AXofBSR Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 I'm doing my first build and I think I've made a couple decisions, but not completely sure yet on what I'm going to do... I want to incorporate some Brian May inspired tones into my band's music so I've decided to use 2 Burns Trisonic Pickups for neck and mid and I wanna use a humbucker for my bridge so I can get my high-gain tones as well... Here's some questions... Which Trisonics are the ones I'm looking for? I found this selection of tri-sonics and I don't know the difference between them... Also, what 'bucker should I use? I wanna use another Armstrong pickup and the ones on that site are priced nicely in my price range... I was looking at this one... I do plan on putting a Threeway switch on each pickup... Phase/On/Off for the Trisonics and Split/On/Off for the bucker... And one more thing... Will mounting these be a problem since I'm back routing and not using a pick guard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 I've used these tri-sonics Adeson They are great sounding! Remember to put the trisonics in serial if you want Brian May sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Those Adesons are also less expensive than the Burns reissues. If you gotta have those things, that'd probably be the way to go. Keep in mind that without a modified vintage VOX Deacy and a few high-dollar Pete Cornish effects, you're better off with regular single-coils and a Digitech Brian May pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Those Adesons are also less expensive than the Burns reissues. If you gotta have those things, that'd probably be the way to go. Keep in mind that without a modified vintage VOX Deacy and a few high-dollar Pete Cornish effects, you're better off with regular single-coils and a Digitech Brian May pedal. I want the official ones... to quote Queen's sworn enemy "anything less than the best is a felony"... Also... May didn't use the Pete Cornish's until after A Day at the Races... I am working on building a replica of the clean boost pedal that he used... and the main thing is, however, having the pups wired in series and having my neck and mid out of phase... I don't wanna be a total cop of May, that would be lame... I just wanna use tones that are reminiscent of the man when I solo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Oh yeah, you know your Brian May history...kudos! You know what'd be sweet? Put a couple TS's in the bridge position, one RWRP, wire 'em up like a 'bucker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Oh yeah, you know your Brian May history...kudos! You know what'd be sweet? Put a couple TS's in the bridge position, one RWRP, wire 'em up like a 'bucker! Is that possible? Seriously... is it? Would it sound like a Humbucker would if Kent Made a Trisonic Bucker? (If that made sense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 (edited) how are you mounting them, pickguard ? rear routed ? i had a hell of a time making a 'strat' pickguard for some trisonics (they are a weird shape like / \ so its hard to get the right size) and i couldnt find a template anywhere Edited March 27, 2007 by Samba Pa Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 how are you mounting them, pickguard ? rear routed ? i had a hell of a time making a 'strat' pickguard for some trisonics (they are a weird shape like / \ so its hard to get the right size) and i couldnt find a template anywhere Definitely rear routing... Most definitely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Oh yeah, you know your Brian May history...kudos! You know what'd be sweet? Put a couple TS's in the bridge position, one RWRP, wire 'em up like a 'bucker! Is that possible? Seriously... is it? Would it sound like a Humbucker would if Kent Made a Trisonic Bucker? (If that made sense) Give it a shot and let us know! There's no oddly shaped baseplate like regular single coils, so you should be able to butt a couple of 'em right next to each other. You gotta use one regular and one RWRP, but I don't see why it couldn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Those Adesons are also less expensive than the Burns reissues. If you gotta have those things, that'd probably be the way to go. Keep in mind that without a modified vintage VOX Deacy and a few high-dollar Pete Cornish effects, you're better off with regular single-coils and a Digitech Brian May pedal. VOX deacy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Those Adesons are also less expensive than the Burns reissues. If you gotta have those things, that'd probably be the way to go. Keep in mind that without a modified vintage VOX Deacy and a few high-dollar Pete Cornish effects, you're better off with regular single-coils and a Digitech Brian May pedal. VOX deacy? No idea..the vox and the deacy were two completely different amps. slightly o/t, but have you checked out the ROG May Queen pedal? http://runoffgroove.com/mayqueen.html appears to be a hugely simple build and should help contribute towards the tone somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwitchfootOnPRS Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 What the hey are trisonics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 (edited) No idea..the vox and the deacy were two completely different amps. slightly o/t, but have you checked out the ROG May Queen pedal? http://runoffgroove.com/mayqueen.html appears to be a hugely simple build and should help contribute towards the tone somewhat Vox has a deacy clone now... I might get one and run it in my effects loop but it's looking doubtful right now... also... this is the build I'm doing. The Dallas is the pedal May used through a day at the races... basically the tone I'm looking for mainly came from out of phase trisonics and a trebel boost... so this should do it for me... (Oh yeah, Burns Trisonics are overwound single coil pickups made by Kent Armstrong... they're described as having more bite than a standard single coil without the harshness of a P90)... Also... How would I go about wiring those two trisonics into a bucker? I think I may go with a Kent Armstrong humbucker just for cost purposes... Edited March 29, 2007 by AXofBSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Wire the ground wire on one pickup to the hot wire of the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Wire the ground wire on one pickup to the hot wire of the other one. does it matter which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Depends on which pickup you want as the hot coil and the dummy coil. I'd just connect the ground on the pickup closest to the bridge with the hot on the pickup next to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Depends on which pickup you want as the hot coil and the dummy coil. I'd just connect the ground on the pickup closest to the bridge with the hot on the pickup next to it. I'd want the lower output one to be the dummy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 The lower output one is going to be the coil closer to the bridge. If you use the other one, you'll have a warmer sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXofBSR Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) The lower output one is going to be the coil closer to the bridge. If you use the other one, you'll have a warmer sound. Then that's what I'm gonna choose... -EDIT- I think I've decided to wind my own pups based on the trisonic design.... Edited March 31, 2007 by AXofBSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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