Just got a set of Bare Knuckle VHII pickups

blfrd · Post by **blfrd** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:55 pm

Bought the calibrated set of VHII pickups.

Four conductor wire set.

in chrome covers.

F#m7 · Post by **F#m7** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:51 pm

Sweet. I have one in the bridge of my main LP and I love it. I'm thinking of trying a set of their single coils for a strat that needs some life. Enjoy!

JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:17 pm

Whatta ya puttin' em in?

Series/Parallel perhaps?

blfrd · Post by **blfrd** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:51 pm

A northern ash strat body is what they're going in.

Haven't decided how to wire them yet. THat's why I bought the 4 conductor versions.

Any suggestions?

JimiJames · Post by **JimiJames** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:54 am

blfrd wrote:A northern ash strat body is what they're going in.

Haven't decided how to wire them yet. THat's why I bought the 4 conductor versions.

Any suggestions?

ehhh...Series/Parallel...?

blfrd · Post by **blfrd** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:23 am

Sorry, didn't see your suggestion earlier.

I don't really know anything about how humbuckers can be wired up.

Is series/paralell the standard for two humbuckers?

I'll google some stuff to find out more......

horsehead · Post by **horsehead** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:02 pm

gotta say I'm a huge BK fan...you'll find me on the board over there all the time. Some beautiful tones come from them thar pickups

JD · Post by JD » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:03 pm

With the 4-wire you can do standard series with the coils but then do a series/parallel push/pull, a coil cut (single coil), change phase, etc. For 2 humbuckers, about as far as you can go options wise is the '90s Gibson Jimmy Page model, with a few variations. Check out some of the pickup mfg. websites and "google" pickup wiring. Lots of options.