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Post subject: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:17 pm
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i have a american deluxe and want a humbucker in the bridge what would go good with my scn3 in neck and middle ?


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:34 pm
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Are they SCN's or N3's?

If they are SCN's, then The Dimarzio FastTrack2 matches quite well.

As for N3's, I don't know.

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:12 pm
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N3's ,whats the difference between the scn and the n3's ? and with the s1 switch down it will, if you wire it the same , be in series with bridge and middle, and the other configurations will it sound bad ? I wonder if its the same as an American deluxe hss just a rail humbucker?


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:30 pm
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majjackdog wrote:
N3's ,whats the difference between the scn and the n3's ?


The SCNs have 'glorified' ceramic magnets and the N3s have Alnico III magnets. Ceramic magnets tend to impart a brisker, "in your face" type tonality pickup whereas Alnico magnets tend to impart a "sweeter" tonality pickup. Alnico III magnets are what Leo Fender used in the bulk of his earliest pickups. In a "nutshell", we're talking 'snappy' vs. 'vintagey'.

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:37 pm
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thanks martian i appreciate your knowledge, do you think a rail humbucker will work in what i want !


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:54 pm
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majjackdog wrote:
thanks martian i appreciate your knowledge, do you think a rail humbucker will work in what i want !


You're quite welcome.

Not necessarily. An outright RAILs type humbucker tends to be VERY high powered and an inevitable midrange belcher (as midrange is where the 'balls' of any pickup comes from). Inevitably too, rails pickups will have ceramic blade magnets. Or to put it another way, if you don't mind outright losing any semblance of a Strat sounding pickup in your bridge, than fine. But if you want that bridge slot pickup to retain some kind of Strat identity, I'd look to something with polepieces. Check out DiMarzio's Virtual Vintage/Area line. Note too that their polepiece magnets are Alnico.

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:59 pm
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yea i dont mind if it loses it in the bridge, but will it also when mated with the middle or all three in the third position with the s1 down?


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:53 am
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majjackdog wrote:
yea i dont mind if it loses it in the bridge, but will it also when mated with the middle or all three in the third position with the s1 down?


Well, look at it this way: If you intend on putting a dominating pickup in the bridge position, that pickup teamed with any of the others will by necessity, continue to dominate.

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:51 pm
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what does the "specials capacitor" do and will that have an affect on it ?


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:05 pm
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I suggest a Bill Lawrence L-45S for your bridge position pickup.

http://wildepickups.com/Wilde_Bill_s_Twin_Blades.html

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:04 am
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I put a hotrails in my neck and a Model 29 in my bridge, and kept the original tex-
mex for the middle pup, and the sound is really fantastic !!! Coolrail or hotrail would
be a good choice for a stacked pup depending on which sound you want.

Good Luck !!!!!!!!


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:13 am
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ctguy1955 wrote:
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I put a hotrails in my neck and a Model 29 in my bridge, and kept the original tex-
mex for the middle pup, and the sound is really fantastic !!! Coolrail or hotrail would
be a good choice for a stacked pup depending on which sound you want.

Good Luck !!!!!!!!


FWIW: In actually, your Hotrails is not a stacked pickup. Rather and as the blades attest to, the coils are side by side.

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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:38 am
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ahhh, I thought when it took up only one spot, like my neck one, that it was stacked.

My bad....thanks


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Post subject: Re: stacked humbucker
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:43 am
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ctguy1955 wrote:
ahhh, I thought when it took up only one spot, like my neck one, that it was stacked.

My bad....thanks


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