Author Topic: Tim, is this do-able? (Read 3172 times)

Davey · « **on:** September 15, 2006, 09:23:47 PM »

two single coils in a humbucker look.

basicaly take the bobbins and baseplate of a humbucker and turn them into true single coils. and i mean with the slug magnets (one vintage staggered and one flat for kicks =P ) not with a magnet beneath the bobbins, like on normal humbuckers.

something like an irish tour and trilogy (or any other) in one housing. one RWRP, so you could wire them like in a 2 or 4 5 way switch position for hum canceling

what do you think? is it possible to make something like that?

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2006, 09:49:32 PM »

i was asking about something similar a while back, apparently Tim produces a pickup called a Knuckleduster specifically for Nathan Sheppard guitars.

I'll try and find a link

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2006, 09:52:49 PM »

here ya go...

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4650

Davey · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2006, 10:14:31 PM »

maybe..

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2006, 10:15:33 PM »

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

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

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2006, 10:16:06 PM »

the knuckleduster is essentially what you described, have a look on Nathan Sheppard guitars

Davey · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2006, 10:25:21 PM »

yea, but i'm not looking for the knuckleduster...

but, it means it is doable..

sooo.. how much for a trilogy & irish tour in one, me asks =)

Tim · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2006, 09:16:59 AM »

I have made this type of thing before but never been entirely happy with the tone-also the magnets, all 12 of them, play hell with the strings epsically if you've got them RWRP on one coil for humbucking effect.They're also a real pain to make as getting the Strat coils, whcih are smaller than humbucker coils in width, to sit right onto the baseplate is a nightmare.

genocidal tendencies · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2006, 09:28:11 AM »

Damn, I was hoping the next model of metal pickup would be called the knuckleduster :( Now I have to buy a nathan sheppard guitar too?

Davey · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2006, 10:15:28 AM »

Quote from: Tim

I have made this type of thing before but never been entirely happy with the tone-also the magnets, all 12 of them, play hell with the strings epsically if you've got them RWRP on one coil for humbucking effect.They're also a real pain to make as getting the Strat coils, whcih are smaller than humbucker coils in width, to sit right onto the baseplate is a nightmare.

what about winding them onto a humbucker bobbin?

like, i'd send you a humbucker and you just rewing it, one part to trilogy specs and the other to IT specs.

but yea.. thinking about it, the close proximity of the two coils and their respective magnets would create one massive, massive magnetic field and in such, fiddle with the other pickups magnetic field and its output and voicing too.
not to mention the immense pull on the strings.

ok.. LOL, what about just one? haha. a trilogy wired on one of the bobbins and a dummy coil next to it. that would work ok, no?

Author Topic: Tim, is this do-able? (Read 3172 times)

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