Joe Bfstplk
Legend!
New To This Guitar Guitar Pickup Day, er...., Night.
So the Fralin pair back to back sounded good, but a problem existed with that arrangement: they weren't mounted solidly to the same base plate. At high gain, the two were able to vibrate separately from each other just enough to make a microphone out of the entire pickguard, more so closer to the pickups, and the low-mid yowl that it imparted to the tone when in series humbucker mode was good until it was too loud/gainy and started to hoot....
So, I looked at the Fralin site to see what humbuckers he had going on, and even sent a question in about their Wide Range one, but had the itch to see what the 245 bridge pickup would do in there. It is nearly 9k, so a little spicy, but not mushy overwound. In a guitar that doesn't have the super strong fundamentals like the 245, it works rather nicely. I have time to think about if I want to replace it or not. Rewired the 3 position toggle like the ones in my red Tele and green PRS triple P90 - sets position 3 on the lever up for middle, neck+bridge, or neck+bridge 1/2 out of phase. There's probably still some tuning to do with the little Phillips head to dial in the tones, but it's nice. The S1 now series/parallel switches the bridge pickup. Nice sounds so far. Will report back after a while and some louder playing....
Spare parts drawer FTW, it seems....
So the Fralin pair back to back sounded good, but a problem existed with that arrangement: they weren't mounted solidly to the same base plate. At high gain, the two were able to vibrate separately from each other just enough to make a microphone out of the entire pickguard, more so closer to the pickups, and the low-mid yowl that it imparted to the tone when in series humbucker mode was good until it was too loud/gainy and started to hoot....
So, I looked at the Fralin site to see what humbuckers he had going on, and even sent a question in about their Wide Range one, but had the itch to see what the 245 bridge pickup would do in there. It is nearly 9k, so a little spicy, but not mushy overwound. In a guitar that doesn't have the super strong fundamentals like the 245, it works rather nicely. I have time to think about if I want to replace it or not. Rewired the 3 position toggle like the ones in my red Tele and green PRS triple P90 - sets position 3 on the lever up for middle, neck+bridge, or neck+bridge 1/2 out of phase. There's probably still some tuning to do with the little Phillips head to dial in the tones, but it's nice. The S1 now series/parallel switches the bridge pickup. Nice sounds so far. Will report back after a while and some louder playing....
Spare parts drawer FTW, it seems....