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Can anyone imagine of a humbucker made of 2 hotrails? I think it is possible as far as size is concerned but is it technically possible?

Yeah, this is something I've been thinking about for quite some time. Doing something like having a dual-humbucker guitar, but fitting it with four single-coil-sized humbuckers. The main problem I see, would be that you'ld have the north pole of one magnetic field laying next to the south pole of the other. That could create an oddball tone, even cancelling some of the signal from the two adjacent coils.

Its one of those things that would just have to be tried to see. (Or hear.)

Dimarzio makes the multibucker which is essentially 2 totally different hotrail type pickups, each coil can be used on its own or combined as one. There's the WD Motherbucker and Kramer quadrail which do the same as well

The first thing I thought of is the new PRS 513. It looks like a H-S-H layout, but it's actually 5 pickups. I don't know any details about how it works though.

yea the WD motherbucker (i believe kent armstrong actually makes that pickup tho.. ?) is 2 hotrails combined to give a massive 27.5k dc resistance (thats the hottest passive pickup ive ever heard of... duncan distortions are 16k dc resist..)

i want to try it but it seems a bit weird to wire, it comes with alot of extra wires so you can hook it up with alot of splitting options... or atleast thats what i remember reading.. but it says its possible to hook up as just a plain double coil pickup without any splitting

you can find info on it at go to pickups then use the search box and type motherbucker or something, i dunno youll find it


Originally Posted by FretFireThe first thing I thought of is the new PRS 513. It looks like a H-S-H layout, but it's actually 5 pickups. I don't know any details about how it works though.

The humbuckers in the PRS 513 are tappered bukers. That means you can get the tone of a humbucker made of two coils or tapper both coils for a more vintage, low output tone. And you can split it also...

i LOVE rails pickups ! X2N's are my fav but thats probably because duncan doesnt have a variety of humbucker sized rail-type pickups

The quad rails on my kramer look like 2 hot rails.

Just ask yourself...What would Nigel Tufnel do?


Originally Posted by AcemanJust ask yourself...What would Nigel Tufnel do?

He would put as many hot rails' you could fit in a guitar, and play it trough a wall of marshalls while having a bubble bath in caviar

Well there you go! Don't just stop at 2...You got space between the bridge and neck for 6 or more. Just need more solder....and switches if you want them on and off. Nigel would leave them all on all the time.


Originally Posted by taphappyThe quad rails on my kramer look like 2 hot rails.

this is exactly what your asking about. theyre supposedly dead quiet although ive never used them so im not sure.


theres the motherbucker, heres a link if youre wanting to buy one

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Originally Posted by taphappyThe quad rails on my kramer look like 2 hot rails.

How do they sound?

How about a Livewire with ceramic magnet instead of alnico?

wow, i think a pickup with two hotrails would be WAYY too hot. I think it would sound so gross and abrasive. Iquot;m curious though.

IIRC, don't SD make a Hotrails to fit in a narrower slot, flat on the bottom instead of a tratitional Strat shape? two of those could go front to back...

The coil options...


Originally Posted by GuitarGuru88How do they sound?Hot but not uncontrollable, fat, punchy, and I assume their bassy since I have not compared them with other pickups. I actually like them, especially for stock pickups, then again I seem to have a different taste for tone then most of you since I like the AVT series, Dimarzios, and shredder tones.