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Hey, can some explain the difference in sound between running pickups in series and in parallel? Maybe some sound clips too?


Originally Posted by yetiHey, can some explain the difference in sound between running pickups in series and in parallel? Maybe some sound clips too?

Series....Full sound and the standard full sized humbucker tone...
Parallel...Bright,crisp,articulate,but thinner and about 1/3 the output of series and still humbucking(No noise)

Parallel switch (push pull pot -however) is an awesome way to bring a mega pup down to earthfor clean work. Neck series with bridge in parallel is an awesome slashing/cutting rythm sound.


Originally Posted by AcemanParallel switch (push pull pot -however) is an awesome way to bring a mega pup down to earthfor clean work. Neck series with bridge in parallel is an awesome slashing/cutting rythm sound.

Yep....I Like using a mini on/on/on toggle switch and wiring for series/split/parallel cause I want it all in my strat...

I'm already using push/pulls on all my knobs for coilsplitting and out of phase, but maybe i could try a 5 way dial in place of my 3 way toggle to squeeze in some series/parallel choices. I think I have the Jimmy Page wiring diagram stashed away somewhere, that might be a good place to start.
Thank you much for the input guys.


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97Yep....I Like using a mini on/on/on toggle switch and wiring for series/split/parallel cause I want it all in my strat...

Heh I know exactly what you mean. My poor little Epi Les Paul lives in fear of what experiment i'm going to try on it next..but they've all gone successful so far.
When I finally settle on a perfect setup, it'll be time to upgrade to a gibson.


Originally Posted by yetiHeh I know exactly what you mean. My poor little Epi Les Paul lives in fear of what experiment i'm going to try on it next..but they've all gone successful so far.
When I finally settle on a perfect setup, it'll be time to upgrade to a gibson.

Experiment away buddy,but don't drill any holes in your guitar!

Okay, researched a little more...so ideally i'd want to be able to switch each humbucker into parallel individually, right? Also, I noticed the Jimmy Page wiring can put both humbuckers in series. Does that boost the overall output, but darken the tone?

I've used series/parallel on a bunch of guitars, starting years ago
with the Dimarzio dual-sound hummers. Yes it gives you a clean
bright sound that depending on the original pickup can make you
think of a SC, sort of.

Assuming that your pup has balanced coils then if

HB = 10K
SC = 5K
parallel = 2.5K

I find that cutting a coil is more authentic, quot;gooierquot;, and
prefer the sound. Currently have a jazz-n in a semi-hollobody
and the coil cut sound has a great vibe.

I think parallel makes more sense with a more powerful pickup.
I had a JB in the bridge of an other guitar and the parallel
sound was pretty good for occaisional twang. It also mixed very
nice with the Seth in the neck and was noise-free.

I think part of it is how hard you want to sock it to your pre-amp,
Brian May has all kinds of series combinations across his pickups
and has a pretty astounding tone.

I also have Frankencaster with cool rails with trick wiring
north-neck north-middle north-bridge south-neck south-middle south-bridge

through two 3-position switches into a series/parallel switch (note
that all sounds are hum cancelling).

I haven't really found any of the series-across-pickup tones good
for anything, but I also don't think I like the cool rails in series as
much as in parallel (where their specs look awful close to vintage
rails or duckbuckers).

I'll probably rewire it for

neck
neck SC and middle SC (hum-cancelling)
neck SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
middle SC and bridge SC (hum-cancelling)
bridge

I don't know whether the neck or bridge positions will be series/parallel/SC
or if I'll put in all the options...