- Jun 30, 2010
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I've had this idea kicking around in my head for over a year now. I didn't want 3 splittable humbuckers, I wanted coils that could stand on their own individually and I wanted them all.over.the.place.
Part of the challenge is to make it not overly complicated to select which coils to activate. Originally I was thinking pairing them and using a 3-way switch to select either coil or join them in either series or parallel or maybe a 4-way blade so I didn't have to omit one of the four options. But then I'd have to merge the 3 resultant signals and that seemed a headache:
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I think I've decided though... I will wire the pickups like a Strat but doubled. I'll use 2 x 5 way switches with either one operating like a humcancelling Strat and then use a 500k M/N blend pot to merge the signals as (very roughly) diagrammed here:
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This may not allow for every possible coil config but it will cover quite a few! The diagram below shows how each 5 way would work and then just consider with the Blend, to combine into many combinations. By using a blend and not a 3 way switch, I should also be able to balance them so that if if one side is notable louder I could tweak it easily...
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Yeah I'm not the best technical diagrammer...
Hopefully that will be all the bad art I will be subjecting you to. I am just waiting for word on the bass that will be sacrificed for this endeavor...
cool!
It's about time! (As you know, I have no right to comment on timeframes)
