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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 21, 2011 at 8:22pm

MM,

 

Contact Ted Crocker, Skeesix, Bob Harrison, or Elmar Zeilhofer here on CBN. I bet one or all of them have done it in the past.

 

Oily

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on October 21, 2011 at 11:01pm

You'll need another bar magnet (or several small magnets, one for each polepiece)  because the typical  humbucker shares a magnet for both coils. Depending on how it's made, you may also need to come up with some additional pole pieces, which can be any iron containing metal ie, sticks to a magnet. Screws or bolts for example. I have a cheap one where both sets of pole pieces are sort of an all in one molded unit.

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on October 21, 2011 at 11:38pm

yep like Skeesix points out most humbuckers share the same magnet which gives one set of poles a north polarity and the other poles are south - i don't think it would work out cost effective to split a humbucker by the time you have bought extra magnets then devise a method of mounting the two pickups as again they share the same brass backed mounting plate

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Permalink Reply by Medicine Man CBG's-Mikel Doktor on October 22, 2011 at 2:39pm

Thanx for the advise and saved time guys. Cheers!

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