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@Weirdbits. Um so how do you work out which is the north and which is the south coil? is it that you have two choices the right way and the wrong way. If you get it wrong unsolder one of teh pickups and reverse the setup? :D
I can almost guarantee I'll wire it wrong first up.
The rail Pups I have a are Belcats. I probably should put the meter on em and see what the resistance is. In my mind if they are around 6K then it is really pointless plitting the coils as they will be too weak, in wich case the idea of series/parallel would be a better option. even though two 6K coils would result in aweek 3K coil. :D
Yeah I know too much too... lol
OK just measured these pups, each coil is around 5.5-5.6 KOhm. so I think they will be too weak to split.
might go with push pulls to apply different caps. :S or maybe not.
Cheers PK
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How hot is your humbucker? I think 5-6K per coil for the rails would be fine split, that's about what my vintage wound strat Toneriders are. But, it depends on what your Belcats sound like split rather than just going by reaistance.
To check the pole direction and polarity etc. you need a magnetic compass, a multimeter and a ferrous mass like a screwdriver/pliers/spanner. This video does a pretty good job of guiding you through the process.
Ideally, your Belcat pickups should have a wiring sheet included that lists the wiring colur-coding and north/south pairs. But, if worst comes to worst, as long as you can work out which pairs of wires connect to each coil (and assuming they're consistent) all you have to do use one colour pair on one pickup and the other colour pair on the other pickup and you'll have a hum cancelling pair of split coils.
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the sealed one is 8.74K, the other Black Poled one is 7.88K. I've got a white one that comes in at 15.34K the white one is the only one with 'Pre' split coils. Obviously I can't split the sealed pickup.
In terms of Balance I think either of the Black ones will have around the same output levels as the rails. and hopefully a similar tone range. :D
PK
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Great shellac tips and some lovely guitars you've made there too! :-)
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Thanks Quiety.
I've done the loom and pickguard. I rehashed the loom off the Black perloid gurd. and rearranged teh set up. ATM I have a push pull on the Humbucker with two caps. .023 and .047 Did that just for fun. The 24mm CTS was too big to easily fit into the body with out taking a risk of scratching something.
I anticipate haveing to re-solder a few wires, as is always the case with re-using looms, the wires tend to break due to the handling.
I've orderd some gold pickup screws and a black metal Humbucker cover so I can fit a four wire pickup where the 8.74 Hummy is right now. Then I can play re-arrange the push pull switch. I may even add two more for the rails, but thats for a bit later.
This weekend could see another coat of clear finish go on. I am up two at the momnet. I can see couple more coats easily.
There will be a few periods over the weekend where no work is allowed as it is a sort of religious weekend..... F1 :D
Cheers PK
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OK, another coat of Clear Gloss on this morning, lookin Purdy.
PK
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third or fourth clear. lost track
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Mobile Phone pics are not as good as a real camera.....
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