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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

Edit: Oh shit, these look good too but waaaaay out of my price range https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/p ... =aftermath

I have guitars with two of the hottest production passive buckers on the market (the Fender Atomic and the Gibson Dirty Fingers reissue).

Haven't ever had an issue with unwanted feedback or problems with the Atomics, haven't had the Dirty Fingers for long.

I have extremely hot pickups in everything (I like the modern ceramic nasty monsters!) - can always turn 'em down.

Splitting/tapping is just some of your options - can go blend as well, and get the best of all worlds and some things in between.

Generally buckers will be more resistant to ugly unwanted nastiness than the single coils, providing there's nothing deficient with them.

Have a Mustang with a Duncan Invader on the bridge as well.

tashiattack wrote:

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

Edit: Oh shit, these look good too but waaaaay out of my price range https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/p ... =aftermath

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.

Duncan Distortion or something by Lace.

edit: still haven't made up my mind

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.

That got out of hand quickly..