RWRP middle pickup question

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ashcat_lt said:
It can’t. If you really prefer having more noise than necessary, I guess go ahead on. The actual sound from the strings will be as close to the same as the pickups are.
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Yeah, barring possibly position 2 and 4, I can't see a difference either -basically all you did, more or less, was flip the orientation of a pickup that's by design symmetrical. But I certainly would hear out arguments I'm wrong, always happy to explore ideas for science...
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
You mean in position 2 and 4, where you have those sort of in-between "quack" sounds? I love those sounds, and as a guy with a Hendrix-themed username I'm really surprised you don't too.
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That's why I don't like the reverse would. Positions 2 and 4 don't sound as good with the RWMP. That's my opinion and has been my experience. I've logged a lot of hours with reverse wound middle and traditional wound middle both. I hear a difference in positions 2 and 4.
 
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jimistone said:
That's why I don't like the reverse would. Positions 2 and 4 don't sound as good with the RWMP. That's my opinion and has been my experience. I've logged a lot of hours with reverse wound middle and traditional wound middle both. I hear a difference in positions 2 and 4.
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I'd love to hear some clips - I honestly don't know if I've ever played a NON-RWRP middle, so I'm legitimately curious what the differences are like.

For me, the in-between positions I'm currently getting with a RWRP middle are awesome enough that I'm really happy with the results I'm getting, but I'm always happy to hear something different.
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
I'd love to hear some clips - I honestly don't know if I've ever played a NON-RWRP middle, so I'm legitimately curious what the differences are like.

For me, the in-between positions I'm currently getting with a RWRP middle are awesome enough that I'm really happy with the results I'm getting, but I'm always happy to hear something different.
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I don't have reverse wound loaded in a strat anymore
 
An A/B comparison with a RWRP and a non-RWRP would be hard anyway, short of taking a single guitar and dropping in a RWRP middle wound otherwise to the same specs - 'd be curious to just hear position 2 and 4 from one of your existing guitars to see if there's anything audibly unusual about it.
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
An A/B comparison with a RWRP and a non-RWRP would be hard anyway, short of taking a single guitar and dropping in a RWRP middle wound otherwise to the same specs - 'd be curious to just hear position 2 and 4 from one of your existing guitars to see if there's anything audibly unusual about it.
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Positions 2 and 4 would sound different just because the lack of single coil hum. Then when you switch to the other positions the SC hum returns. That’s kind of weird. But you get used to it.
 
RFR said:
Positions 2 and 4 would sound different just because the lack of single coil hum. Then when you switch to the other positions the SC hum returns. That’s kind of weird. But you get used to it.
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Hey, my expectations would be this, and the only differences would be attributable to the pickup winding itself, and no polarity and wind direction. But jimistone is adament it sounds different so I'm at least willing to hear him out.
 
Some pickups you could physically flip the magnet and then switch the wires. If you can remove and replace the pickgaurd and strings back to exactly how it was set up…

…you’d probably still insist that you hear a difference because that’s how guitarist brains work.
 
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ashcat_lt said:
Some pickups you could physically flip the magnet and then switch the wires. If you can remove and replace the pickgaurd and strings back to exactly how it was set up…

…you’d probably still insist that you hear a difference because that’s how guitarist brains work.
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Guitarists brains are indeed very…….eh, finish the sentence as you wish.

:D
 
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