Triple Coil?!

Mystic Fibrosis · 22-09-2005 12:34am #1

I didn't think such a thing existed until I saw this.

Wonder what it sounds like....

feylya · 22-09-2005 12:46am

http://www.wdmusic.com/motherbucker_double_pickup_29727_prd1.htm

4 coils. I win.

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 8:06am

You both lose. They ugly.

Quattroste · 22-09-2005 8:25am

What you guys need really is a triple coil and a quadruple coil with 180+different pickup combinations on a 9 string guitar in one of those weird shapes.

kennier · 22-09-2005 9:30am

So a double coil setup is a humbucker right? Designed to cut back on the hiss prevalent in the earlier single coils? What's the advantage of having 3/4/5/6/7/etc.... coils?

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 9:33am

You get to look like a big man? Other than that I can't think of a reason anyone would want one.

kennier · 22-09-2005 9:48am

So it's a compensation thing?

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 9:53am

Yeah, like a middle aged guy in a 4x4 on his way to the office

I suppose there must be some reasoning to it but, tbh, the greatest change in tone comes from having pickups that are far apart from each other. Is there that much difference in tone over the width of a coil?

feylya · 22-09-2005 11:04am

Higher output.

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 11:41am

Higher than EMG?

feylya · 22-09-2005 11:42am

Yup. Bassier too.

Giblet · 22-09-2005 11:45am

You could use different wiring configurations for each coil and create crazy sounds.

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 11:49am

But Yngwie says the tone comes from here ***points to guitar*** nice and clean and the distortion comes from here ***points to amp***. Why would you want to make Yngwie angry?

feylya · 22-09-2005 11:57am

Cos he doesn't like donuts?

Mystic Fibrosis · 22-09-2005 12:40pm

Don't make Yngwie angry. You won't like Yngwie when he's angry.

Eoin Madsen · 22-09-2005 12:53pm

Giblet wrote:

You could use different wiring configurations for each coil and create crazy sounds.

I don't think it'd get that "crazy" tbh. I reckon you'd actually have to be quite careful not to defeat the hum cancelling effects.

Mystic Fibrosis · 22-09-2005 1:07pm

Oh, now you've done it!

Eoin Madsen · 22-09-2005 2:20pm

That's a lot of plectrums!

Doctor J · 22-09-2005 2:24pm

That's about.... ooh I'd say maybe 12 minutes worth, give or take.

Giblet · 22-09-2005 2:39pm

Eoin Madsen wrote:

I don't think it'd get that "crazy" tbh. I reckon you'd actually have to be quite careful not to defeat the hum cancelling effects.

You've obviously never thought about putting a theremin into a guitar

It wasn't me! · 22-09-2005 6:57pm

I'd say those are all for the same song.

Triple Coil?!

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