Which Tonerider?

kp247

G'day folks, haven't been here a while, probably a good thing not rocking people's boats for a change.

Anyway, I'm thinking about putting a Tonerider between a Seymour Duncan hotrod humbucker set, so fairly high output bridge and low output neck. I have another guitar with a full set of Tonerider Classic Blues (awesome) and leaning towards them.

Any suggestions? Have someone done this before?

AlanRatcliffe

Even a low powered humbucker is way louder than a single-coil unless you are going to split the humbuckers too. So basically if you want something to match volume wise, you have to go as hot as possible. If you don't mind the volume drop and split the buckers in position 2 & 4, then any of the singles should work and it's down to taste.

kp247

Alan Ratcliffe wrote Even a low powered humbucker is way louder than a single-coil unless you are going to split the humbuckers too. So basically if you want something to match volume wise, you have to go as hot as possible. If you don't mind the volume drop and split the buckers in position 2 & 4, then any of the singles should work and it's down to taste.

I'll connect via a nice diagram that I have here where the humbuckers become single coil in positions 2 and 4. I was just wondering which of the Tonerider single coils will be best suited to the humbuckers, which are alnico 5.

Will there be any hiccup if I connect a bridge single coil in the middle position? The bridge Classic Blues is more powerful than the middle or neck models.

AlanRatcliffe

If you're splitting the humbuckers, any of the single coils should work. Modern high output humbuckers usually are in the same kind of range as a Strat pickup when split. Classic PAFs are lower output than Strats when split.

Have you considered putting in something like a Megaswitch P, or a Superswitch wired to give you a PRS style setup from two humbuckers?

kp247

This megaswitch looks amazing in what it can do. Interesting for a twin-humbucker guitar in a Strat style guitar with a selector switch. I'll definitely give it some thought and consider it in future, however at this point my existing 5-way selector will work just fine with my wiring schematic.

You've answered my question about the single coil in the middle anyway, so thanks!