Single Coil Question:

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On my Jackson San Dimas, I am using a very old pickup arrangement from GFS that i received around 2002. It consists of a double-slug Humbucker (around 14.5k) and a pair of then-experimental stacked single coils (now called Tru-Coils) that measure 10k in the middle and 7k in the bridge. Overall, the guitar has decent tone and the tuning stability of the FR is 100% all the time under all conditions.

My only real disappointment is the single coils. In order to avoid wolftones, I have to set them low and this creates quite a volume drop. I am wanting to replace them with something that will afford me greater output i these positions without the wolftones, and so i was considering a type of rail or perhaps a differently wound (noiseless) single coil, so I wanted to seek some advice herein before buying.

Thanks for your input...

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I have used the Area '58 and the HS-3 in an HSS strat with a Fender Diamondback humbucker. Now, to be fair, I don't play at anything approaching the volume or gain levels that you do but I have had good results with decent balance.
 
Robert Herndon said:
On my Jackson San Dimas, I am using a very old pickup arrangement from GFS that i received around 2002. It consists of a double-slug Humbucker (around 14.5k) and a pair of then-experimental stacked single coils (now called Tru-Coils) that measure 10k in the middle and 7k in the bridge. Overall, the guitar has decent tone and the tuning stability of the FR is 100% all the time under all conditions.

My only real disappointment is the single coils. In order to avoid wolftones, I have to set them low and this creates quite a volume drop. I am wanting to replace them with something that will afford me greater output i these positions without the wolftones, and so i was considering a type of rail or perhaps a differently wound (noiseless) single coil, so I wanted to seek some advice herein before buying.

Thanks for your input...

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smitty_p said:
I've never seen Kinman. Those look interesting!
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I have 3 of the Kinman (Zero Hum) P90's in a couple of my guitars. Absolutely the best pickups that I've personally have experience with. Before Chris Kinman designed his P90 Hx's, he designed his noiseless single coils about 15 to 20 years ago. Made in Australia. Kinman's are semi-expensive, and you need to make sure that they'll fit in your guitar depth wise. The website is full of detailed specs and other extremely useful info on their products and guitar electronics in general.
 
smitty_p said:
Go check out their website. They have a different approach from the typical pickup design. Now, to be honest, I've never tried them, but I am strongly considering them for a potential Strat project.
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Speaking of different approach to pickup design, the Fishman Fluence fit's that bill.
They claim...


The Fluence Core replaces
80 years of copper wire.
Fishman Fluence pickups are the first real re-imagining of electric guitar pickups in over 80 years. Before we embarked on the Fluence journey, our team established some important ground rules:


To see for yourself,

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