Hello HFC, new guy here! I am the proud and original owner of an 87' TLE Custom: Cherry mahogony w/bound, figured maple top, ebony fretboard w/Boomerang markers, Floyd/Shaller trem, Dimarzio/Slammer bridge and two OBL single pickups. The Hamer marked, Dimarzio humbucker sounds very similar to another humbucker, the Dimarzio Tonezone; heavy on the bass and everything else for that matter!
I want to switch to an OBL dual blade humbucker for the bridge position, in hopes of attaining more melodic metal tones, but I've run into a problem; I don't know if the five way switch pattern on the TLE Slammer bridge is a split coil, or if the second position after the bridge is an "out of phase" switch position, for the middle pickup. How do I wire this humbucker? double or split?
Also, not even sure if I should do this since the guitar is over twenty years old and has never needed ANY special adjustments or repair. Heck, it'll be the first time anyone's ever been into the control cavity since the factory!
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Hello HFC, new guy here! I am the proud and original owner of an 87' TLE Custom: Cherry mahogony w/bound, figured maple top, ebony fretboard w/Boomerang markers, Floyd/Shaller trem, Dimarzio/Slammer bridge and two OBL single pickups. The Hamer marked, Dimarzio humbucker sounds very similar to another humbucker, the Dimarzio Tonezone; heavy on the bass and everything else for that matter!
I want to switch to an OBL dual blade humbucker for the bridge position, in hopes of attaining more melodic metal tones, but I've run into a problem; I don't know if the five way switch pattern on the TLE Slammer bridge is a split coil, or if the second position after the bridge is an "out of phase" switch position, for the middle pickup. How do I wire this humbucker? double or split?
Also, not even sure if I should do this since the guitar is over twenty years old and has never needed ANY special adjustments or repair. Heck, it'll be the first time anyone's ever been into the control cavity since the factory!
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