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[Ralsch]

Do you think there is realitively a sound difference in an angled bridge humbucker vs a parallel one? As just a "theory" I think it actually brightens it up alittle ,but not very.The higher strings get alittle more punch as ( / ) and the lows visa versa as ( \ ). Leaving the parallel ( | ) being the setpoint as equal.Open to all opinions , what do you think about angles?...

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Interesting thought, but I would imagine it would be a pain in the neck to make an angled humbucker - one of the bobbins would need to be shifted forward a little bit on the base plate to compensate for the angle in order to keep the pole pieces relatively well aligned, which means that you wouldn't get such a neat job when taping the coils etc. You'd also need to manufacture custom base plates or redrill them to compensate for the difference is screw positioning. Maybe there's a niche market there waiting to be exploited! ;o) It would sure be cool to make humbuckers with more bite without resorting to winding one of the coils hotter than the other though.

Cheers,

Dave

[horstausmforst]

Originally Posted by Dr. Funkenstein

Interesting thought, but I would imagine it would be a pain in the neck to make an angled humbucker

but not to just install it that way -

http://www.ibanezrules.com/catalogs/us/1986/p08.jpg

there were quite a few mid-late-80s axes that had the bridge humbucker installed like that.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Wow, cool. Looks totally off the wall! Is that angled bucker on the 410 polepieces or blades? I can't tell because of the covers on the pickups. It looks mad but really cool. I wonder what it sounded like......

Cheers,

Dave

[Ralsch]

as you can see in those pictures the straight hums are alittle closer due to the angles of the others ie.410.I would figure they would be poles,but not 100% sure.Modern day "super-strats" are straightly figured hums and i've always wondered why in HSS.