Just thinking

[TeleGeir]

...about my 50th birthday strat.

Not sure if it makes sense, but I'd like to make something similar to the Rio Grande Twangbucker on my Tux. How if I mounted two Stellys (or Muy Grandes) at the bridge, angled rather than straight like a normal fat strat humbucker would be. That wouldgive me a humbucker config with a single coil option?

That is what sold me on the Twangbuckers, it looked right. Fender guitars to me should have angled bridge pickups.

Geir :)

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally Posted by TeleGeir

... How if I mounted two Stellys (or Muy Grandes) at the bridge, angled rather than straight like a normal fat strat humbucker would be. That wouldgive me a humbucker config with a single coil option?

Just use a "Muy Grande" humbucker - same thing as a pair of Stelly's. 4 conductor for split/parallel/series wiring.

[TeleGeir]

Originally Posted by Rob DiStefano

Just use a "Muy Grande" humbucker - same thing as a pair of Stelly's. 4 conductor for split/parallel/series wiring.

Thanks Rob. But the idea was to get an angled one, which means it should be slanted like the Twangbucker (Or maybe that is what you were suggesting I use?)

Also, I probably want one of them coloured covers, rather than the standard black. Not sure which one yet.

Geir :)

[Kevin]

So you want to stagger the coils and angle the assembly so that each polepiece is centered under the proper string?

You know, though, when you angle a humbucker you get fairly even polepiece spacing under the strings; you kind of "split the difference" between the poles and the strings.

What you're talking about seems like a lot of effort with questionable real-world payoff to me. Of course, I could be wrong.

To me, it's not really a strat unless it's got three single coils and a vintage trem.

[TeleGeir]

Originally Posted by Kevin

So you want to stagger the coils and angle the assembly so that each polepiece is centered under the proper string?

You know, though, when you angle a humbucker you get fairly even polepiece spacing under the strings; you kind of "split the difference" between the poles and the strings.

What you're talking about seems like a lot of effort with questionable real-world payoff to me. Of course, I could be wrong.

To me, it's not really a strat unless it's got three single coils and a vintage trem.

I am sure you are right. I guess it is a cosmetic thing more than anything. I knew when I first saw the Twangbucker that it was the way I wanted it to look.

Geir :)

[LarryN]

Robbie Robertson of "The Band" had two Strat pickups parallel like that on his guitar. I think it's in "The Last Waltz" film. He probably had a switch to series it. I agree that it would look better than a plain humbucker and pickup the strings more evenly. The Twangbucker looks cool in that bridge. It would be great if they made a Strat version.

[e-merlin]

Should be do-able. You've probably thought of all of this, but in case not, here goes:

If you used a standard bridge pickup and use a middle pickup for the front coil it would be humbucking. You may want to mount the two front to front so that there will be no gap between them, so order the magnet stagger for the front pickup in a lefty config. A little routing, and viola! Sounds really cool. I think I've seen a guitar using lipstick tube pickups done this way. Maybe it was a Danelectro.

[TeleGeir]

Originally Posted by LarryN

Robbie Robertson of "The Band" had two Strat pickups parallel like that on his guitar. I think it's in "The Last Waltz" film. He probably had a switch to series it. I agree that it would look better than a plain humbucker and pickup the strings more evenly. The Twangbucker looks cool in that bridge. It would be great if they made a Strat version.

Indeed he had. Basically by moving the middle on down. I was kindo of thinking I'd keep the middle one...

And yes, putting two in back to back is one way I consider. Hey, I could even do it to the neck:


Why? Because as I said about the Twngbucker I want to have the real deal when I split them? Not half a humbucker, but a full genuine strat single coil.

Geir :)