Can anyone suggest to me what the differences in sound might be between a high output (15K DCR) bridge humbucker with the adjustable pole pieces removed (the coil closest to the bridge) and the same pickup with a coil split to the slug coil?
I've removed the adjustable pole pieces on the bridge humbucker of a Jackson guitar I have and I'm surprised to find a very useable sound. Less grunt more snarl, lots of it, better overall string to string clarity plus the hum bucking is unaffected.
This has made me think I should explore other ways to use a humbucker. Does anyone have experience of coil split versus pole piece removal - or would like to speculate on the possible differences in sound?
Ta.
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The split coil is acting as a single coil, the second coil is totally removed from the signal path.
The coil with removed polepieces is acting as a dummy coil, its still in the signal path and will still function as a noise cancelling coil
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