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Old October 12th, 2008, 08:51 PM   #5 (permalink)
Chris Leger
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Hampshire
Age: 44
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Guys,

I have my guitar wired as follows with a 5-way (so you can get series/parallel HB)

1. Neck HB
2. Neck split in series w/bridge
3. Neck HB parallel w/bridge
4. Neck split parallel w/bridge
5. Bridge

...so don't give up on the notion of series/parallel option, whether full or split. A humbucker run by itself with coils in parallel is not so interesting to me, nor are out-of-phase options, but anyhow, there's a lot we can do.

Re: running half a humbucker by itself, no, it no substitute for a regular single coil, but it does have its uses - funk rhythms spring to mind.

Your first set of options above can be done with a 2-wire humbucker and a regular 3-way switch (???) That's standard Tele wiring.

Second one is easily done with a 4-wire humbucker.

Think about it some more and get back to me.
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