Musicman Stingray hidden pickup?

[JazzMarius]

Hey guys, did u see this:

seems that MM Stingrays with HS configuration have an extra sigle coil pickup under de pickguard to humcancel the exposed S coil.

Can u guys confirm that??

 

[okiethunder]

The single coil is probably just stacked to cancel hum. I doubt there is anything hidden under the pickguard.

 

[Let It Fall]

The single coil is probably just stacked to cancel hum. I doubt there is anything hidden under the pickguard.

no, the single coil in the middle is the hidden one. And this is normal and old.

 

[yellofury]

the middle pickup is a dummy coil pickup
to cancel hum from the single coil pickup

basically the guy rewired the bass so it imitates the HH Stingray
Personally if you want 2 humbuckers it would be easier to just get a HH Stingray
kinda defeats the purpose the a HS model by modding into a HH
IMHO

 

[okiethunder]

no, the single coil in the middle is the hidden one. And this is normal and old.

My bad. I know Musicman stacks a coil on some humbuckers. Just assumed they did the same for single coils.

 

[bdgotoh]

The guy didn't need to rewire it, they are all wired that way from the factory. He just bought a custom pickguard that allowed him to bring the pickup up by the strings so he could hear it.

Stingray HS - humcancelling third coil hidden under the pickguard.
Sterling HS - humcancelling coil is under the neck single coil (it's a stacked humbucker)
Bongo HS - humcancelling coil is a small round coil in the control cavity

 

[48thStreetCustom]

Back about 1992 a buddy of mine bought a PRS bass that had a pickup mounted in the back. I think it was the same idea. Just used for hum canceling.

 

[A-Step-Towards]

i thought it was called a phantom coil

 

[mmbassplayer]

Brandt from theperfectbass.com discusses this perfectly in a podcast they did.

http://www.youtube.com/user/theperfectbass#p/a/u/0/w8lZXo50DKM

 

[Tommygunn]

i thought it was called a phantom coil

Dummy coil = phantom coil


Entwistle is famous for having a dummy coil in his explorer basses

The one in the middle

 

[61pandrea]

 

[61pandrea]

I confirm! I have a 1997 5-String MM Pickup. The Phantom Coli is stacked under the two windings of the pickup

 

[61pandrea]

I did not find anyone explaining how to combine a 3 coils pickup to an original Ernie Ball 3 blade switch without using the original preamp. However, this is possible and I have developed an insertion scheme. I do not know if I will get results I still have to try directly with a John East 3 Band preamp. If it works I will divulge it, otherwise I would like to avoid fooling. But if you like to make some experiments, I'll gladly take it for you.

 

[LSancho]

the middle pickup is a dummy coil pickup
to cancel hum from the single coil pickup

basically the guy rewired the bass so it imitates the HH Stingray
Personally if you want 2 humbuckers it would be easier to just get a HH Stingray
kinda defeats the purpose the a HS model by modding into a HH
IMHO

Get fact straight before talking "oh I am such an expert" bullcrap. I have an HS here and it comes like that from the factory. No rewiring, no nothing.