The royal consort Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Hiya I was watching a documentary on The Police just a minute ago and I noticed that he was playing quite a few guitars with a pick up combo that consisted of three coils in one pickup ring. After a quick googling its a standard humbucker with a starndard single... Does anyone know which pickup goes where and what wireing was used. Apparently Hamer used an odd value capacitor in the tone controls. anyone know about that? I always loved his sound but could never reproduce it... Maybe this is the answer... If nothing else it'd be a fun project... Edited August 28, 2007 by The royal consort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 Most of Andy's best-known guitar work was recorded with nothing more than a bone-stock Strat, with few exception. Just need a nice clean amp and a good set of fingers to nail that tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 (edited) three coils in one pickup ring Sounds like the motherbucker from Mighty Might (or whoever is making them these days. EDIT: No, I was wrong. The motherbucker is something else. But I know that there have been some three-bobbin HBs made, usually mounted in one single mounting ring like you described. Edited August 28, 2007 by SwedishLuthier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 the old ibanez iceman/artist 2663 models had a triple pickup in the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozer99 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 three coils in one pickup ring Sounds like the motherbucker from Mighty Might (or whoever is making them these days. EDIT: No, I was wrong. The motherbucker is something else. But I know that there have been some three-bobbin HBs made, usually mounted in one single mounting ring like you described. The Motherbucker is actually a dual humbucker, or 4 coil pickup. In fact, some of the early models were actually just two of those standard single-coil slot mini-buckers in a special pickup ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendelcrow Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 (edited) The original Mighty Mite Motherbucker was triple coiled, and this is a guitar that I build in the early 80:s with it. I don't remember the switching with the mini switches, but they must have been som serie/parallel/coil tap switching (there was surely a lot of options). Motherbucker... Edited October 19, 2007 by Vendelcrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Most of Andy's best-known guitar work was recorded with nothing more than a bone-stock Strat, with few exception. Just need a nice clean amp and a good set of fingers to nail that tone. I think you'll find that Hamer Prototype's featured quite heavily - which is the guitar the original poster's on about. Unfortunatley there isn't a schematic on the HFC for the Prototype so i can't help in how it was wired. Jem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Wasn't Andy's last name Summers... and not Sumner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The royal consort Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 probably... it was 1 am when I put this post on... Forgive me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Axe Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Wasn't Andy's last name Summers... and not Sumner? That sounds about right, since Sumner is the surname of that other guy with the goofy pseudonym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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