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Old May 23rd, 2008, 10:26 AM   #12 (permalink)
Coffeemutt
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Originally Posted by tjalla View Post
Here's a quick fix - remove the polepiece screws from the humbucker. It reduces the effectiveness of that coil, kinda gives a half-single-coil tone. Worked well for a few of the muddier buckers I'd used. Takes all of 5mins, you barely have to loosen your strings, and if you don't like it put em straight back as they were.

my .02
I read where Seymour Duncan said he used to do this on some homebuckers, but would replace the pole pieces with brass ones (presumably for looks).
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