Author Topic: Is it worth having .... (Read 2170 times)

Cornholio_238 · « **on:** March 24, 2008, 11:12:33 PM »

a nailbomb (neck) irish tour (single) Ceramic Warpig Or Miracle Men (bridge) in a 5 switch circuit or is it best just have them will there full might

Jonny · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2008, 12:50:35 AM »

What?

I understand the whole Nailbomb, IT, C WP/MM but the end.. ... ..eh?

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2008, 01:38:22 AM »

Is that one switch per coil?
Perhaps a rotary?
A blade?
A custom-wired 5 point blade?

Unless you specify, as said previously, I don't see how you can be helped.

Antag · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2008, 07:45:27 AM »

I took it to mean "not have a pickup selector" (i.e. all 3 permenantly on), in which case my answer is "No, it will sound like sh!t"

Unless he means "coil splitting on positions 2 & 4 of a 5-way switch", in which case my answer is "It's a matter of personal choice, I'd only use those two positions rarely for clean sounds so it wouldn't make any difference to the guitar's main sounds"

Cornholio_238 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2008, 07:46:29 PM »

yeah was on about the coil splitting but wanted to know if they would lose any of the pickups true sound

Antag · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2008, 08:25:45 PM »

I guess you're trying to decide between:

#1: Bridge hum
#2: Bridge hum + middle single in parallel
#3: Middle single
#4: Neck hum + middle single in parallel
#5: Neck hum

or:

#1: Bridge hum
#2: Bridge split + middle single in parallel (hum cancelling)
#3: Middle single
#4: Neck split + middle single in parallel (hum cancelling)
#5: Neck hum

Well a coil split humbucker will sound a LOT different to the full humbucker (otherwise what would be the point of it? :)), but having the splitting option won't detract from the sound when you don't use it (in other words, pos #1 & 5 will sound the same whichever option you choose).

Cornholio_238 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2008, 08:27:38 PM »

that be the one which is better am going to guess it goes down to personal choice

Antag · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2008, 08:47:32 PM »

Quote from: Cornholio_238

that be the one which is better am going to guess it goes down to personal choice

Yeah, not much in it for me - positions 2 & 4 are just a bit of extra variety for clean sounds but neither is particularly useful under high gain.

I'd probably have splitting of the neck for pos 4 but not for the bridge in pos 2, but I don't feel strongly either way...

Cornholio_238 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2008, 11:03:31 PM »

kool ta for the helping i think ill prob just end up with having then in a 3 way