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It's done! Thanks for the advice... the guitar does exactly what I want it to and that is sing like a bird and growl like a behemoth whenever I so please, all with the flip of a switch...

That's fine. That's what I'm going for. I want to have the top coil of the humbucker tapped and in series and out of phase with my single coil.

There's a mod down at the bottom of this page, a series/parallel switch for a humbucker... http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/serpar.html Well, in theory could I not, since I have only two pickups, replace "coil one" with "pickup one" and "coil two" with "pickup two" and have a diagram that would switch my two pickups between series and parallel?

I'm trying to finish wiring my guitar and here is my dilemma... I have a single coil and a humbucker... i'm trying to do this with two 3 way dpdt switches... Wiring in series... the single coil should be wired to on/off/parallel and the humbucker to on/off/single (north) *EDIT* I have two diagrams for wiring the selectors, would it work to wire the hot output from the neck pickup to the opposite pole of the hot output on the bridge pickup?

I keep thinking and I think it's probably best that I use rings because they have the capability of height adjustment... the problem is that I need black blasting rings and I can't find any that would fit the CB.

That's pretty smart... I will have to try that... Only thing is finding a bit long enough to do so... Also, how deep should I rout it?

Well, I began working on my guitar that I've named the Nightshade. It's thru-neck guitar (neck purchased from Carvin) and the wings are purpleheart. (I have some pics here but none are since I've glued and sanded the body) You can see the pickups and hardware (that have not been mounted yet) on lying on the guitar and you probably don't recognize them. The Chromed pickup is a classic British pickup from Adeson and the humbucker is his Lucifer pickup... Well, I'm now glued and I'm having a hard time getting ready to rout for these pickups and I'm not wanting to use a pick guard... I have decided that if I must I will use mounting rings for both of them (wasn't planning on it but the idea is growing on me)... The problem is that I have a router but the base is so large that I can't rout for the single coil because it's too close to the neck. I have a Rotozip but it drops the bits often and I don't want that to happen, and it's not quite as smooth as I would like. Furthermore, I don't know where to go to find a mounting ring that will fit a trisonic/CB sized pickup. Any advice would rock.

I've heard that it will turn if I use Tung Oil...

I am making a body out of purpleheart and am wanting something flat that's gonna air seal it so that it wont turn. (Btw, it is oxygen sensitive not photo sensitive.) I have a Carvin thru-neck that I'm making this for and the body of it is unfinished and I'm wanting something flat that look alright with the unfinished maple.

Don't think there's much more to say.

Your amp will determine your tone more than your pickups will, stylewise at least... Besides you need to move away from a concept of best to a concept of "what is my preference?". I'd say go onto the tone wizard on the seymour duncan website.

thats absolutely right, theres no point bothering if they dont sound good, thats why i would rather have the kent armstrong pickups, at least they have experience in making high quality products. the only 2 places ive seen that make them to any sortof standard are ; http://www.adeson.co.uk/ and http://www.kentarmstrong.com trying them side by side with real vintage tri sonics and they probably all sound different, ive got a set of kent ones (6.4k) they are decent for the price i paid (£70 on ebay for 3) I like the Adesons... I can't find trisonics on ebay or I'd just buy those... I wanna wind my own but I don't think I have the resources...

Nope... They're close but not the same... I know that somebody gave ma link to some that were trisonic clones (vintage correct) and were much cheaper than the Kent Armstrong.... Also, if I were to put these in a guitar but wanted a HSS config, anybody know of any humbucker that would be a decent match for these? have you compared the kent armstrong ones to the originals ? Saw a thing on the The Red Special website that said they were close but not exact.

Nope... They're close but not the same... I know that somebody gave ma link to some that were trisonic clones (vintage correct) and were much cheaper than the Kent Armstrong.... Also, if I were to put these in a guitar but wanted a HSS config, anybody know of any humbucker that would be a decent match for these?

Anywhere to find these?

And that will probably not sound anything like a “Trisonic-Bucker” nonono... I don't want it to sound like a Tri-Bucker... because then where would the orignality be?

I'm afraid I'm not following you... Ceramic magnets create a higher output because they're stronger than Alnicos... I'm actually thinking of modeling it after an invader...

i dont think the magnets have an affect on the resistance do they ? (when its wound it wont have a magnet attached) oops, I didn't refresh my page before I edited... I want to make a humbucker as i described above...

I know that the 5000 turns of a Tri-V gets 6.4k (because of the ceramic magnets)... I actually don't want the humbucker to be super-hot because after it gets so hot the distortion (I've found) loses definition and turns to mush... ... however... That still wont be enough... how could I tonally make something comparable to what would be described as a "Trisonic-Bucker"...

A hot HB and traditional SCs with “only†5000 to 6000 turns would not be a good match. A Fender Strat SC is wound to something around 7500 turns and they don’t really match a hot HB. Now this is a completely different beast. The ceramic magnet will add some output but I doubt that it will be enough. As I have no first person experience from winding this type of pickup I can only give you some other info as a reference. My T90 (Telecaster version ofP90 match most “normal†HBs in output and I wind them to 12000 turns for the bridge! I was thinking of making the humbucker with the same turns (per coil) as the singlecoils... well, what I mean to say is, wire two singles together to make a humbucker (I'm fairly sure that people do it that way...)

Well, I have a lot of Purpleheart laying around... I was thinking of putting some inlay on top of it too... make some unique pup covers... What if I put some foil inside the cover? Wouldn't it help make up for the distance from the string to the pickup? Also, the bucker I'm making is gonna be fairly hot and the pickups will be wired in series... therefore... I don't think it would take away so much that I'd worry... Of course I might give it a few extra turns (The Tri-V's are 5000 wound the Tri-VI's are 6000, what if I wound it closer to 5500 times? I don't know a whole ton about pickups but logically speaking it would be hotter than the V and not as hot as the VI and tonally somewhere between...)....

I know a guy that owns a metal shop not to far from here and I'm gonna see if he can't press them... now... I've seen wooden pup covers... do they take anything away sonically?

I've decided to use a satin finish NC Lacquer after I grainfill... I found a good tutorial on filling with epoxy... Only thing is, the only finishes I can find are Minwax which you said not to you... btw, are all Lacquers NC? Will any lacquer work?

That doesn't make a huge amount of sense... Lets define a few terms here: "'standing' bar magnet": meaning, get a bar magnet about the same height as the poles and stand it on its side? ... I wonder if it would be possible to make a cover... Anyways, I think black flatwork would look good, I've decided to go with all black hardware...

http://www.brianmayworld.com/trisonics.htm "Tri-5 These pick-ups have a lower winding specification (5000 turns), which makes them brighter and closer to the original “vintage” pick-ups. " "Both types use Ceramic magnets and are wound with 44 gauge American size wire. The Middle pick-up is Reverse Wound/Reverse Polarity. They are available in Chrome or Gold." Now if I were to wind them straight on to a bar magnet.. how would I go about this (more specifically) do you have any resource on this method?