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Fwiw, Neil Young's "Old Black" has a mini humbucker in the bridge. It's one of the "secrets" to his tone- aside from BEING Neil, that is... ( according to Billy Talbot, the main secret to sounding like neil, is to BE neil)
Also, Allen Collins liked to swap out the bridge mini hb in his Firebirds with a dog eared P90.
Both of those possibilities interest me,as those are two of my most admired guitarists.
That SD P-rail you're asking about, is that the single coil sized humbucker they make?? I was just looking at that the other day.
Whilst poring over the ridiculous number of different pick ups Lace makes, I saw that the Purple Sensor ( I believe.- It may have been the Emerald...) is supposed to be a P90-alike. Especially when used in the neck position.
Right now, my "pet" pickup config is HSS, with a coil split, and an on/off switch for the humbucker. Standard Fender-type 5 way selector. It gives you GOOD options for both single and 'bucker tones from one guitar. Also lets you have the bridge and neck on simultaneously, for a Tele-ish sound. ( or even all three pickups at once!)
At the moment, I'm leaning towards a Lace Dually Emerald/Purple, for the 'bucker with a 3 way mini toggle. I'd have the choice of a P90, a Texas Special, or a 'bucker in the bridge position.
Other than that, all my guitars are either hh or sss with 5 way switches. Except for the lone ss Tele, of course. They give me more than enough options. The hh Strat, especially sounds DAMN nice in coil split mode using both inside coils.
If I were to upgrade, I'd stick a HB in the neck (see also Graham Coxon, Andy Summers, Keith Richards..) but then I am a big fan of using the neck pickup, it's a big part of my sound...if I have a sound..
"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
"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
Full size humbucker in neck and an axerus hotrail single coil in bridge.
Tone control is push pull out of phase on bridge and vol,push pull coil split on bridge also ! Thus giving 9 switching options ,great useable mod X(
My guitar tech did the mod .
Cheers Mark .
"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
When we start gigging ... hopefully next month ... I will carry a couple more guitars for good measure ... but the 'dial a tap' or progressive coil shutdown is king for just getting the job done.
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I then have two Push/Push (so much better that Push/Pull) switches on Vol and Neck Tone. On the Volume know the switch puts the Bridge pup in series with whichever other pup is selected with the 5 way. On the Neck Tone the switch engages bothe coils of the Unbucker to give you a vintage output level humbucker tone.
Very versatile indeed, and the volume boost from the series switch coupled with a big boost in mids is great for solos.
I recently had in my strat, a 57 classic in the bridge, stock single coil middle and a bucker sized p90 in the neck. The p90 was a little too fat & bloated for my liking in that position so I moved it to the bridge. WOW!! Sounds great there so have gone back to single coils neck and middle and the p90 in the bridge and it really works. The p90 is actually a mississippi queen neck pickup but it really suits the bridge of my strat.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)