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and how does it sound split? (bridge)...

For that matter..what about JB jr's and the other single coil size buckers?

I know you can split all of them save for the Vintage Rails and the Duckbuckers (old style, anyway).

I've never heard the HR split, but the JB Jr splits well and sounds great when combined with a single in the mid position. It also gives a great tele impression when wired to parallel and combined with a neck single.

Why can't you split the VR and the Duvkbuckers?

I think the VRs and Duckbuckers use one coil for 3 strings and the other coil for the other strings. If you split it, you'd only get half the strings. (Now series/parallel....)

Right, the VR's and Ducks are basically like a P-Bass pickup wired in parallel as opposed to series.

Ah, thanks.

hotrail split just sounds like a fat, somewhat unfocused singlecoil to me.. it's 9k or something, its been a while since i owned one...

don't get me wrong, it's usable on stage and cleans up nicely, but im used to texas hots

tom

It can be done, my tonal experience is close to Imps... usable, but not the best single coil I´ve ever heard by any means

And my Antiquities seem to be treating him nicely

hehe oh, yes.. that guitar is the one i took with me to uni.. its a keeper, and it spoils me

jap strat with antiquities though.. it's the ultimate, typical perfect strat to me. if you want iron maiden stuff, its a different story - but for what a strat was designed for, i really couldn't improve on the set i have..

tom

Hehe..thanks for the info/bump up

That was 2 guitars ago though..hee hee

LesStrat is: HR/CR/HR. He has push/pull pots to split all three pups. It's certainly not the best s/c sound, but it is usuable and adds some tonal variety options.

I have a Hotrails in a Teleclone. I split it using a push pull. It sounds (on its own), as said, like a slightly unfocussed single-coil. It still carries a bit o punch. And seems to let thru a little more spank. When combined (while split) with a neck single, I've found it to be rather nice, and lets the two of them get involved. When in full bucker mode, the rails can shout the neck down a little. The lil 59 split, on its own, (in strat) is a little wimpy, but still useful. ANd then of cours in combo...same story

I'm going with the concensus here. The Hot Rails is ok when split. It does clean up nicely, but it just lacks something. The Cool Rails is much better split.