Silly Question

[Captainstrat]

It's a long, long thread and my question's been missed ... I was wondering; rather than rewinding a pickup as a driver (thus losing the neck position) what if a resistor of appropriate value was patched between the hot and ground leads of the neck pickup, thus dividing the value down to 8 Ohms?

Wired to a dpdt switch, the player can switch from "regular" to sustainer at the flip of a switch... could that work?

[Mike Sulzer]

No, the current needs to run through a coil, not a resistor.

[Setain]

As Mike said, then half of the signal would pass through the resistor and thus lower the efficiency of the circuit. And besides that, while the resistor would change the DC resistance, the AC impedance and inductance not be changed in the same way (if at all).

[Captainstrat]

Bad idea then...thanks for the replies!