "stacked" humbuckers? (fitting in sin
Post by: Tim on February 04, 2007, 08:16:06 PM

We don't make stacked or hum cancelling single coils albeit Strat, Tele or P90 for the simple reason that I personally believe there's too much of a compromise in the tone.
Once a single coil hum cancels it sounds nothing like a single coil anymore and nothing like a humbucker either as the coil size and design is so different.The result is a compromise tone which sounds flat and under powered.
Put a Trilogy Suite or Sinner up in the neck and hold onto your horses-real single coil performance and masses of power.

Title: Can Tim make "stacked" humbuckers? (fitting in sin
Post by: hermz on February 05, 2007, 05:11:44 AM

I had planned on asking this question myself. I actually like what stacked 'buckers like the SD Hot Rails can do. They seem to offer a more powerful and much fatter lead tone than any single coil I've used. Now I'm curious about this "Uber Sinner."

Title: Can Tim make "stacked" humbuckers? (fitting in sin
Post by: Philly Q on February 05, 2007, 11:53:42 AM

Quote from: hermz

I had planned on asking this question myself. I actually like what stacked 'buckers like the SD Hot Rails can do. They seem to offer a more powerful and much fatter lead tone than any single coil I've used.

To be pedantic, the Hot Rails isn't a stacked humbucker - the coils are side-by-side, so it's really a reduced-size, high-output conventional humbucker.  Which is why it sounds as it does.

Personally I like some stacked pickups like Kinmans and DM's Virtual Vintage series, but then I'm more of a humbucker guy than a purist single-coil guy.  They probably don't exactly replicate a true single-coil tone to more discerning ears than mine, but they're close enough for me.  

Please don't flame me, single-coil fans.  I know I'm "wrong", but I'll live with it.