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OSdave
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OSdave
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10/06/2006 1:52 pm
Originally Posted by: pure

what will happen if i flip the neck humbucker around? how about the bridge humbucker? how will it effect the tone?


Flipping the humbuckers around really won't make much of a noticeable difference - you still have two coils wound roughly the same amount. Even if the coils were wound drastically different, you would only be offsetting them by an inch or so by flipping them. I think in general, the difference in 'tone' that people experience by doing this is from having to change their strings when they do this - and the guitar is naturally going to sound different with new strings... But hey, if you want to try it, go for it. It's easily reversible too!