Raven PQ3 Bridge Samples for Mr. Grumpy

RVA

RVA

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Since this was requested by a member, I mic'd the recording instead of using the emulated out. This is played through my Marshall JVM.

On each clip I first dime the volume and it the second half of the clip I varied the volume so you can see how, or if, it responds to volume changes.

Caveat: I was very conscious of my playing and was all thumbs. I did not warm up. Glad I got that out of the way!! So now:

The clip goes
Bridge series, clean
Bridge parallel, clean
Bride series, dirty with Empress Fuzz
Bride parallel, dirty with Empress Fuzz

https://soundcloud.com/user-903662928/raven-pq3-bridge-2/s-J4V9i
 
Hey RVA... On the clean clips: The second clean part is much brighter than the first. I would expect the brighter sound to come from "series" wiring. Are you sure the second, and brighter part, is parallel mode?
 
syscokid said:
Hey RVA... On the clean clips: The second clean part is much brighter than the first. I would expect the brighter sound to come from "series" wiring. Are you sure the second, and brighter part, is parallel mode?
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I could have it wrong, because I disagree with you. I always expect the brighter sound to come from the parallel. I will check
 
RVA said:
I could have it wrong, because I disagree with you. I always expect the brighter sound to come from the parallel. I will check
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Thanks man. I like the "series" option because it's a better way to get a single coil sound out of a humbucker than doing a coil tap. I always thought that "parallel" meant normal humbucker mode.
 
syscokid said:
Thanks man. I like the "series" option because it's a better way to get a single coil sound out of a humbucker than doing a coil tap. I always thought that "parallel" meant normal humbucker mode.
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No, it is my belief that "series" is normal humbucker mode. Parallel works like 2 side by side humbuckers, so generally does not prevent hum. It is the "series" aspect that does this so that they are 2 singles wired together. Tom has figured out a way to make the parallel hum cancelling too (see below forum excerpt).

I still think clip 2, the brighter and thinner one, is parallel.

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RVA said:
No, it is my belief that "series" is normal humbucker mode. Parallel works like 2 side by side humbuckers, so generally does not prevent hum. It is the "series" aspect that does this so that they are 2 singles wired together. Tom has figured out a way to make the parallel hum cancelling too (see below forum excerpt).

I still think clip 2, the brighter and thinner one, is parallel.

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Yeah I think your right. Just found this from Anderson's site:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERIES, PARALLEL & SPLIT?

The sonic differences between series, parallel and split sounds also vary between vertically stacked pickups (single coil size) and side by side pickups (traditional humbucker).On a stacked pickup, series and parallel are both hum-free sounds with series being the louder and fuller of the two. The series sound replicates the sound of a single coil but without the hum. The split sound is a true single coil with all the wonderful tones we expect and the hum that goes with them. This sound is also the loudest of the three sounds. This is because the two coils of the pickup are not hearing the string equally due to their stacked configuration. Parallel is a cleaner, lower-output, hum-canceling single coil tone.With a side by side humbucking pickup both coils are hearing the string equally. The series sound is the traditional strong, mid-focused humbucker tone. It is louder than both the split and parallel sounds. The split is a true single coil and the parallel produces a weaker humbucker tone.
 
syscokid said:
Yeah I think your right. Just found this from Anderson's site:

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERIES, PARALLEL & SPLIT?

The sonic differences between series, parallel and split sounds also vary between vertically stacked pickups (single coil size) and side by side pickups (traditional humbucker).On a stacked pickup, series and parallel are both hum-free sounds with series being the louder and fuller of the two. The series sound replicates the sound of a single coil but without the hum. The split sound is a true single coil with all the wonderful tones we expect and the hum that goes with them. This sound is also the loudest of the three sounds. This is because the two coils of the pickup are not hearing the string equally due to their stacked configuration. Parallel is a cleaner, lower-output, hum-canceling single coil tone.With a side by side humbucking pickup both coils are hearing the string equally. The series sound is the traditional strong, mid-focused humbucker tone. It is louder than both the split and parallel sounds. The split is a true single coil and the parallel produces a weaker humbucker tone.
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Nice find!
 
Many thanks, RVA.

To me, this bridge PQ3 sounds great and is exactly what I'm after (so I ordered one!). I listened through my Shure 425 headphones and the sound was a powerful and piercing P90. I might roll the tone off a tad, but I just reckon it's really musical and will also cut through a mix so well - great for lead work, and powerful rhythm work.

Good playing too.

Thanks again.

This week, I'll pick up a Gibby with P90s then once I've played around for a while with the Gibson PUs, I'll do a sound comparison thread.

Last time I bought pickups in advance were the Fender 64' pups to go in a MIJ tele; the guitar sounded much better with the original pups in, so I sold the 64 set... :D
 
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