View Poll Results: What kind of "Humbucker"?

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  • Dual Coil (ie '59, JB etc)

    67 76.14%
  • Humbucker sized single coil (ie Phat Cat)

    14 15.91%
  • Neck/Middle position

    40 45.45%
  • Bridge position

    27 30.68%
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Thread: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by majewsky View Post
    And why can't it be do in neck-bridge set?
    Because you're getting a Custom Shop Pickup for a seriously discounted rate.
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Yes, great idea, a humbucker pickup that is intended to be used either as a neck pu in a 24-fretted guitar with a high-output bridge OR as a medium output bridge with a medium-to-low output neck.

    However I do fear that if we were to make a jack-of-all-trades then it wouldn't really excel in any one role...
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    I prefer cheaper guitars, nothing is as cool as a cheap guitar that sounds awesome.
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    Not all guitars are created equal, so make sure it sings and if it does, you'd be silly to pass it up.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    They're not mutually exclusive.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by KeeperOS View Post
    Yes, great idea, a humbucker pickup that is intended to be used either as a neck pu in a 24-fretted guitar with a high-output bridge OR as a medium output bridge with a medium-to-low output neck.

    However I do fear that if we were to make a jack-of-all-trades then it wouldn't really excel in any one role...
    I dunno, I've got a PG bridge in the neck slot of my CU24 and it's pretty tasty.
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Of course both can work, but EQ-ing a pickup that's intended for both slots is trickier and needs a more middle-of-the-road approach due to the different harmonics and the inherent difference in frequency balance.

    That said, I am not the expert MJ and Seymour are so if they think they can make it work then I only say, where do I pay?
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    I originally said I wanted a vintage sounding P90 in humbucker size, but what I really want is something in the neck that's chimey w/spank on clean & nasty raunchy (but able to remain defined) with distortion. If that can be done w/2-coils (as someone mentioned w/a Filtertron-like p'up?) then I'd be all over that! Hum-free would just be a bonus.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Actually, using two set of screws, you can make a neck p'up with serious coil mismatch, so the stronger coil could be used toward the neck to palliate the 24-fretter effect or toward the bridge in a 22-fretter. And you can try both positions by yourself without the need of solder/desolder and even fine-tune the mismatch raising and/or lowering the screws!

    This could certainly work wonders, if you ask me.
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Yes, double screw please.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by King IzzO))) View Post
    Yes, double screw please.
    I KNEW you'll be all over a double screw design...
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    A double screw neck 'bucker sounds good to me, and has many possibilities. I am thinking a Burstbucker style pickup might be nice. One coil about 6K, the other about 3K? And some sort of less common magnet. A3 or A4, for instance. Having it available in black/parchment zebra (not black/cream) would be great as well! Open trim rings, like so?

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by GilmourD View Post
    I was thinking '78 companion in the neck. Bright but full with lots of clarity.
    I think this might be a request similar to a non-boomy neck pickup.

    I didn't own a 78 neck model, though.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    I think a 14k to 16k screamin demon with either double screws, blades, or axis poles and an A2 or A4 mag would really cool.
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    I wanted a tele single coil but now that we are going to the Humbucker I voted for the dual coil . Lets see how we can go from there
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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr 9finger View Post
    I think a 14k to 16k screamin demon with either double screws, blades, or axis poles and an A2 or A4 mag would really cool.
    I would be all over this!

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Are there enough people wanting this to even get the discount?

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Depends completely on what we choose to do, another phat staple or something like that doesn't interest me much.

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Still hoping for some kind of hb blade pup, maybe with a less common magnet like a8, a4, or a3...

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Quote Originally Posted by condor View Post
    Still hoping for some kind of hb blade pup, maybe with a less common magnet like a8, a4, or a3...
    wouldn't it be easier to take one of the existing blade pickups
    already offered and mod them like people here likes to do?

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    Not if the blade is the magnet.

    Or (alternatively, or combined) if you don't want it wound to be hot.

    Neck blade pup with a4 at about 8K, maybe? *shrugs*

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    Default Re: User Group Pickup Specs Poll #2

    how does this work? you get enough people interested and they do a custom run of our choosing at a discount?

    how many people/orders does it take?

    what's the pricebreak?

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