Peter Green had the neck pickup on his LP in Fleetwood Mac flipped with the screws facing the treble pickup. Did this have anything to do with his out of phase tone or must the magnet have been flipped?
Only the magnets have to be turned so the fields interact when both pickups are engaged.
This means that the magnets fields are working against each other canceling frequencies, depending on how big fields you are allowing with the controls.
instead of taking your pickups apart, why not simply reverse the wiring ?
instead of taking your pickups apart, why not simply reverse the wiring ?
Apparently it's a different sound - magnetic OOP vs electronic OOP. I do not know the finer nor technical aspects of it.
With the flipped magnet, the OOP sound is maximal with the volume controls set to equal levels (i.e., both lead & rhythm are wide open on 10. It's harder to do with both volumes set to 7.5 say, but there you go.). The OOP sound is reduced as the volume of one pickup is changed relative to the other.
For example:
With both volumes on 10 you have achieved full-on OOP sound.
With one volume on 10 and the other on 9 the sound is truly funky and useful. Leads will really pop here!
With one volume on 10 and the other on 6 it pretty much sounds just like your regular non-OOP guitar.
Magnetic OOP is unaffected by the tone controls so they remain useful to the player.
I've played Greeny loud, a lot, and FWIW I think a lot of the tone is just in the guitar. It's a freak, and even on the bridge PU sounds like no other LP I've played.
I've played Greeny loud, a lot, and FWIW I think a lot of the tone is just in the guitar. It's a freak, and even on the bridge PU sounds like no other LP I've played.
Yup, wired OOF sounds overly thin. I cannot get the all the cool variations of quack with a phase switch. The minute you change any one pickups vol, the effect goes away.
Flipping the magnet sounds louder. You get maximum effect with both pickups volume equal, wether both on 10 or both on 4. You can blend more or less of one to the other to shape the quack and even wide shifts, Bridge pup 9- Neck pup 3 still has a slight, noticeable effect.
You can also use both tone controls to shade the tone of the quack.
Thanks for the explanation.
FWIW, I have a phase switch and a series / parallel switch and it does not sound than at all (agreed that OOF does sound thin if left in parallel tho).
No sure if Peter Green used one, but I think a lot of the quack I hear in Jimmy Page's tone is down to the Dallas Rangemaster ?
al ive been following your posts and you seem to know what the hell is going on. and your on the cover of the rolling stone (stones?)so thats pretty groovy, regaurding les paul tones i know the peter green burst has it all in spades . what always comes to mind for me is those old montrose albums. listern to ronnies lead tones, my favorite of all time. ironically if you listen to some of the guns n roses stuff slash nailed those lead tones... when i was young i called it ' live lead tone'. because its so freakin live concert screamin tone but it was captured on albums. i think gary moores son has stripe. i hope it surfaces so some hot players can have a go with it.Yup, wired OOF sounds overly thin. I cannot get the all the cool variations of quack with a phase switch. The minute you change any one pickups vol, the effect goes away.
Flipping the magnet sounds louder. You get maximum effect with both pickups volume equal, wether both on 10 or both on 4. You can blend more or less of one to the other to shape the quack and even wide shifts, Bridge pup 9- Neck pup 3 still has a slight, noticeable effect.
You can also use both tone controls to shade the tone of the quack.