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>>> Phantom Post wrote:
>>>> Did anyone see the Live From Daryl's House with Keb' Mo'?

>>>> http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=65

>>>> He's playing one of these:

>>>> http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=1441

>>>> Red.  Three P90s.  Bixby.  Man-o-man that's a nice sounding guitar!

>>> Nice looking guitar, but it just sounds like a Strat in the video.

>>>> Just listen to that first song, "The Whole Enchilada".

>>>> Sweet.

>>> For P90s, I *really* like the neck/bridge combo. Flip it to
>>> one pickup alone for leads, then back to the middle for
>>> rhythm.

>>> --
>>> Les Cargill

>>> **************

>>> The big deal for me about P90s is the adjustable pole pieces, combined
>>> with a thick single coil tone.

>>> My amp tech mate Terry reckons they sound good for nasally jazz tones
>>> when out of phase. My one and only attempt at out-of phase was with
>>> strat pickups, and that put me off trying again

>> The key to good out-of-phase tones is connecting the pickups in series.
>> That darkens the tone (and boosts the output somewhat) compared to
>> standard
>> parallel connections, which I find way too thin on out-of-phase,
>> single-coil
>> pickups.

>> Series connection also lends an element of "beef" to in-phase,
>> more-than-one-pickup connections on three-pickup guitars.  Rather than
>> Strat-like "quack", you get a more humbucker-like tone with bridge +
>> middle,
>> neck + middle, and bridge + neck.

>> Of course the best of all worlds is to allow for both series and parallel
>> connection.  That's how I've got two of my guitars wired.  The in-phase
>> parallel, in-phase series, and out-of-phase series all sound good to me.
>> The only combinations I find myself not using are out-of-phase parallel.

>> Then again, I've got all those switches!  Some people don't like that,
>> granted.

>> It takes six switches to get all the possible combinations on a
>> three-pickup
>> guitar.  One on/off for each pickup, one phase switch for each of two
>> pickups (you don't need all three), and one to switch the circuit from
>> series to parallel.

>> ***************

>> Thanks, I hadn't thought of series out-of-phase. I've tried series
>> in-phase with strat pickups, I didn't like it enough to persist with
>> it. - But I like a lot of "acousticness" in my tone, which you lose with
>> hot series wiring.

>> I've just bought a DiMarzio 4P3T on-on-on switch and two SD Jazz pickups
>> for my Westone 335 knockoff, so I'm going to have series-single-parallel
>> on both pickups. I'm not convinced about single, but we'll see.

>> Tony D

> I'm not sure you'd like even series out-of-phase.  Those sounds have a
> really artificial-sounding texture to them, and they don't shine until you
> really crank up the gain.

> Listen to this Brian May performance.  He's got two echoplexes going so he
> can "harmonize" with himself, but this piece showcases the different
> sounds
> from his guitar.  The little bit from about 5:50 to 6:40 is middle and
> neck
> pickups out of phase, from 6:50 to the end with the same two pickups in
> phase, initially with the volume turned down to clean up the sound then
> gradually increasing to add a little dirt.

> Pickups in series throughout.

> *********************

> Link?

> Tony D