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Originally Posted by funkingroovin  uhh..thanks. How 'bout w/o the heiroglyphics  |
I think the pictures give a pretty good visual representation of what series and parallel wiring mean.
Perhaps I should elaborate more on phase though.
In layman's terms:
When you wire two pickups/coils out of phase, that means the + lead on one pickup is connected to the - lead on the other, as opposed to the + lead.
When two pickups are in phase, that means the positive cycle of one pickup corresponds to the positive cycle of the other pickup.
When you put two pickups out of phase, one pickup's positive cycle will correspond to the other pickup's negative cycle.
That means there will be a waveform on a positive cycle and a waveform on a negative cycle being combined at the output.
When two waveforms are opposite in polarity, then begin to cancel each other out.
When you wire pickups out of phase, you get a very thin/nasal sound as a result of a broad range of frequencies being cancelled out.
I would like someone to explain,in village idiot terms, Series, Parallel, and In/Out phase. 
