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Stacked humbucker

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1/19/2006 11:01 AM
tbone	Stacked humbucker I have just atemted my first stacked humbucker to fit in a single coil guitar and noticed a big drop in output compared to my single coils. I used 43 gauge wire six a5 poles and each coil measures about 4.5k   I think that i am missing something pretty basic can someone please help.

 

1/19/2006 12:02 PM
Fred Hammon	Let me ask a dumb question here.   Are your two coils wired in series or parallel?

 

1/19/2006 1:52 PM
Gibson Guy	Hi Fred, you beat me to the punch. Also how did you stack the 2 coils and how are the magnets in relation to polarity with each other?....     GG

 

1/19/2006 9:52 PM
Roscoe	I've never wound any stacked humbuckers that had the output and dynamics of a single coil, mainly dynamics.

 

1/20/2006 2:26 AM
tbone	The pickup is wired in series and the bobin is set up just like a standard single coil but with another piece of flatwork in between the top and bottom createing two bobbins, the six a5 pole pieces are magnatised n/s through the bobbin like a vintage single coil

 

1/20/2006 2:36 AM
tbone	Sorry forgot this part, I am not acually trying to get a single coil sound out of this pickup. I like the sound of certain stacked humbuckers but am spoiled by the sound quality of hand wound pickups. I am trying to achive a pickup with the warmth of a paf and the clarity of a single coil. This will be a very diffrent sounding pickup than either but it is comming very close

 

1/20/2006 4:13 AM
Gibson Guy	Just play around with different winds. I know its a pain ripping all the wire off and trying it again. maybe try winding one coil try it for tone then when you like it, do the second one till you like them together, only needing to rewind 1.?? Just ideas, I dont make them so im at a loss other than trying different winds.

 

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