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Ringo · July 6th, 2009, 11:35 PM

Are you talking about what is refered to as the out of phase tones when using the neck / middle or middle / bridge pickups on a Strat, also called quack?
If so that is just the sound that the pickups make when used together due to the location of the pickups, they aren't really "out of phase", if you have 2 single coils truly out of phase it is a very thin nasal tone.

There are some pedals out there that are basically the same thing as the old Gibson Varitone, those can get a pretty cool tone that is similar but not the same.

July 6th, 2009, 11:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ringo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 2,080	out of phase = quack? Are you talking about what is refered to as the out of phase tones when using the neck / middle or middle / bridge pickups on a Strat, also called quack? If so that is just the sound that the pickups make when used together due to the location of the pickups, they aren't really "out of phase", if you have 2 single coils truly out of phase it is a very thin nasal tone. There are some pedals out there that are basically the same thing as the old Gibson Varitone, those can get a pretty cool tone that is similar but not the same.