12-30-2014, 07:09 PM
The little on/on/on dpdt switches came in yesterday while I was at work and I spent some time rewiring both my strats for them.
So now I have series/split/parallel wiring on both strats. Hooray. They have been seriously versatile tone machines and both of them sound amazing.
But the Wilkinsons seem to have tons of mojo. The neck pickup is only 7.7k (ie just under 4k split) roughly, but split, it sizzles, jangles and whistles just like a nice single coil. The bridge bucker also splits very well, at a healthy 7.4k on each coil. It's got some definite attitude, and doesn't get too harsh.
Parallel mode on both pups is also great, makes for a nice middle ground between the split and series sounds. bit of the sizzle and brightness of the split, with a bit of the girth and humbucking of the series mode.
Good stuff. I love these pickups more every time I play them, and the fact that they were so cheap makes it just stupidly awesome.
Strongly considering getting another set, just for shits n giggles, though if I go with a Deacci set in my Showmaster, I'lm probably not gonna have any space for a 2nd Wilkinson set unless I get a new pickguard for my jolly roger (maybe a white one? I'd like that)
So now I have series/split/parallel wiring on both strats. Hooray. They have been seriously versatile tone machines and both of them sound amazing.
But the Wilkinsons seem to have tons of mojo. The neck pickup is only 7.7k (ie just under 4k split) roughly, but split, it sizzles, jangles and whistles just like a nice single coil. The bridge bucker also splits very well, at a healthy 7.4k on each coil. It's got some definite attitude, and doesn't get too harsh.
Parallel mode on both pups is also great, makes for a nice middle ground between the split and series sounds. bit of the sizzle and brightness of the split, with a bit of the girth and humbucking of the series mode.
Good stuff. I love these pickups more every time I play them, and the fact that they were so cheap makes it just stupidly awesome.
Strongly considering getting another set, just for shits n giggles, though if I go with a Deacci set in my Showmaster, I'lm probably not gonna have any space for a 2nd Wilkinson set unless I get a new pickguard for my jolly roger (maybe a white one? I'd like that)