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mike_l

New Pickup Day.....


The Jackson shall be getting a Di Marzio HS-3 in the middle shortly and a standard 5-way switch.
Also the HS-3 is switchable from single - bucker, should give a load of different sounds.

Funkfingers

The DiMarzio HS series of replacement pickups for Stratocaster have their coils arranged vertically. The lower coil sits considerably further from the vibrating strings than the upper coil. Consequently, it contributes considerably less signal than the upper coil. (Possibly, so little as to be almost inaudible.) You are unlikely to want to use the sound of that lower coil by itself.

The true function of the lower coil is to cancel the hum and RF interference normally associated with Stratocaster pickups. Coil splitting to the upper coil reintroduces the possibility of interference. That leaves series or parallel interconnection and phase reversal of one coil with respect to the other. In my opinion, only the series/parallel option will produce any discernible difference. Even that will be minor. Barely worth assigning a push-pull pot to it.

mike_l

Yeah the sounds are similar, but there is a slight difference.
Both are Stratty in different ways. Split definitely has more top end, and unsplit has a touch more mids. Combines well with the Bulldog Extremist (bridge - Clarky spec) and Duncan Distortion (neck).

If anyone is looking for a new strat pickup defo worth looking at.

Alegree

I love splitting stacks. Splitting to the top coil, as said earlier, has a significantly different tone.

mike_l

Alegree said:

I love splitting stacks. Splitting to the top coil, as said earlier, has a significantly different tone.

I've split it that way.
I haven't bothered with splitting either the neck or bridge 'buckers though.