sjaguar13 Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 If I have 4 single coil DiMarzios, can I make them into 2 humbuckers? If I can, how hard would it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Seems like it would not be that hard really, you could simulate humbuckers by just mounting them side by side in the same cavity. Just remember which wires go to which pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezifon Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 you only has to wire they in series and reverse phase the problem can be that if the sum of output can be excessive, and the guitar can no have space to the baseplates what models are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Yes you can do this. And you can wire them in series or in parallel. You have to reverse the phase of one pickup, and flip the magnets to get a true humbucker though. In my Fender single-coils there are 6 individual magnets that can be tapped out and flipped over. I assume yours are like that too. It's a simple job to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 have you had problems with tapping the magnets and weakening them. i remember a while back on the boards(mid 90's) people proclaimed great improvment by whacking your pickups magnets to "age them" the theory was that when you hit the magnets you align the electrons(?) and reduce the magnetic field to make it sound more "vintage". never tried none of my guitars sounded bad enough to start whacking the pups with a ball ping. just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 have you had problems with tapping the magnets and weakening them. i remember a while back on the boards(mid 90's) people proclaimed great improvment by whacking your pickups magnets to "age them" the theory was that when you hit the magnets you align the electrons(?) and reduce the magnetic field to make it sound more "vintage". never tried none of my guitars sounded bad enough to start whacking the pups with a ball ping. just wondering. Close. What's supposed to happen is that when you strike a ferromagnetic material, you align the orbits of the electrons, thus creating a net magnetic field. The same effect happens when you bang two hammers together, head-to-head. Do that enough times, and you'll magnetize the hammer heads. Sorry guys, I'm a solid state physicist. Anyway, I can just press the pole piece out with a screw driver. I've never had to whack them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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