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PaddyBrumson · May 18th, 2010, 02:48 PM

Are there any regular sized humbuckers that come close to the sound of a mini? I'm looking for that brighter, more articulate sound of a thin humbucker that I associate with a mini.

tgfmike · May 18th, 2010, 04:09 PM

I'm sure this is a dumb question. I'm going to ask anyway - why not just get a mini?

PaddyBrumson · May 18th, 2010, 04:15 PM

Got a humbucker guitar already and was hoping to just replace the pups rather than get something new. I don't know of a pup ring that will cover the space and let you drop a mini in a full route. Is that an option?

Chrismo · May 18th, 2010, 04:48 PM

Do a push/pull pot and go from series to parallel. Parallel is noiseless, sounds thinner, and it's brighter than the stock humbucker.

fezz parka · May 18th, 2010, 04:58 PM

A big reason the mini hums sound the way they do is the size of the coils. But if a regular sized one is what you have, I'm with Chrismo. If it's a four wire 'bucker, wire it in parallel.

PaddyBrumson · May 18th, 2010, 06:55 PM

Hadn't thought of going series/parallel. I'll have to check out the buckers to see if they have 4 wires.

tgfmike · May 18th, 2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PaddyBrumson

Got a humbucker guitar already and was hoping to just replace the pups rather than get something new. I don't know of a pup ring that will cover the space and let you drop a mini in a full route. Is that an option?

I was thinking you had a tele and could just get a new pickguard.

And no, there doesn't appear to be a mini-to-full adapter ring.

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PaddyBrumson Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta Age: 63 Posts: 128	Mini tone from a regular humbucker Are there any regular sized humbuckers that come close to the sound of a mini? I'm looking for that brighter, more articulate sound of a thin humbucker that I associate with a mini.

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May 18th, 2010, 04:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
PaddyBrumson Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta Age: 63 Posts: 128	Got a humbucker guitar already and was hoping to just replace the pups rather than get something new. I don't know of a pup ring that will cover the space and let you drop a mini in a full route. Is that an option?

May 18th, 2010, 04:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chrismo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Age: 24 Posts: 3,683 7 Photos	Do a push/pull pot and go from series to parallel. Parallel is noiseless, sounds thinner, and it's brighter than the stock humbucker.

May 18th, 2010, 04:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
fezz parka Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a movie... Posts: 12,466	A big reason the mini hums sound the way they do is the size of the coils. But if a regular sized one is what you have, I'm with Chrismo. If it's a four wire 'bucker, wire it in parallel.

May 18th, 2010, 06:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
PaddyBrumson Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Atlanta Age: 63 Posts: 128	Hadn't thought of going series/parallel. I'll have to check out the buckers to see if they have 4 wires.

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