Faldoe wrote:
Do you like coil split/ or series/parallel? If the Black Winter is too hot, you could split it for cleaner stuff. Both my guitars have push/pull pots and I get a lot of sound combinations.
Didn't actually think about this because I don't have any experience with splitting or coil tapping. I've never really used humbuckers before! I've come to realize I much prefer them. I've always used low output P-90s or jazzy pups, even in my guitar thats tuned to Drop A#. I (very very) briefly had P-rails in my telecaster, but I only used the P-90s coils.
For those using really hot pickups, do you find your amp or guitar feed backing too much? What about using dirt pedals in front of a clean or slightly dirty amp? I'm most concerned because I use a lot of delay and reverb, and out of sheer laziness for playing shows I don't want to resort to FX-loops (not to mention, all my amps have parallel loops and they suck). I prob sound like dumbass even asking all of this. I'm a total n00b when it comes to hot pickups and humbuckers
Faldoe wrote:
Do you like coil split/ or series/parallel? If the Black Winter is too hot, you could split it for cleaner stuff. Both my guitars have push/pull pots and I get a lot of sound combinations.
Didn't actually think about this because I don't have any experience with splitting or coil tapping. I've never really used humbuckers before! I've come to realize I much prefer them. I've always used low output P-90s or jazzy pups, even in my guitar thats tuned to Drop A#. I (very very) briefly had P-rails in my telecaster, but I only used the P-90s coils.
For those using really hot pickups, do you find your amp or guitar feed backing too much? What about using dirt pedals in front of a clean or slightly dirty amp? I'm most concerned because I use a lot of delay and reverb, and out of sheer laziness for playing shows I don't want to resort to FX-loops (not to mention, all my amps have parallel loops and they suck). I prob sound like dumbass even asking all of this. I'm a total n00b when it comes to hot pickups and humbuckers
I like the coilsplit route as of late because my amp is single channel and I set it up with a good amount of breakup when digging into it and with my guitar's volume fully up and in humbucking mode. I also use a boost to get even more gain.
Splitting the pickup allows me to get a cleans or a different flavor of clean, in addition to rolling down the pickup's volume in humbucking mode. I also like to use both pickups with the neck humbucking and the bridge split. I use a Les paul and another guitar just has a single volume and tone control.
A lot of tones to be had. You get the usual single coil noise when coil tapping but you don't if you wire series/parallel but the tone is a bit different when not in humbucking mode.
I've been meaning to throw this out there. But the Gibson 498T isn't too bad of a pickup. People usually flip them for cheap. Can't go wrong if you get a deal. They've been the stock pickup in lots of Gibsons for 10-20 years and I don't hate them in my Les Paul. They're better than some vintage pickups that some people rave over, IMO.
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It might be worth considering a fet buffer inside with a high cut to your taste? The battery would last for ages. Or better yet you could get a recharging circuit and battery off aliexpress for next to nothing.
Something else fun to try might be to record a clean track into something like Logic and playing with the frequency analyser/EQ to figure out what areas you need to boost/cut to get the sound you're after.
