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Post subject: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:34 pm
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Will they sound similar to a humbucker? P90? mini humbucker?
Am I gonna be able to get a Brian May tone out of a strat with pickups wired in series (bridge-middle and middle-bridge)?
Clapton woman tone?
Is it worth it modding a strat this way?
This is really gonna help me decide whether I should buy a strat or not, as my next guitar purchase.
BTW I've never found any good video on youtube showing how a strat sounds with pickups in series.
I need all information I could get on wiring strat pickups in series (show me videos if you can :mrgreen: )
Thanks in advance :D


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Post subject: Re: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:01 pm
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Why not just buy one of those Brian May Red Special guitars with the tri-sonic series pups? I think they are made by Burns and they run about the price of a Mexi-Strat.

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Post subject: Re: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:49 pm
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They basically sound like "fat-quack". It'll be a little louder (and will likely overdrive a tube amp due to the increased gain) and have more midrange, but it doesn't really sound like a humbucker. Because of the separation of the coils, you don't get the focused attack of a true neck or bridge humbucker gives you. I find this especially true of the bridge and middle pickups in series. Having said that, I do find that that position to be more useful that the middle + neck in series.


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Post subject: Re: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:01 pm
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I've found that it darkens the tone as well.

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They basically sound like "fat-quack". It'll be a little louder (and will likely overdrive a tube amp due to the increased gain) and have more midrange, but it doesn't really sound like a humbucker. Because of the separation of the coils, you don't get the focused attack of a true neck or bridge humbucker gives you. I find this especially true of the bridge and middle pickups in series. Having said that, I do find that that position to be more useful that the middle + neck in series.


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Post subject: Re: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:55 pm
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it sounds like this (3:25):


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Post subject: Re: What do Strat pickups wired in SERIES sound like?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:12 am
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Quite right.
Output is hotter but darker.
Quack is reduced.

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