This 80s Aria Pickup layout is _________. Can you make a weirder split coil layout?

[OldShark]

The back coil could be a hum-canceller?

Or transducers like on a Zon Hyperbass to get the "body's tone"?

 

[PotsdamBass8]

I think the Reverend Wattplower fits here.

 

[tim gueguen]

Atlansia says, "Hold my beer..."
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Atlansia is the brand of Nobuo Hayashi, aka H. Noble, who designed the classic late '70s and early '80s Aria Pro II instruments like the SB1000.

 

[micguy]

The back coil could be a hum-canceller?

That's part of what it does. It also attenuates the bridge pickup (while allowing the neck to put out more) so you get a perfect (not frequency dependent) blend that's "neck biased".