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the closest you can get to strat quack from two humbuckers is running the two inner coils in parallel. this is one of the positions on the PRS rotary switch. depending on your pickups and/or amp settings, this combination can actually have lots of strat quack. another cool setting is the two outer coils in parallel--this has the slightly notched sound like the middle position of a tele. check out a wiring site like guitarnuts.com for wiring diagrams of how to wire those coil-split combinations. as for kinds of pickups, if you want great single-coil sounds from split humbuckers, the best wasy to get that is to use humbuckers that are built like single-coils. single-coils use pole-piece magnets; normal humbuckers use steel poles and a large bar magnet underneath both coils. Rio Grande makes their humbuckers with pole-piece magnets, like single-coils, so when those humbuckers are split, they are exactly the same as a single-coil. they're expensive, but if they sound as good as their single-coils that i own, they will be awesome. Thanks scott from _actual time_, that was really, really helpful

I've been researching and the combinations that give the 'quack' are half the bridge humbucker with either the neck or middle pickup. From what I read they can be connected either in series or parallel and still give the quack. What is reverse wound? Can't I just switch the wires if that's the case? Or if the magnetic poles need to be opposite can I just install it upside down?

I've got a strat copy I'd like to get rid of and a another guitar with dual humbuckers that I'm looking to upgrade a little. Thing is I really like the quacky sound I was getting from the strat, run through a cheap amp, for a couple of songs. Can I wire humbuckers to give me this sound and what kind of pups would you recommend? I was also thinking of putting P90's in another dual humbucker I have, but could I use one P90 and one humbucker and get that sound? Sorry if this is a dumb question but I've never cared much about tones before now.