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rodan in reply to @mattioats

Was all ready to reply with standard humbuckers, but then realised my wiring for series/parallel was a bit wrong. I've fixed it now, so can report that they're much louder when in series, less bright and it's almost like the whole frequency response shifts downwards.

The effect seems to be pretty much the same with single coils, so should be similar for firebirds too. Have never used them, so not sure what their characteristics are and whether a bass-wards shift is a good thing.

I just saw this, did you re-wire a guitar to try this? Holy crap! Useful results, thanks.

The firebirds are supposedly quite trebly for humbuckers, so hopefully it’ll retain a useable tone.

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mattioats in reply to @rodan

Ha, didn't rewire just to answer your question, I went for full Jimmy Page wiring when I gutted my old Epiphone a couple of years ago. A push-pull pot switches series parallel and others for single coil/HB.

But I did then realise one permutation wasn't working, so surreptitiously rewired it while also on a work Zoom. Just had to keep the soldering iron out of shot.

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