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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS with Dimarzio Bridge HB

« Last post by gregr on July 27, 2025, 10:52:56 PM »

Here’s an HSS wiring diagram from DiMarzio:
https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1435

Position 2 is combining the middle pickup with the North (inner) coil of the bridge pickup. The middle pickup is labeled as having South polarity.

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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS with Dimarzio Bridge HB

« Last post by gregr on July 27, 2025, 12:51:29 PM »

I use neodymium rod magnets to reverse the polarity of single coil slugs.

https://youtu.be/Ig-t5wx3iyw

A potential issue will arise with single coils if the inside windings make electrical contact with the slugs. In that case you would want that end of the coil to connect to ground if there is an issue with hum when touching the slugs. I have never encountered this, however.

I’ll give you an anecdote for Seymour Duncan pickups and magnetic polarity. I had to flip the bar magnet of a JB in order to get in-phase hum-cancelling operation when combining its slug coil with an SSL-2 single coil which I purchased as RW-RP. This tells me that the visible ends of the slugs in an installed RW-RP Seymour Duncan single coil are North and those in a standard one are South. It is my understanding that this is in keeping with the original Fender design, which Fender later changed.

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The Pickup Place / Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker

« Last post by headcrash on July 27, 2025, 06:25:32 AM »

I was thinking Neck/Bridge but Front/Back could also be used to specify the location of each pickup.

Good point  While I have never heard of these terms being used by Dimarzio, I also don't consider myself an expert here 

I was thinking to just buy the thing, because it’s cheap, but neither do I like the Tonezone, nor do I need one.
I was hoping for some OEM PU made for Music Man, since the lugs don’t have a thread, and some EBMM models like the AXIS series would need it like that…

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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS with Dimarzio Bridge HB

« Last post by headcrash on July 27, 2025, 06:12:10 AM »

Wind direction can and will vary depending on who made the pickup and when it was made.

Depending on the situation you can reverse the wires or reverse the magnetic polarity in order to get the desired result.

Yes of course, but changing magnetic direction in a standard single coil will not be possible with most.

But my basic assumption should be that be correct, shouldn‘t it?

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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS with Dimarzio Bridge HB

« Last post by gregr on July 26, 2025, 04:49:36 PM »

Wind direction can and will vary depending on who made the pickup and when it was made.

Depending on the situation you can reverse the wires or reverse the magnetic polarity in order to get the desired result.

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The Pickup Place / Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker

« Last post by gregr on July 26, 2025, 04:33:00 PM »

I was thinking Neck/Bridge but Front/Back could also be used to specify the location of each pickup.

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The Pickup Place / HSS with Dimarzio Bridge HB

« Last post by headcrash on July 26, 2025, 04:32:20 PM »

Hey there, just a quick question (although I think I know the answer):
For position 4 in a HSS configuration I’d like to use the bridge (or screw) coil of the humbucker. This coil should be south. So the middle SC should be north and normal wound. Is this correct?

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The Pickup Place / Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker

« Last post by headcrash on July 26, 2025, 02:02:15 PM »

Does the neck pickup have an N on the back?

Nopes. It has an „F“ there, so it most likely is a bridge humbucker.

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The Pickup Place / Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker

« Last post by gregr on July 23, 2025, 01:47:20 PM »

Does the neck pickup have an N on the back?

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The Pickup Place / Re: 1990s B5 bridge humbucker

« Last post by nienturi on July 23, 2025, 09:30:46 AM »

Well the one I'm talking about has a classic pole pieces configurations, no double row allen key type ones.
It could be a Tonezone, from visuals and the DC resistance, but with black baseplate an B 5 stamped in ... ?
Other than that I am out of ideas :-)

You are right.