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deg0ey

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3 Coils?
« on: July 17, 2006, 10:49:44 PM »
I was just thinking (dangerous game that :) ) and was trying to work out what a pickup with three coils would sound like...Obviously it wouldn't be hum cancelling, but would it sound more like a single coil or a humbucker do people think?

Just an interesting topic for discussion - I hope it's in the right forum, as it is about pickups, although not BKP's (unless Tim wants the challenge of building one :lol: )
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dave_mc

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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2006, 10:53:34 PM »
i can tell you what a 4-coil pickup sounds like if you want...

no idea about 3...

PhilKing

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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2006, 11:25:34 PM »
Hamer used to have one in the Phantom Custom model.  SD made the pickup and it was a triple coil motherbucker! This is the ad for it:

http://www.hamerguitars.com/img/vintage/ads/ad25_lg.jpg
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2006, 03:27:24 AM »
Ibanez used a DM made triple coil on some of their USA Customs in the early 90s.
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deg0ey

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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2006, 07:54:10 AM »
Cool - maybe I'll buy one for novelty purposes and see if Tim wants to rewind it for me :P
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