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metale

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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2014, 10:18:52 PM »
You will end up with a calibrated Abraxas set with splitable neck. Let's just hope you don't spend alot until you get there.
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darkbluemurder

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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2014, 08:48:31 AM »
What I would really like would be an HB as close to an SC as possible, and so far the only one that I tried that really convinced me was Seymour Duncan Jazz although my preference goes by far to Bare Knuckles so I'm really inclined to go for the Riff Raff on the Neck and Abraxas on the bridge and than I'll pray that as stated the volume won't mismatch much and the in-between position will eventually sound good which is a lucky shot really.

The Riff Raff neck is as loud as the Abraxas neck so I would not expect a mismatch in volume to the Abraxas bridge. No idea as how the in-between position will sound as I have not tried the AB bridge with the RR neck in the same guitar.

I will probably buy the version with 4 conductors because it will add more versatility although by experience I know that I probably will never use it... .  :embarrassed:

4 conductor wiring is always recommendable. It's much easier to solder the green/white together and tape them off than to put a 4 conductor on a pickup that does not have one.

Cheers Stephan

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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2014, 10:03:36 AM »
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Actually the OP wants a stratocaster. 

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Well, not really but something close (on the neck) would do just fine, however taking advantage of a no hum HB would make some sense for a change.

I have nothing against HB on the neck of my guitars the problem is how difficult it is to get rid of the Low End and also the excess of midds that tends to make the sound muddy.

I'm studying all the sugestions you guys made, ty very much for the kind help!

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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2014, 10:41:43 AM »
Abraxas/RiffRaff-neck looks like you're after. You can order now..  :grin:
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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2014, 10:48:44 AM »
That's what I will probably do, ty!  :laugh:

darkbluemurder

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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2014, 12:20:18 PM »
I have nothing against HB on the neck of my guitars the problem is how difficult it is to get rid of the Low End and also the excess of midds that tends to make the sound muddy.

Indeed - that is a problem with all the full sized neck humbuckers. The issue is that due to both coils sensing the string movement there are certain frequencies where one coil sees a mountain of the wave and the other sees a valley. The overall result is that these frequencies are cancelled. This is most noticeable on the low strings - on the high strings the cancellations are beyond human hearing (especially on the 1st string) or at least what the guitar speaker passes. Minihumbuckers avoid this to a certain extent because the coils are closer together which means that the frequencies which get cancelled out are shifted in higher regions so that they are not that noticeable compared to the full sized humbuckers. Firebird pickups help even more since they are brighter due to their construction but both minis and firebirds are a bit lower in output. 

I have one guitar set up with a Cold Sweat bridge and a Lollar Firebird in the neck. It feels similar to a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge and a single coil in the neck.

Cheers Stephan


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Re: Reverend Sensei w/ The Mule and Abraxas maybe?
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2014, 12:24:10 PM »
The explanation was great Stephan it teatched me a lot, ty very much.