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Carbohydrates
April 4th, 2005, 01:24 AM
...about basses. Tell me, what's up with those pickups that look like a single coil cut in half but stacked offset? What are they, what makes em unique?
0.1 watts
April 4th, 2005, 02:09 AM
I dont know actually, but heres a guess. Having the other half of the pickup further up the neck deepens the sound of the top strings to match the bottom strings
unclebobscircus
April 5th, 2005, 10:32 AM
They're called split-coils. They make them for guitar too (see the G&L Will Ray signature), but then they called them Z coils (and they're not very popular).
dave frusciante
April 5th, 2005, 03:28 PM
would that be going for the same effect as with the slanted bridge pup on a strat? ?? ?
ModestCargo
April 5th, 2005, 04:28 PM
Kind of, yeah.
pagodas_fiesta
April 5th, 2005, 10:33 PM
are the split coils hum cancelling?

oh wait theyre single coils arent they. nevermind
SG_74
April 7th, 2005, 02:27 PM
are the split coils hum cancelling?

oh wait theyre single coils arent they. nevermind


one could be reverse wound...
ModestCargo
April 7th, 2005, 03:05 PM
Yes sometimes they are hum canceling.
ShiggityShwa
April 7th, 2005, 07:30 PM
maybe coil tap or something for the humming?
t_shirtsnjeans
April 7th, 2005, 09:42 PM
They're called split-coils. They make them for guitar too (see the G&L Will Ray signature), but then they called them Z coils (and they're not very popular).
http://www.zcoil.com/ I got some and they are FANTASTIC but ugly!