suregork Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 So, I'm just wondering if this is possible or if the cover will somehow 'disturb' (can't find the right word) the pickups and circuit. I am wondering this as I was thinking of redoing the body of my old guitar (with a humbucker and two single coils) and thought it would look better if the two single-coils are hidden under a humbucker cover to make it seem as if they are a humbucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdowney Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 i can remember seeing it done somewhere before, but i cant remember where. i dont see why it wouldent work, just try it and it it doesent just take the cover off and leave the tops of the pickups exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 i don't think that you can get two single coils into a humbucker cover. the bases of most single coils are eliptical and longer than the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Typical single coil bobbins are longer than typical humbucker covers, so normally this would be not possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 cut off the ears of the bobbins and you can make it work depending on the single coils also you could lget one of those small radioshack plastic boxes and use it as a pickup cover say like emg's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krizalid Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 hai, just an additional question, if 2 single coils can be put together to look like a humbucker, with covers as ansil suggest, it can be wired to be a humbucker, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester700 Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 hai, just an additional question, if 2 single coils can be put together to look like a humbucker, with covers as ansil suggest, it can be wired to be a humbucker, right? Yes. All a bucker IS is 2 singles together, though with some differences. But it won't sound quite like a "normal" bucker, because of those slight differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krizalid Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myka Guitars Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Rio Grande Pickups have a humbucker that is made from two of their single coils so that when you split them they actually sound like a siingle coil. I have a set but I haven't tried them yet. It sounds like a cool idea but I don't know about regular single coil dimensions enough to comment on trying to stuff a pair into a humbucker cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 (edited) Um... why would you want to have two single coils under one cover? Sure, it would look like a humbucker, but the tonal differences would be so slight due to the close proximity that it strikes me as hardly worth it. Why not buy a 4-conductor humbucker, and wire it up for 3-way coil selection, and save yourself the time and trouble of rigging up the single coils to look like a humbucker? Edited December 5, 2004 by skibum5545 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 I'm working on a new pickup design. For the sake of versitility, I'm making the exposed bobbins to fit either a single coil or two to a humbucker. You wouldn't get a cover on it but with these beautes you wouldn't want to...that's kind of the point! These things are already humbucking but have the ability to change characteristics of their magnetic field and their resonant frequency. With any combination of up to 4 coils, and this variable frequency feature, you could get an amazing variation of tone from two pickups even this close together! Similarly, if you used quite different singles (say hot and cool), although you might sacrifice some humcancelling it would still be pretty good and the combination of more interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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