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Fodera Club Part III
- Thread starter Bryan R. Tyler
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last shot with exposed pole pieces and more of the sap.
I like the exposed coils much better! Very nice!!!
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- Endorsing Artist : Fodera Guitars , Harvest fine leather bags & straps
But, can't you make the dual coils into single coils.....
No..You can split dual coils so only one coil is on but they never sound like true single coils...
Not even close, hence, why very few have them set to single coil mode while playing, IMO
I also wonder, how close is it between true single coil and SC mode in dual coils???
Can any fellows share your experiences??
Thanks.
Dual coils are very rarely set to single coil mode since they don't sound like true single coils, cool? Just sold my Fodera, I'm out of the club, later rich dudes
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- Designer Fodera Guitars/Michael Pope Design, Inc., Trickfish Amplification
Single coil mode sounds great on the duals. It's not the same as having singles in there, but it still has a lot of the characteristics of singles in that there's lots of air in them. And I do NOT like the phasey/comb filtery crunch lateral humbuckers give when the pan pot is centered. I almost never run humbucking unless I'm doing something in particular like all neck for a P bass thing or favored bridge for blowing.
Personally I really like the dummy coil PU's. Where the second coil's magnets aren't magnetized. When you kill that coil you're left with a much more nearly single coil sound than with the straight dual coils. Humbucking sounds MUCH more like single coil because of the narrower magnetic aperature.
There are down sides, though, in that you don't get the beef you get from a humbucker when you really need it. All in all, I think the standard dual coils do the job the best. I run mine in series which is way fatter and warmer than parallel.
Personally I really like the dummy coil PU's. Where the second coil's magnets aren't magnetized. When you kill that coil you're left with a much more nearly single coil sound than with the straight dual coils. Humbucking sounds MUCH more like single coil because of the narrower magnetic aperature.
There are down sides, though, in that you don't get the beef you get from a humbucker when you really need it. All in all, I think the standard dual coils do the job the best. I run mine in series which is way fatter and warmer than parallel.
Mike,
What is an example of the "dummy" coil pups you are talking about? I know Anthony Wellington runs his main Imperial 5'er most in single coil mode and it sounds incredible.
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What do you mean, an "example"? Like a sound clip? I don't have one, and I couldn't point you to one. I've tried LOTS and LOTS of different pups in my bass in a very wide variety of positions. Dummies have something going on for sure. But, like I said, they have a down side.
Sorry, I actually meant who makes pups with the dummy coil? For some reason, I cannot recall anyone that does it... or I am just not thinking clearly right now. Thanks.
Thanks! Concerning the Single Coil/Dual Coil question, I will soon upload a track, so you can judge if it sounds "right".
The sound changes every eight bars:
1. Single Coil bridge
2. Humbucker Bridge
3. Single Coil Neck
4. Humbucker Neck
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Humbucker bridge is awsome! IMO i would not use another configuration.. even if the change isn't too dramatic..- Status
