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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
RWRP with single coils definitely makes the tone a touch thinner. This is barely noticeable on Strats ... but it's there. It's made up for a little with hotter pickups by more windings ... but I offer RWRP thesedays as standard with all but my lowest output 'Vintage' Strat units ... as with them you tend to want all the thickness you have anyway.
As ICBM says, coil proximity tends to mask those effects with humbuckers.
An interesting point is that with P90s that difference in tone is much more noticeable ... that's why I offer RWRP as an option with them, not as standard.
Also, if my lower output SC pickups are requested RWRP, personally, I always wind in a reverse direction rather than simply swapping the wires. This makes no real difference on higher output units to my ears ... but does on lower output (lower signal/noise ratio) units.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
As to Why P90s are particularly susceptible to RWRP tone change ... welll if you use Tims idea it could be down to the hefty string pull of four chuffing great bar magnets. Or more likely (to my way of thinking) down to the particular set of frequencies we associate with P90-ness being filtered out. Ones that depend on the hum (ICBM's controversial idea ... and mine) for their very character. The 'big loop' design of the P90 is particularly good at picking up noise ... so if that noise is actually part of the 'sound' it's logical that if you get rid of the hum you will change the tone.
It's actually likely to be a combination of all these factors ... but sorting out which is tough.
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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Major pull is immediately over the magnet poles, the field disperses quickly as you move along the string off axis.
If there is an interaction between the two fields I'd have thought it was more likely to be in the actual string magnetisation: the string is magnetised while in the pickup's magnetic field. How exactly a long thin piece of metal is magnetised by a field applied perpendicular to it for a short length I'm not sure, but lines of flux tend to stay in magnetic materials, so adjacent pickups in opposite polarisation might cause the strings to couple the two (like a keeper bar on a horseshoe), whereas with the same polarisation they wouldn't.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
A big old carrot'll make the chuffing wallpaper move randomly.
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