Coil Split
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 3:35 am
Hi,
First off to put you in the picture about what I would like to build.
A semi hollow body the size of a solid body, like a Gibson ES-339, but I can only get plans for a CS-336 style, which I think are the same except the 339 has a laminated top? Anyway I am going to have twin volume and tone pots, Golden Age Parsons Street Humbuckers: Alnico 2-neck & Alnico 5-bridge with a Free-Way 6 position selector switch so the outer coils can be split. I have already ordered the Nut, the pickups, the roller bridge and a Bigsby B7 tailpiece.
My question is, am I going to get a significant amount of change to the sound so as to make it like a strat in the 4,5,6 positions and a Gibson in the 1,2,3 positions, or am I just going to waste my time and money chasing that little bit extra for Versatility's sake.
Budgie (Graeme)
First off to put you in the picture about what I would like to build.
A semi hollow body the size of a solid body, like a Gibson ES-339, but I can only get plans for a CS-336 style, which I think are the same except the 339 has a laminated top? Anyway I am going to have twin volume and tone pots, Golden Age Parsons Street Humbuckers: Alnico 2-neck & Alnico 5-bridge with a Free-Way 6 position selector switch so the outer coils can be split. I have already ordered the Nut, the pickups, the roller bridge and a Bigsby B7 tailpiece.
My question is, am I going to get a significant amount of change to the sound so as to make it like a strat in the 4,5,6 positions and a Gibson in the 1,2,3 positions, or am I just going to waste my time and money chasing that little bit extra for Versatility's sake.
Budgie (Graeme)