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Title: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: Mr. Lime on February 16, 2022, 09:50:58 AM
Just stumbled across this mod:

https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=116103
 (https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=116103)
Has anybody tried it and got good experience with it or can recommend pickup models for it?
Should make a hum cancelling single coil sound, right?

Similar to a Tele Twangmaster Splitbucker

With Dimarzio pickups, it should be quite easy to try.
Does someone have a PAF Pro or something similar to find out how it sounds compared to stock?

Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 17, 2022, 02:47:16 AM
Dead link - it only shows "404 - server not found".
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: Mr. Lime on February 17, 2022, 06:01:27 AM
Sorry, I corrected the link - now it should work!
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: darkbluemurder on February 18, 2022, 02:55:43 AM
Yes, now it works - thanks for that.

I tried this mod in a slightly altered way on the following pickups:

- Duncan Full Shred neck (SH-10n): removed the 3 screws on the neck side coil for the 4th, 5th and 6th strings to get single coil like low strings. I kept the screws on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings to keep them fat. This is a trick that RayBarbeeMusic posted here.
- TV Jones Classic neck: same thing as before, with the same result
- DiMarzio DLX Plus neck. removed all screws on the neck side coil. Since this dropped the output too much for me I put them back but screwed them in as far as they would go.

I am considering pulling the slugs on my DiMarzio Bluesbucker as I love the single coil tone it has but hate the hum.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: BluesJam on February 20, 2022, 12:53:12 AM
 The Humbucker from Hell is an option, too
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: gtrjunior on February 26, 2022, 06:41:13 AM
Yes, now it works - thanks for that.

I tried this mod in a slightly altered way on the following pickups:

- Duncan Full Shred neck (SH-10n): removed the 3 screws on the neck side coil for the 4th, 5th and 6th strings to get single coil like low strings. I kept the screws on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings to keep them fat. This is a trick that RayBarbeeMusic posted here.
- TV Jones Classic neck: same thing as before, with the same result
- DiMarzio DLX Plus neck. removed all screws on the neck side coil. Since this dropped the output too much for me I put them back but screwed them in as far as they would go.

I am considering pulling the slugs on my DiMarzio Bluesbucker as I love the single coil tone it has but hate the hum.

Cheers Stephan
The bluesbucker is hum cancelling.  Are you sure you don’t have it wired in coil split?
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: mmmguitar on February 26, 2022, 01:55:15 PM
The bluesbucker is hum cancelling.  Are you sure you don’t have it wired in coil split?

I think Darkblue’s saying they want to achieve a humcancelling version of the BB’s split sound. Considering it’s essentially a dummy coil design, I’d try the coils in parallel before removing three of the slugs.
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: gtrjunior on February 26, 2022, 03:01:24 PM
The bluesbucker is hum cancelling.  Are you sure you don’t have it wired in coil split?

I think Darkblue’s saying they want to achieve a humcancelling version of the BB’s split sound. Considering it’s essentially a dummy coil design, I’d try the coils in parallel before removing three of the slugs.
Gotcha.  That’s exactly what I did. I have it in the neck of my LP and much prefer the parallel/series setup to coil split.
Title: Re: 6 Screw Z-Mod - anybody tried it?
Post by: buddroyce on March 01, 2022, 12:26:43 PM
I'm actually really really tempted to try this. Thanks for sharing!